How are we to be transformed into the image of the Lord?...

By the renewing of our mind.

There is a battle today for the minds of human beings. Never before in history has there been the amount of communication taking place that is true of our time. Books, schools, radio, television, motion pictures, magnetic tapes, computers—all are contributing to the flow of facts, concepts, and values.

There is no doubt that Satan is using every technological means to accelerate the rise of man-centeredness and rebellion against all authority. The unwary will allow themselves to be moulded according to Satan’s concepts of what is desirable for mankind.

The mark of Antichrist is being stamped in the forehead, in the mind.

What can the sincere disciple do in order to escape from this influence?

How do we renew our mind so we may be transformed into the image of the Lord Jesus Christ, being able to prove God’s will for us—that which is good, acceptable, and perfect?

We must have a special time of prayer each day as well as continual prayer throughout the day and night. We must engage in continual reading and meditating in the Scriptures. We must seek fellowship with sincere, fervent Christians, and actively participate in Christian service—all as the Lord leads.

It is important to the Christian disciple to understand thoroughly that he is not of the world. We are in the world but we are not part of its ways of believing and behaving. The goals of the people of the world are not our goals. There are differences between the Christian and the non-Christian.

The Holy Spirit of God is dwelling eternally within the Christian. The non-Christian has only his human spirit. Also, all Christians are partakers of the body and blood of Christ, which brings them into a spiritual family that is more closely knit than families of flesh and blood.

The non-Christian continually is being fashioned in the image of the world spirit because this is the image being communicated to him through his eyes and ears. The Christian, if he is abiding in Christ, is being fashioned continually in the image of Christ because the Holy Spirit is communicating to him the Word of God, the Divine Substance and Virtue of Christ, and eternal, incorruptible resurrection life.

If we will present our body a holy, living sacrifice to God, the Spirit of God will keep renewing our mind with the heavenly things. The result will be a transformation of what we are and do and a continuing awareness of the will of God in all matters.