Section 3
In the church life we need to be diligent. No slothful person can prevail in practicing the church life. For the sake of the Body our sloth fulness must be dealt with.
Burning in Spirit
For the Body life, we need a body that is pre sented, a mind that is renewed in the transfor mation of the soul, and a spirit that is burning. Our whole being—spirit, soul, and body—is in cluded in the church life. For the sake of the church life, our body needs to be presented, our soul needs to be transformed, and our mind needs to be metabolically changed. Our mind must be renewed, not simply by being taught, but by being transformed, having the element of Christ spread into it to produce a metabolic change. The trans formation of our soul primarily depends upon the renewing of our mind. If we are serious about practicing the church life, we need to present our body, to have our soul transformed, and to be burned and burning in our spirit. If we have a heart for the church life, but fail to present our body to the church, we are impractical. However, suppose we are bodily in the church life, yet our mind is filled with old concepts, thoughts, and traditions. Suppose our mind is occupied by our