The word conform means to be poured into the mold of; in other words, there’s pressure from the world, from the devil, from unbelievers, and from circumstances. You can’t go through life without being pressured to a certain way.
That word transformed in the Greek is the word Metamorpho. And it’s the word we get metamorphosis from the process where a little worm spends a period of time in a cocoon and then comes out as a butterfly.
If you want that kind of transformation change called metamorphosis, so that you begin to experience change in your physical and emotional realm transitioning from the bitter, hurtful person, the sick person, from the defeated person into the victorious person that God wants you to be.
Sin is carnal but not all carnality is sin. The word carnal literally means out of the five senses; in other words, don’t let your mind be dominated only by what it can see, taste, smell, and feel.
You can perceive reality beyond that your soul can. Through faith, you can believe the Word of God, and you can you can believe things that you can’t see.
That the communication of your faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
Effectual: begin to work, begin to be productive
Communication: release, transfer
He didn’t say that your faith begins to work by getting more faith, by going to God and getting a new anointing, a double portion, getting more of God.
You see those are concepts that you’ll hear often but the truth is that’s not reality. There is a process of renewing the mind.
It’s not instantaneous. It’s not just one thought that changes your life but this one thought is so radical it would begin the process and there is patience, and there’s a growth.
Renewing Your Mind
- Knowledge & understanding of God’s Word
- Think spiritually, not carnally
- Acknowledge every good thing in you
Spirit Of Man
You cannot access your spirit through your soul and body because your soul and body will lie to you.
Our spirit is the innermost part of our being beyond human understanding. It cannot be known by our senses, our mind, by reason, by our emotions, or by our will. Your spirit isn’t accessed through the body and the soul.
The only way to access the spirit is through the Word of God. The only thing that brings life to your spirit is the Word of God.
Your mind and your body will tell you one thing, and the Word will tell you something else.
The spirit part of you has already been given the power to do mighty things, such as raising the dead but it just can’t get past your mind.
The spirit part of him became so powerful that it went beyond his mind and his body and believing that what was virtually impossible to the mind could be done.
You see, what the body and the soul actually does is block the spirit by constantly arguing with it through logical thinking.
You cannot operate in the spirit through the senses.
You need to train your spirit to respond to the Word. When a temptation starts to come to you, the Word of God arises out of your spirit and overcomes it. You’re learning to move in the spirit.
All the fruits of the Spirit are found in my spirit. Everything that I need in Christ is already inside of me.
Both soul and body are entangled in the physical reality that surrounds the life of man.
Adam was created from the dust of the earth and became a living soul. Because of this, our senses, which are contained in our souls, are attuned to the earth.
That is why our feelings shift and change according to what is happening around us. Everything that is of the earth is unsteady and changeable, which is why a person who allows their soul to control their life is never at rest.