We concluded last week with the truth that the mind is to drive the heart. That what we know should define and control what we feel. Truth trumps emotion, this is not to exclude emotion, but our feelings are subject to our mind. And they MUST be so. This only works because God has renewed us in every way. So, as the mind is made new, the emotions and affections are tamed and trained, and in the context of this renewal we are entirely re-created. God has entered into the work of the new covenant by which He makes us over, into a people who CAN and DO love Him. This is a work that ONLY God can accomplish, which is why He states plainly that the result of this renewal is that He will be our God and we will be His people.