Monday, August 26 Be transformed by making your mind over.​—Rom. 12:2.

[Áine]

Monday, August 26

Be transformed by making your mind over.—Rom. 12:2.

 

The Greek expression translated “making your mind over” can be rendered “renovation of your mind.” Therefore, we cannot simply decorate our life with a few good works. Rather, we must examine the person we are deep inside and make any needed changes so that we can bring our life as close as possible to Jehovah’s standards. We should do this, not once, but continually. When we reach perfection, we will always be able to please Jehovah in everything we do. In the meantime, we need to keep working hard toward that goal. Notice the connection Paul made between making our mind over and discerning God’s will, as recorded at Romans 12:2. Instead of passively allowing ourselves to be molded by this system of things, we must first examine ourselves to determine how much we are letting God’s thinking—not the world’s—influence our goals and decisions. w23.01 8-9 ¶3-4

[Mike047]

Something that is impossible for Satan is to "be transformed", which we used to use in the earlier version of this text in the NWT. It implies the ability to become, and Satan can only disguise himself, as an angel of light.............................but he is very good at it.