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And be renewed in the
Spirit of your mind.
Do You Have The Mind Of
Christ?
2Cor.
10: 4,5
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds.
Casting
down imaginations, and every high thing that exaltheth itself against the
knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity EVERY THOUGHT to the obedience of
Christ.
Just
take a moment and think on how powerful our minds are! Right now you are using
your mind to think on this subject or maybe you are thinking on something
else. We constantly use our minds, to
think, imagine, recall past events, plan, pray, praise, worship, sing, dream.
Romans
1:21
Because
that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful;
but became vain in their IMAGINATIONS, and their foolish heart was darkened.
Romans
8:5-9
For
they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that
are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
For
to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Because
the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God,
neither indeed can be.
So
then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
But
ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God
dwell in you. Now if any men have not
the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
Ephesians
4:22-32
That
ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt
according to the deceitful lusts;
And
be RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF YOUR MIND;
And
that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and
true holiness.
Wherefore
putting away lying, speaks every man truth with his neighbor: for we are
members one of another.
Be
ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
Neither
gives place to the devil.
Let
him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands
the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Let
no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that, which is good to
the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
And
grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of
redemption.
Let
all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put
away from you with all malice:
And
be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God
for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Ephesians
5:18-21
And
be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Speaking
to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing, and making
melody in your heart of the Lord;
Giving
thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ;
Submitting
yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Each
and every day we Battle the Battlefield of the mind. It is up to us what we do
with this battle. Are we that soldier that is there till the battle is won or
are we the soldier that gave up or will give up to easy. If we don't win this
battle and be determine to fight until we win we will not have a close
relationship with God, because the scripture tells us that carnal minded is
enmity with God. God has to be in our minds. How does God get in our Minds?
1Cor.
10:21
Ye
cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers
of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
When
fleshly thoughts come we must take them captive and renew our minds to the mind
of Christ.
Because
like this verse says we cannot drink of the cup of the Lord and the cup of
devils. When we get fleshly thoughts, we know they are not of God, so they have
to be of the devils. What are Fleshly thoughts? Hate, theft, fornication, adultery,
murder, evil thoughts, doubt, fear, lies, jealousy, discouragement or any
thought that does not line up with the word of God. When these thoughts come
check and see what Spirit they come from?
1John
4:1a
Beloved,
believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God:
Thoughts are powerful! Electricity started
with a thought, and then it was acted on and now we have electricity. When
people have talked to serial killers or just mothers who have killed their
children, they say they heard a voice tell them to do it. Do you think they
herd this voice out loud? No it was in their heads, and yes it was a real
voice. Was it of God? No, because God says thou shall not murder.
When
David saw Bath-sheba he started thinking how beautiful she was and he dwelled
on those thoughts and soon acted them out.
Why? Because he did not take those thoughts captive, and put on the mind
of Christ, and because of that sin he lost his son and grieved greatly. Before
someone commits suicide it started with a thought, such as no cares about, you
will never mount to nothing, this is Hell here on earth if you kill yourself
you want feel anymore pain. That person
acts on the thoughts and then they commit suicide. Was that thought of God?
No,
because God tells us we are fearfully and wonderfully made and thou shall not
kill. When listening to music where does the music go? To the mind. Have you ever woke up or be
walking around and a song comes in your mind?
Movies we watched were do they go? In our minds. How do we know? Do you
ever have flash backs from movies or fall asleep and dream about something you
had just watched on TV? Why does this happen? Because it was stored in our
mind. We have to be careful what we place
in our minds because that effects what we think and how we react.
Do
you feed your mind more carnal (fleshly) things or more spiritual? Whatever you feed your mind is what kind of
person you will be. Are you carnal or spiritual? We need to give God more time than we give the world. Who is the God of this world?
2Cor.
4:4
In
whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them, which believe not,
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God,
should shine unto them.
Exodus
20:3
Thou
shall have no other gods before me.
Which
god is your god? We have to live in this world and there are things we take
part in that are worldly such as: work, play, fairs, beach, vacations, games,
ballgames, TV, radio, school, shopping and the list goes on and on. Some of these we have to because it is part
of the world and in order to survive you have to do them, some are just for
pleasure. There is nothing wrong with pleasure or taking part in the worldly
events but be WISE in your choice. We
are in the world so we cannot avoid the world completely and God provided the
world for our pleasures also. But no
matter where we go or what we do God always has to be first in our lives. Not just by saying it. It is easy to say he
is first. But is he? Words are easy. Actions are not! What is in the heart will come out in
actions. We need to remember to take every thought captive, renew our minds
daily and renew a right spirit in us and get in to the word! Study, memorize,
and dwell on the word
Put
on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,
kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
That
ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
For
who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the
mind of Christ.
These
were nobler than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all
readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were
so.
Philip.
2:5
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.
Can you say you have the
mind of Christ?
Please write and let me know if this information was
helpful in your studies, or if you have any questions please contact me:
Robin Farley