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[ Created: 2023-01-08 08:16:17  Updated: 2023-01-08 09:00:39 Owner: rl ]
Title: Have you lost your mind?    
  
  
  
  

    

  
  
  
  


We have seen people born with mental infirmities, we have seen people lose their minds through alzheimers and dementia, and we have seen people go insane.   

Each of these states is horrible.   We value our sanity, our mental faculties.   
But have we placed too much value on a `normal` mentality?   
And be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of the Lord.
What is wrong with the world that we should not be conformed to it?     
    it is lost and confused
    it is filled with sickness and disease
    it is filled with violence
    it is filled with greed
    it is filled with hate
    it is filled with death
    it is hopeless
    it is apart from the Lord

Conformity is good when it is to the Word and the Holy Spirit.     Otherwise it is evil.     

In order for the New Spirit being to manifest in our flesh, we must be transformed in mind, emotions and will (our soul).     

When we are transformed we receive the wisdom and power of the Lord to do the work of Christ Jesus in our mortal bodies.     

What is the good and acceptable and perfect will of our Lord?     
    It is that none perish ,
    it is that all be healed ,
    it is that all prosper .     

How is the Lord`s will proved?     
    By the manifestation of evidence.     
What evidence?     
    salvation, healing and prosperity.     

Hence, the only thing holding us back from experiencing the best that the Lord has for us is our minds.     

Let the Mind Of Christ be in you.     -

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Jesus wants us to be like Him.     After all, He created us in His image .      He chided His disciples when they did not measure up to their potential.     `Oh you of litte faith, why are you so fearful` .     

Jesus made it possible for us to be accepted by His Holy Spirit through His blood sacrifice .      Once cleansed He made it possible for us to receive His Holy Spirit .      The Holy Spirit of Christ is who raised Christ Jesus from the dead .      He told us that greater deeds would we do as a result of receiving that gift .     

But, in order for us to realize our potential we must `realize our potential` .      As we think in our hearts so are we .      For me or you to reach our potential in Christ we must believe what He said about us to the extent that we allow it to transform our thoughts, words and deeds .     

The Mind Of Christ is achieved by knowingly and willingly being transformed by the Word and Holy Spirit .      We must desire to have the Mind Of Christ and we must feed on what He fed on to arrive at the same place He did .     

Jesus said the Kingdom Of Heaven is at hand when He walked the earth .      In the Word and Holy Spirit we can manifest heaven on earth .     
It is His will but is it yours?     

Who, being the form [image] of His Holy Spirit Father, thought it not robbery to be equal with the Holy Spirit:
What is the form of our Creator?     
We need only look at man who was made in His image .     

The Holy Spirit formed Jesus in Mary`s womb for the purpose of manifesting Himself in the body of Jesus.     

Since the Holy Spirit did this, Jesus did not think it presumptuous for Him to be equal with the Holy Spirit.     

It is this thinking in His mind and heart that enabled Him to speak the words of the Holy Spirit and by the power of the Holy Spirit to do the works of the Holy Spirit - just as He had done in the beginning when He created all things.

It is clear from the verses above that we need to lose our mind and take on the Mind Of Christ.   
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Our mind is that which
    connects our spirit to the physical universe
    receives inputs from our 5 senses
    organizes and prioritizes information
    forms ideas and opinions about the world.     

Because we were born with a Sin Nature and we live in a fallen world our minds are corrupt.     We must have our minds renewed so that we cease being Carnal Minded and become Spiritual Minded.     

Being Spiritual Minded can only be done
    by our New Spirit being
    operating through our Soul
    which has been transformed by the Word and Holy Spirit.     

In that state our thinking, meditations, speech and actions reflect Truth and we experience Abundant Life

Carnal Minded is the opposite.     
    It is disconnected from the Word and the Holy Spirit.     
    It ignores our New Spirit existence.     
    It continues to operate in the flesh.     

In that state there is only disappointment, discouragement, disillusionment and death.

Jesus did not think like others.   He did not talk like others.   He did not act like others.   

Jesus was different, but He was better!   

If we are to be better, we must be willing to be different from man and be like our Lord.   
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you.
What we truly believe is in our hearts.     It manifests in how we think, what we say and what we do.     

Without a change to our thinking, we won`t change at all.