TAKE GOD’S REVEALED TRUTH AND APPLY IT DIRECTLY AND SPECIFICALLY TO SATAN’S LIES WHICH ARE THE CAUSES BEHIND THE EFFECTS OF WHAT I AM GOING THROUGH (MY CIRCUMSTANCES/MY PROBLEMS/MY HEARTACHES/MY HEADACHES/MY HEARTBURN/MY ADDICTIONS, ETC.)!
WE ARE NOT TO YIELD OURSELVES TO SIN, BUT INSTEAD, WE ARE TO YIELD OURSELVES TO THE LORD. THE SECOND "YIELD" IN THIS VERSE IS IN A DIFFERENT GREEK TENSE. THE TENSE OF THIS VERB IS IN THE IMPERATIVE, AORIST, ACTIVE TENSE WHICH MEANS THIS IS A COMMAND THAT IS A ONCE-AND-FOR-ALL ACTION THAT WILL CONSTANTLY BE ON-GOING. PAUL SAYS, "PUT YOURSELF AT ONCE, AND ONCE AND FOR ALL, AT THE DISPOSAL OF GOD. DO IT! PAUL IS VERY EMPHATIC AND THE MESSAGE IS VERY STRONG. WE ARE TO BE SPIRIT-CONTROLLED PEOPLE.