Attitudes- 2

What we don’t realize is that our new attitude has come because we have decided to do something with our old ones. For instance, we should be saying, ‘I should not be thinking like this about this person because I am now saved’ or ‘I should stop trying to draw attention to myself’. We are working with our old way of life. Our new attitudes do not usually appear just like that.  God is offering the nature of Christ to us but we need to take a hold of it by an act of the will. Along with mentioning-'God has given you Christ', Paul also says, ‘Christ should be formed in you’. A person who has been born again may show tremendous change because of the power of the new birth but his old attitudes will still surface after a time. It did not disappear but had just become dormant. It has to be brought low by an act of the will. The fight inside has to take place at some time or the other. The more you win your internal battles, the more you are being transformed. The thing to note here is that this not just a victory based on an act of the will. The Holy Spirit has to reveal our weaknesses and He also needs to strengthen us to fight. Only He can reveal the true state of our heart. Only He can guide us to Christ.