8015	Forums / Main Forum / Why Faith Is A Must	on: January 18, 2007, 03:46:57 PM
What is it in me that chooses the stronger desire over the weaker one? Is it the Holy Spirit who has somehow possessed my body or is it my very self (my soul or spirit or mind) or is it both or is it perhaps something else? Soc, It comes down to the condition of our souls. We can be a christian but yet because we have developed bad habits rarely are they taken away from us at the point of our new birth. That is why we may have problems in different areas of desiring sin over righteousness. As i have stated that desire is what causes choice. The mind views the object based upon many factors. Our past experience is one of the factors. If we desired strongly a certain sin in our former life then our bad habit would effect how we desire that sin in our new life. We all come with souls that have been conditioned by our experience. So our understanding of what is rite and wrong is effected. We also have likes ,dislikes that affect our understanding. We have different personalities that effect our understanding. When we are born again, given new life then we get new desires. The desire to glorify God is the end for which we live since we have left our way of thinking and we have a new way of thinking. These new desires effect the condition of our souls. As we grow in our new desires we begin to develop new habits. Our minds begin to be transformed by the word of God and our souls become more like Christ. The new desires are beyond our ability to apprehend completely since we see through a glass dimly. They also come and go, up and down, sometimes they can be very strong, sometimes they are very weak.  So we are never really fulfilled in this life. As we read His word we are looking into the glass and we are seeing the image of God in the face of Jesus Christ. We are gaining deeper and deeper desires for His glory. Because our minds and understanding begin to have spiritual feel, touch , taste, and site we begin to have these senses enlarged so that our spiritual desires begin to increase and our frequency to have bad habits decrease. In this way the condition of our souls are transformed. Its really not the process of conditioning, but it is the process of deliverance by Christ by over coming our bad habits through looking into the glass and seeing our selves through His word. It is also a process of renewal. We are being renew daily by being washed of our sins, and by being energized by His Spirit, and by responding to His word with praise and adoration. If we begin to develop the spiritual senses, we will begin to enlarge our view of God. We will begin to know the awesomeness of God, the power of God , and the absolute sovereign control of God. The nature of God and the nearness of His divine presence will shine into our spiritual eyes the glory of Christ. When Christ becomes sweet, that is the very mention of His name , wells up desires of adoration, we are gaining a very profound glory , to glory transformation. Unless we sense that God does what pleases, then we will not be in the position to pray as we should. Believing prayer is  trusting that we are bringing ourselves before the throne of grace in order for us to begin to be changed by Him speaking peace to our souls through His word and the testimony of His Spirit. And our Heavenly Father calls us to Himself directly. Our Fathers voice is recognized by His sheep and we know Him by His calling us. In the very beginnings of salvation we hear His voice and He subdues our wills. We actively submit to His will in believing as the other side of faith. We not only trust Christ be we obey His will in believing. Because HE gives us a new will at regeneration. But the Father is with us as well as condescending to us. (Rev.)