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From an angle of personal experience. So normally there are stuff I left behind that under certain circumstances can flare up and I ask myself “broda but I thought you no longer roll like this” So everything is under the control of the Holy Spirit but there are times one let’s their guard down and that old nature shows up even if briefly
GSW: Brother Truth don wear Agbada. The reason character can’t be the same is because it is a human construct. Remember that prostitute that was saved in Jericho? When you
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Where is the place of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Spirit filled man. The Holy Spirit is able to transform a man and the unpleasant character is changed. Ephesians 4:20-24 NKJV.
GSW: I agree with this. But transform him to a vessel for God’s use not a character amendment machine. In the process of being transformed to a vessel fit for
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Does it mean some men can make a choice to change their character?
GSW: They usually outgrow it. Prostitution is like football. You can only play that game for a while.
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We have seen prostitute with certain character and patterns become a better person etc. same with stealing etc. and have seen transformation stories in Rehabilitation centers.
GSW: They mostly are not really prostitutes. Some people find themselves doing some things just to survive, once they can break that yoke off, they move on. I know prostitutes
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Can we outgrow certain behaviors as we get wiser and older?
GSW: Or our bodies can’t do them anymore which is not a change of character, we just grew old. We didn’t outgrow it. We grew old But we have seen
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I remember when I used to find certain things easy to do and I can’t do such anymore. I find out, it’s no longer part of my character.
GSW: The old cat didn’t stop being a cat, it only grew old.
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As believers, are we still subject to these things? Or they’re already a part of us that we can’t be separated from. Just curious
GSW: A boy fought another boy. The mother of one boy said “Go back and fight him again, don’t be timid, go and win that fight before coming back here”
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Can character change by transformation by the Holy Spirit? So say an individual who has displayed a certain character for majority of their adult life but then truly surrenders to the LORD and is filled with the Holy Spirit. Can the character be changed?
GSW: Can we ask Peter? Or Paul? Or John Mark? Or John the Beloved? Or Jacob? If character is the key to heaven, none of us will make it. For