Values: Process

Values: Process

Pastor Brandon Berg

Value #3: Process- we believe that becoming like Jesus is an ongoing, imperfect journey.

BIG IDEA: We’re all in the process of spiritual formation all the time.

2 Corinthians 3:16-18, ESV

“But when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.”

“Everyone is in a process of spiritual formation! Every thought we hold, every decision we make, every action we take, every emotion we allow to shape our behavior, every response we make to the world around us, every relationship we enter into, every reaction we have toward the things that surround us and impinge upon our lives- all of these things, little by little, are shaping us into some kind of being. We are being shaped into either the wholeness of the image of Christ or a horribly destructive caricature of that image, destructive not only to ourselves but also to others, for we inflict our brokenness upon them...we become either agents of God’s healing and liberating grace, or carriers of the sickness of the world...Spiritual formation is not an option! The inescapable conclusion is that life itself is a process of spiritual development. The only choice we have is whether that growth moves us toward wholeness in Christ or toward an increasingly dehumanized and destructive mode of being.”

- Dr. Robert Mulholland

1. Those who turn to Jesus become like Jesus

2. We reflect that which we behold

3. We age well in Jesus!

Discussion Questions: 

1. What/who are you beholding on a daily basis in your life?

2. Do you ever find yourself getting impatient with yourself or others in this process of becoming like Jesus? Why?

3. What part(s) or your life are most dissimilar to Jesus? What parts do you sense the Spirit placing His finger on to engage the process of transforming that part into His likeness?