Section 4
own natural cleverness, imaginations, and con cepts. We may come to the church with our body, but we bring with us our very troublesome mind. Such an unrenewed mind will be a great prob lem to the church. Our body must be presented, and our mind must be renewed. Suppose, by the Lord's mercy, our body has been presented and our mind has been renewed, but our spirit re mains cold. That will never work for the church life. After the presenting of the body and the renewing of the mind, we need the burning of the spirit. How we long to see that all the be lievers would have three characteristics: a body that has been absolutely presented for the church life; a mind that has been completely renewed by metabolic transformation in the soul, a mind that is free from worldly, natural, and religious thoughts, wholly saturated with the Lord's mind, and purely for the Lord; and a spirit that is set on fire. If all the saints are like this, how wonderful the church life will be.
Serving as a Slave
In the church life we must serve the Lord as a slave. A slave is one who has been sold to his master and who no longer has any freedom. We need to be this kind of person for the Body life,