change from the inside out

 by David Long

Changed from the inside out not from the outside in. If we want to change an action we must change the mind or heart. "Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God" (1 Cor. 6:9-11). See the phrase, "and such were some of you"? That means that they had changed. People can change (for good or bad) but that change starts inside.