Where people are concerned, never forget that situations can change. So can the persons involved. And so can you. In fact, a true Christian has a better opportunity and reason to alter or adjust his personality than anyone else. He is under obligation to do so. How is that?

3. How does Paul give encouragement and incentive to a change in personality?

³ The Bible speaks very definitely about changes that must be made in personality. It gives both encouragement and incentive by explaining why and how it can be done. In writing to the Christians at Ephesus, Paul said: “You should put away the old personality which conforms to your former course of conduct and which is being corrupted according to his deceptive desires;

Surely we each have to admit that our old personality was largely influenced by “deceptive desires,” due to being “in darkness mentally, and alienated from the life that belongs to God.”