Get Your Pretense On!

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truly are – we will become our true selves in Christ. You were reborn for this, and it will occur, if you simply do not give up.

Listen and learn from the apostle Paul’s exhortation to the Galatians:

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. [8] For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. [9] And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. [10] So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. ~ Galatians 6.7-10 We will reap what we sow. (See the Appendix on the Laws of Sowing and Reaping. ) Have no fear; if you relearn how to sow to the Spirit through new habits of telling the truth, literally reprogramming your mind to be consistent with the Word’s testimony about who you are, you will reap life. Don’t grow tired in learning this, for, if you persevere, you will reprogram your mind and heart, but you must not quit. Step Three Challenge the Eagle to Start Acting Like One : Put On the New Self Created after the Likeness of God

. . . and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. ~ Ephesians 4.24

We come now to the final step in forging and reprogramming our identity: putting on the new self, the very one that has been