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Think of the mind that was in Adam. The way God thinks was breathed into Adam. The serpent had to corrupt Eve’s mind to get to Adam. This defaced the image of God in Adam.
II Corinthians 11:3
To have the mind of Christ restores that untainted image. Hebrews 8:10
God puts into the born-again person’s spirit His laws, His way of thinking. In other words, God puts into us His frame of mind or His way of reasoning to conclusion. This is why we think differently and do not fit into this world’s way of thinking if we have been born again and are converted. If God says, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee”, then our frame of mind should know this. If God says, “He shall supply all our need”, then our frame of mind should know this same thing. And reasoning with this truth, we conclude that this promise contains the sum and substance of all the promises. Nothing of the world is to enter into our conversation and discover itself active. We must bring our minds to our present condition, and this is the sure way to contentment; and those who cannot do it would not be contented though God should raise their condition to their minds, for the mind would rise with the condition. The angels in heaven were not content. Adam in the Garden was not content. What comes out of our mouths must express God’s way of thinking. We must seek after the image of God who made us. We must think God’s thoughts and speak God’s thoughts. Think of the mind that was in Noah. Can you imagine being the only person who believed something that God said? Literally the only person? And imagine holding fast to your faith when absolutely everyone else is doing the opposite. Noah was the first remnant God saved. Noah had a mind of faith.
Genesis 6:9; 7:1
Think of the mind that was in Abraham. Try to understand the mindset of the people whom God used to pen the bible. We're going to have to understand Abraham. Because the bible says Abraham is the father of their faith.
Romans 4:11,12,16 James 2:23
Think of the mind that was in Moses. Moses was the leader uniquely groomed to lead the people of God out of captivity. The Israelites slaving away in Egypt were Black Hebrew; though separated by limited practices, the Hebrew living in Egypt for four hundred plus years were acclimated to the comfort and difficulties in Egyptian society. Moses was Hebrew; however, Moses was reared in Egyptian freedom. Greater than political freedom, Moses was reared in educational freedom. Moses was reared in freedom of thought. Moses was reared with a free will. As an Egyptian prince, he was learned in administration, trade, religion, architecture, music, art and literature. Discard from your mind the vision of a man on the back side of the desert wandering among sheep. That portrayal was preparatory to God’s cause. Moses contained “might of mind.” Moses was free to muse. Moses was so steeped in education and understanding, that ideas of truth dawned in his mind, and he led others into his created thought process. Moses was possibly the most advanced student the world has ever recognized. Moses was perfect to deliver and lead the Hebrew out of Egypt. Moses was foreign enough to lead with thoughts abolishing slavery and familiar enough to offer the people the mind of trust and safety. The Divine Mind propels and orchestrates history. To move forward, the mind and the body have to be free of the past. Moses left Egypt. We must leave the world.
To move forward, the mind and body must be free of expectations of the future discovered in the wilderness. Our expectations must be discovered in our faith as we move forward in God’s determined purposes. Reality is never what you think through speculation. Reality is truth that is proven.
Hebrews 11:23-29
Think of the mind that was in John. John had a powerful encounter with the Alpha and Omega. To take in the things which must shortly come to pass, to behold the deity of Christ, to be given dramatization of the performances of God, the mind of John must stand in sharp contrast to the wisdom of man. It is not stated that John was translated like Enoch, or taken by whirlwind as was Elijah, but it is known that God made heaven accessible to John. We may see that John was transported in the Spirit as was God’s messenger, Ellen White, taken in vision and Paul being caught up not knowing whether he was in the body or out of the body.
Revelation 1:10, 11; 4:1
John was in the Spirit. Not accompanied by an angel. Just him and the Lord. To us, this would be the ultimate experience, and yet John was invited to "come up hither." This was a higher spiritual realm, a higher experience in the Lord. He was taken to the throne of God. Here he saw the Godhead embodied in the Lord Jesus Christ. He saw myriads of redeemed people of every kindred, tongue, nation and people, praising the Lamb, who had redeemed them by His blood, to be kings and priests unto God. Somewhere in the vast views of heaven, John saw you and me.
Of what mind does God exhort us to attain. The mind of courage and resolution conformed to the revealed will of the holy God. In this mind we cease from sin. God has wonderful things prepared to tell and give to us when we truly come to know Him. Things which human understanding alone will never see, can never understand. These things are only understood through spiritual illumination. The one who knows a man best is God. In the same way, the one who knows God best is the Holy Spirit. He knows everything in the mind of God. We have been given the Holy Spirit to teach us if we are true followers of Christ. And when the Spirit dwells within us we have the mind of Christ in us and the capacity to know everything we need to know from God.
I John 2:20 John 14:17
Things we could not have understood before we received the Spirit, we can now understand through the Spirit’s help. These things are freely given to us by God. He is not trying to withhold them from us. If we listen and hear Him, He will make things known by His Spirit and His Word. Once we learn these things from God’s Spirit and His Word, we can share them with others through the power of spiritual words. What an incredible truth. We can know the mind of God because He now trust us with His spirit of truth. And we can speak the truths of God to others because He can speak through us. This is being “conformed to the image of His Son,” and it is the greatest joy of a life being made perfect. This is our faith in the word of God, and it is by this measured faith that our being made perfect is made reality...made truth. This is the mind of Christ whereby we save ourselves from ourself.
I Timothy 4:16
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