How We Strip Off and Keep Off the Old Personality - HOW THEY GAINED THE VICTORY

Stripping off the old personality traits cannot be done in one's own strength.  The individuals mentioned in this article-Sakura, Ribeiro, Stephen, and Hans-had to fight hard to put away their bad practices.  They gained the victory by opening their mind and heart to the power of God's Word and his holy spirit.  (Luke 11:13; Hebrews 4:12)  To benefit from that power, we must read the Bible daily, meditate on it, and pray constantly  for the wisdom and strength to apply Bible counsel.  (Joshua 1:8; Psalm 119:97; 1 Thessalonians 5:17) We also benefit from God's Word and his holy spirit when we prepare for an attend congregation meetings.  (Hebrews 10:24, 25)  In addition, we want to make good use of the various means by which spiritual food is now made available to God's people worldwide. -Luke 12:42.


We have considered a number of bad practices that Christians must strip off and keep off.  But is that all that is required to gain God's approval? No.  We must also clothe ourselves with the new personality.  In the following article, we will consider several aspects of the new personality that we need to make a permanent part of our figurative clothing.


Next time: How We Put On and Keep On the New Personality


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