However, the process is to begin now. While the final transformation may very well not occur until His return, the process MUST begin prior to the second coming of Jesus Christ. It seems clear at this point that we are, through constant use of the Word, to begin this transformation process so that we may be presented spotless and without wrinkle. For too long we have been willing to accept the notion that only men who have spent years in seminaries are capable of searching and understanding the Scriptures. These people checked the Scriptures to verify what Paul told them.
Tapes are great.
However, it is a perversion of their usefulness to depend upon them totally for our knowledge. To fail to use our eyes and read is to voluntarily eliminate one of our major senses in our commitment to God. Think about that for a moment. We are not to accept at face value some teaching simply because some man says it is true, even if that man has had such a divine revelation from God as did Paul. We are to search the Scriptures daily to see if the messages we have heard are true.