Question 1. What is the significance of having a changed heart for achieving freedom?
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I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
Ezekiel 36:26-27
Question 2. Why do external restraints like limiting access to temptations not work in finding lasting freedom?
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These rules may seem wise because they require strong devotion, pious self-denial, and severe bodily discipline. But they provide no help in conquering a person’s evil desires.
Colossians 2:23
It may be wise to limit access to temptation, but that in itself does not change our hearts' desires.
Question 3. How does God bring about a miraculous transformation inside us that changes our hearts and desires?
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Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!
2 Corinthians 5:17
Question 4. What can we learn from the story of King David about the importance of having a pure heart and spirit?
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Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Psalm 51:10
Question 5. How does understanding our identity as Christians play a role in experiencing freedom?
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I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.