Shaped by Christ’s Death

“…being made conformable unto His death.” (Philippians 3:10)

Believers have two distinct choices we can make. We can be conformed to this age or world in which we live. It is easy to fit into and be shaped by that mold. Churches as well as individuals are often shaped by the world with the excuse that “you have to be like them to win them.” However, we are instructed to, “Be not conformed to this world (age). (Romans 12:2)

On the other hand we can be conformed or shaped by the cross, the sacrifice and the willingness of Christ to suffer for us. Paul was conformed to the death of Christ, evidenced in the statement in Romans 9:2-3, “I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. For I could wish that myself  were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.”

How desperately do you desire to see people saved today? Family members, including husbands, wives, children, brothers, sisters and parents are lost and in need of salvation.  It is likely you have unsaved friends and neighbors. Conformity to this sinful age on our part will not bring them to Christ. We must be conformed to the Lord’s death to make a difference.