Understanding the problem from God's point of view:
Matt. 12:38-40 ; Rom. 1:4 ; Acts 10:39-45 -It is human reason that seeks after signs, works and proofs. God wants man to simply believe and love Him because of Who He is and what He has done for man. The true religion of God is not a religion of works and signs, but of faith and love in Christ Jesus. God is finished with signs. He has given the ultimate in signs: He has given His Son-His death, His burial, His resurrection.

Hope:
Matt. 12:41 ; Acts 2:38 ;3:19 ; Isa. 55:7 -The worst sinners in history repented at the preaching of one man, the prophet Jonah. Now the Messiah Himself, God's own Son, has come. He has preached and announced: "The Kingdom of God" itself is at hand. Every person is now, beyond question, without excuse.

Deut. 4:29 ; Prov. 2:3-5 ; Lu. 11:9-10 -The Queen of Sheba went to the farthest extremes humanly possible to seek the truth. No effort, struggle, energy, strain should be spared in seeking the truth, and if pursued, you will find the truth Jesus Christ, Himself.

Heb. 11:6 ; Prov. 8:17 -Though it can be put out of a life, and turned from, evil will always attack. What is needed is a supernatural power to turn from evil, and that power is in Christ. The love of Christ and His mission of redemption is to fill a man's heart and life. To keep out evil, a man must begin to do Christ's work of love and care, to meet the needs of others, of the world and community, to look after the orphan, the sick and hungry, be swamped with doing God's work, then he will not have time to think and to do evil.

Change:
Rom. 8:1-4 ; Gal. 2:19-20 ;5:16-18 -Christ fulfilled and completed the law. Christ is Spirit, He is life. It is His life that sets the standard and the rule for the believer. It is His Spirit and life that gives the believer the power to obey. A person's faith in Christ places him in Christ. Accordingly, we are to walk day by day in Christ, and believe that Christ takes care of the past sins, of our present welfare, and our future destiny.

2 Cor. 5:17-21 -It is being "in Christ" that makes a person a new creature, he no longer belongs to Satan. To count the believer as living in Christ, the believer is sinless and righteous because Christ is sinless and righteous.

Gal. 5:22-23 ; Titus 2:12 ; Eph. 4:22-24 -No matter how corrupt or how low man has fallen, God longs to make a new creature out of him. All that is required is to believe in Christ, and put on the new nature.

Memory/Meditation/Prayer :

Col. 1:12-14 .

Devotions :

BSAF for Col. 1:20 ; Heb. 2:17 ; Eph. 2:16 ; Heb. 10:19-20 .

Put-off and put-on:

Christ has defeated Satan and his evil spirits: all the forces, energies, powers and principalities of the universe. Man now has been delegated power and authority by the word of God to bind and loose and not be controlled by evil spirits, but to cast them out.
As this is so, list areas in your life where you feel defeated and condemned. Make a failure list of your sins and guilts. Replace this list by what God wants you to put in its place. In Christ practice the put-ons, knowing that you are "more than a conqueror". Practice this until a new pattern of thought and actions are developed.
Accordingly, to assist you to accomplish this, please complete the "Change is a Two-Factored Process" guidelines.

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