II. B- You are What You Think..
I. B- You are What You T hink. (Romans 12:3) You are not always what you think you are, you are what you think. As a child of God you must not think too lowly of yourself because you are a “New creation” in Christ, an ambassador for Christ. You became “the righteousness of God in Him” (2Cor.5:17-21). Don’t you know that you belong to the aristocracy of heaven? So think like the spiritual aristocrat that you are. You are part of nobility (1John.3:6) However, you have an old sinful nature. Therefore, Paul tells us not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think (v.3). He also said, “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwell” (Rom.7:18). Jesus said, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh” (John.3:6). In other words, the New Birth in itself does not change or perfect the flesh. Flesh is carnal and there is no escaping it until death (Ps.51:5), or until the rapt...