Understanding the Problem from God's Point of View:
Heb. 1:8-10 , 2:10 ; 2 Cor. 5:21 ; Phil. 2:9-11 -Jesus Christ is totally devoted to righteousness and perfection. He rules and reigns in righteousness. His very nature and being is righteousness. He stands as the ideal and perfect righteous man. As the ideal man, His righteousness is able to cover all men who honestly trust Him for righteousness. Christ is in us and He delegates His authority and power to us and through us to establish His kingdom, peace and joy on earth.

Hope:
Heb. 2:3 , Deut. 4:9 , 8:11 , Heb. 1:1-2 , Col. 1:16 -We are the heirs of salvation, of Christ Himself. By His salvation, we became acceptable to God and live eternally with God. We can now live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world, we can now conquer trials and temptations, bondages and enslavements, man can live triumphantly and abundantly in the world and live eternally in perfection in the other world.

Heb. 2:10-13 -Jesus stands as the ideal and perfect man before God, and whatever Christ did would stand for man:

• When He died , His death stood for every man.
• When He arose, His resurrection would cover man.
• When He was exalted into heaven, this too covered man and made it possible for man to be exalted into heaven and to rule and reign over the universe with God.
• Being sanctified both Christ and believers are one of God.
• Both Christ and the believer share the same truth, Ps. 18:2 . Isa. 8:17 .

As Christ trusted God perfectly, He in us leads us to trust God more and more.

Change:
1 Pet. 3:18 ; 2 Cor. 5:21 -We die because of sin, we are short of morality, righteousness, justice, goodness but He Who is perfect died for all men and if you believe that Jesus died for you, then God identifies you with Jesus and considers you as being righteous, already dead in Christ already resurrected to eternal life in Christ. Accordingly, we are to pursue after love, mercy, justice and compassion.

Heb. 3:6 ; Matt. 10:22 , Gal. 6:9 ; 1 Pet. 1:13 , Rev. 3:11 -We must strongly believe, believe to the point of utter confidence that the promise of heaven and eternal life is true, that our lifestyle is in accord with godly principles of thought, of speech and of action.

Heb. 3:12 , Acts 28:27 , Isa. 30:15 -Unbelief is believing that Christ does not live within us. But since He does, He wants us to trust Him for He will provide during any trial and suffering. Faith and trust are means God uses and teaches men to trust Him more. To believe God, the more we need, and the more we suffer, the more we draw near to God, the more we will trust His fellowship, to trust, to depend and walk with God. It is us proving our loyalty to Him, and not getting God to prove His loyalty to us first before we undergo any trial or suffering. We are the ones to be tried and tested, not God. The failure to learn this is due to unbelief and disobedience.

Memory/Meditation/Prayer :

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Devotions :

BSAF on Jn. 3:36 ; Eph. 5:15-16 .

Put-off and put-on:

Note what the following verses say about self-control and discipline. Write down what they say about the lack of self-control, the results thereof; how we get self-control; blessings of self-control; dangers of lack of control. Note areas in which you need to work on:
1 Tim. 4:7 , 2Tim. 1:7 , 2:1-7 , 15 ; 1 Cor. 9:24-27 ; 1 thess. 4:11 , 12; 5:14; 2 Thess. 3:6-15 ; 1 Pet. 1:13 ; Phil. 4:8 ; Jm. 3:4-8 ; Eph. 5:16 ; Gal. 5:22-23 ; Prov. 23:1-3 ; 25:16 ; Rom. 13:14 ; 2Pet. 1:3-8; Heb. 5:14 ; Prov. 4:20-27 ; Lu. 9:23-24 ; Heb. 12:11 ; Acts 24:16; Prov. 12:1 , 13:1 , 13:3 , 18 , 24 , 14:29 ; 15:5 , 10 , 31 , 32 ; 16:32, 17:27, 28; 19:16, 18, 20, 19:27, 20:3, 13, 25, 19:2, 20:5; 21:21, 23, 22:15, 17, 18, 24, 25; 23:12-14, 19; 23:29, 30; 24: 27, 30-34; 25:8, 17, 27, 28; 28:20; 29:11, 20, 22; 30:32-33, Ps. 57:7, Phil. 2:5-8 .

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