By submission, I mean that we renounce our own way and seek above all else to submit to Christ as Lord and be ruled by Him in every area of our lives. The importance of this will be seen from what we said above about the way sin blocks the control of the Spirit in our lives. The essence of sin is self-will—placing ourselves at the center of our lives instead of Christ. The way to be filled—controlled and dominated—by the Spirit is to place Christ at the center of our lives, instead of self. This