Accomplishing great or noteworthy things is impossible without impediments; if it was not hard or difficult, it was not noteworthy. It seems as if the whole universe is against attaining the image of Jesus Christ, but we have been given a mandate to overcome these impediments, which God uses to hone us. Our Lord and Savior has given us four principles to highlight and overcome these impediments (Matthew 6:19-34) including, 1.) having material rather than spiritual priorities, 2.) having spiritual double mindedness, 3.) having divided loyalties, and 4.) being faithless. Our mindsets, ways of thinking, mentalities determine our conduct. The changes must be made in the interior of our nervous system if we are to engage in genuine righteous conduct pleasing to God. Spiritual defilement deters making us like Christ. All human nature is a mixture of good and evil, but God wants us to expunge all evil, realizing that the genesis of all we do is on the inside. Any materialistic goal will decay and deteriorate, having a limited lifetime. Only spiritual treasures last forever. Though our physical bodies age and deteriorate, the inward man is being renewed constantly as we yield to God's shaping power of His Holy Spirit. Jesus uses the light afflictions we are going through to renew us day by day, prompting us to grow into mature spirit beings which will endure through multiple holocausts (II Peter 3:10-14). We are saved by the spiritual darkness of Satan's world by gloming onto God's truth, making it the sole standard for right and wrong, being careful what we allow into our minds, avoiding double mindedness or cognitive dissonance, or co-existing with error. God demands undivided loyalty, brooking no rival from anywhere, denouncing any kind of divided loyalty (Matthew 6:24).