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273curse the ground any more forman's sake, for that the imaginationof man's heart is evil fromhis youth ; neither will I againsmite any more everything living,as I have done ."Continued Wrong ThinkingForeseenDeut . 31 :21 "And it shall cometo pass, when many evils andtroubles are come upon them,that this song shall testify beforethem as a witness ; for it shallnot be forgotten out of themouths of their seed : for I knowtheir imagination which theyframe this day, before I havebrought them into the land whichI sware ."Further Evil Bent of Man's Mindin Last Days ForetoldMatt . 24 :37 "For just as thedays of Noah were, so the presenceof the Son of man will be ."2 Tim. 3 :1, 8 "But know this,that in the last days critical timeshard to deal with will be here .Now in the way that Jannes andJambres resisted Moses, so thesealso go on resisting the truth,men completely corrupted inmind, disapproved as regards thefaith."Rom . 1 :22, 28, 29 "Althoughasserting they were wise, theybecame foolish . And just as theydid not approve of holding Godin accurate knowledge, God gavethem up to a disapproved mentalstate, to do the things not fitting,filled as they were with all unrighteousness."Satan, God of This World, IsResponsible for Wrong ThinkingRev . 12 :9 "So down the greatdragon was hurled, the originalserpent, the one called Devil andSatan, who is misleading the entireinhabited earth ; he washurled down to the earth, and hisangels were hurled down withhim ."2 Cor . 4 :4 "Among whom thegod of this system of things hasblinded the minds of the un-New-World Livingbelievers, that the illumination ofthe glorious good news about theChrist, who is the image of God,might not shine through ."Satan Feeds Man's Mind onWrong Things According toHis System of ThingsCol . 1 :21 "Indeed, you whowere once alienated and enemiesbecause your minds were on theworks that were wicked, he nowhas again reconciled ."Eph . 2 :2, 3 "You at one timewalked according to the systemof things of this world, accordingto the ruler of the authorityof the air, the spirit that nowoperates in the sons of disobedience. Yes, among them we allat one time conducted ourselvesin harmony with the desires ofour flesh, doing the things theflesh and the thoughts willed ."Harmony with God's New WorldArrangement Requires CompletelyChanged Course of Thinking2 Cor. 3 :16-18 "But when thereis a turning to Jehovah, the veilis taken away. Now Jehovah isthe spirit ; and where the spiritof Jehovah is, there is freedom .And all of us, while we with unveiledfaces reflect like mirrorsthe glory of Jehovah, are transformedinto the same image fromglory to glory, exactly as done byJehovah the spirit."Rom . 12 :2 "And quit beingfashioned after this system ofthings, but be transformed bymaking your mind over, that youmay prove to yourselves the goodand acceptable and complete willof God."Active Force of God Needed toEffect a Change in Thinkingand ConductTitus 3 :3-6 "For even we wereonce senseless, disobedient, beingmisled, being slaves to variousdesires and pleasures, carrying onin maliciousness and envy, hateful,hating one another . However,when the kindness and the lovefor man on the part of our