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  BECOMING MORE LIKE CHRIST
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the transformative journey of becoming
more like Christ through humility, faithfulness, and grace.

Topics: "Spiritual Growth", "Sanctification"
Scripture References: 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 4:10, Hebrews 12:2, James 4:10, 1 John 3:2

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Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the transformative power of bearing
the dying of the Lord Jesus in our bodies, allowing the life of Jesus to
be manifested in us. By faithfully and humbly obeying God, He increases
our faith and strengthens our spiritual sight, revealing more of heaven
to us as we draw closer to Him. As we behold the glory of the Lord and
seek His compassionate gaze in our weaknesses, we are gradually
transformed into His image by the Spirit of the Lord, shining with His
radiance.

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CONTENT
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Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the
life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

--2 CORINTHIANS 4:10

BUT we as in a glass espy

The glory of His countenance,

Not in a whirlwind hurrying by

The too presumptuous glance,

But with mild radiance every hour,

From our dear Saviour's face benign

Bent on us with transforming power

Till we, too, faintly shine.

--JOHN KEBLE

IF we be faithful and humble, God will increase our faith by enabling us
to obey more faithfully, and will strengthen our sight by enabling us to
do what we now see. As in our daily walk we come nearer towards heaven,
He will open to us more of heaven. And so the veil which sin laid upon
our sight being taken away, "we all, with open face, beholding, as in a
glass, the glory of the Lord," studying His countenance, watching His
looks, seeking to have His gracious and compassionate look cast upon us
in the midst of our frailties and infirmities, may catch some faint
reflections of its brightness, and be changed into the image whereon we
gaze, which we love, which, in our weakness, we would long to copy and
transfuse into ourselves; we too may be "changed into the same image,
from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord."

--EDWARD B. PUSEY

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/becoming-more-like-christ/
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