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THE NATURE OF THE CHRISTIAN TRANSFORMATION OR CHANGE

1. The heart of man is essentially evil. Jer. 17:9; Eccl. 8:11.
2. His thinking makes him what he is. (Pr. 23:7; Gen. 6:5).
3. What is in his heart causes the problem. Mk. 7:21-23.
4. The thoughts of his heart need forgiveness. Acts. 8:21,22.
5. The inside of man must be changed first. Matt. 23:25,26.
6. Man is changed by the renewal of the mind, this means that the intellectual powers of the brain is made to think in a different way or pattern for the man to know the will of God. Rom. 12:2.
7. The spirit in man is his experience. 1 Cor. 2:11.
8. To transform the mind or intellectual powers (which is to have it think in a right way), God must first change the spirit or experience of the man. Eph. 4:23; Rom. 2:29; Ps. 51:10.
9. The "old man" experience is removed and a "new man" experience (of the nature of God, love), is substituted. (Eph. 4:22-24; 1 Jn. 4:8,16).
10. A new experience is given by casting down the old experience which exalts creation and by giving a knowledge that exalts God. (2 Cor. 10:5; 2 Cor. 4:6,7).
11. The spirit of God gives our spirit or experience a new experience. (1 Jn. 2:27; Job. 32:8).
This is the only way in which we can glorify God in truth. 1 Cor. 6:20.
THE END

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