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Transforming the New Man
John Ogden Sr
July 8, 2025
“For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will but the will of Him who sent Me” (John 6:38, NKJV).
There are four steps involved in transforming the new man. We must first realize that we are not our own and that we have been bought and paid for with a price that we could not pay. With that in mind, we should be slaves to our Lord and Savior. The only rights and privileges we have are those in Him, which gives us access to an abundant life as described in John 10:10. In John 6:38, we see that Jesus did not come to do His own will, but to do the will of the Father. Our first stage in the transformation and growth process is to realize that we are not to do our own will, but only God’s will. Our will must decrease, and His will and plans must increase. We should seek Him and His Kingdom first, and then everything else will be added.
“I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner” (John 5:19b, NKJV)
The second step in the transformation process requires us to be in a relationship with our Lord, where we not only know what He is doing and where He is heading, but also understand that our actions are based on His direction for our lives and for what He has called us to do. In this phase, we begin to reach a place where we hear His voice and move in harmony with Him.
“I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him” (John 8:26, NKJV).
The third step in the transformation process is to be a vessel of honor, taking the true Word of God to the world, to those who are hurting and those who need the Good Message. In this verse, we see Jesus proclaiming the Father as the one true God. We see Him as a witness to the world.
“Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain” (John 12:24, NKJV).
The fourth step in the transformation process is when we come to the place that we are willing for everything about us to die off so that everything about Him can be perfected in us. The scriptures have much to say about the war between the flesh man and the spiritual man. Even though we accept Christ as our Savior, the battle rages on. The only way to conquer the flesh is to reach a place where we say with our hearts, “Lord, I unconditionally give my life to You to be used according to Your will. I only have one desire, and that is for You to accomplish Your will in me. Lord, I ask that by Your Spirit, You mold me according to Your will. Break me in the areas that need to be broken and remold me as the potter would mold a new vessel. I truly want Your perfected will in my life and nothing else.”
I realize that this process is not an easy one, for I, like you, am going through the breaking process. But, oh, how I thank God for finding me worthy to be broken! Are you willing to be broken and perfected for the cause of Christ so that others may know the life-changing power and the blessings of being a child of the King?
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