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Wednesday 27 July 2016

Understanding - part 2 of 3

It is also obvious that everyone alive is thriving in their flesh. Christians still have a raging war that needs to be dealt with on a daily basis; we have already established that once we get saved we do not totally die to self because we are still alive in our bodies with the same mind driving us. However we do now have the mind of Christ which was given to us at salvation, we have the Holy Spirit who guides and leads us into all truth. Without the Spirit of God governing our lives as Christians we would never be able to change in character and our old natures would continue to dominate our actions; tricking us at times making us believe that "we are good" within ourselves; the war cry of today’s world!

We know that even our best attempts to please God, if motivated by the flesh is as filthy rags in His sight: why? Because our flesh has been tainted by sin and mix fresh drinking water with enough oil and it will be rendered useless. Paul makes this point very clear in Romans chapter 8; take what I say or what anyone says pertaining to any truth in scripture and test in against other quotes out of the bible and see if it fits, if not, something is off and needs to be readdressed.

Some people claim to be Christian through the traditions of men, but deny that a person needs to be born again; does that type of reasoning fit with the Bibles teachings? No! Here is the proof; Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John 3:3) To claim a relationship with God, the One who is Spiritual cannot be seen with the naked eye, and to try and enter into his presences without spiritual eyes is foolish, and yet so many have been duped into believing that it is possible, the traditions of men, a trap that Satan has lured millions into. So to approach God in that way results with a truth which is unavoidable; it is impossible for us to please Him in our flesh. We need eyes in order to see His kingdom and His brilliance will always allude us if we are not given sight to see, simple put, we must be “born again”. Our natural minds will always resist this thought as it is way out there; Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.” (Romans 8:7) 

How do I test whether I am being driven by my flesh or by the Spirit of God? It is once again rather simple; the “fruit of repentance” is a perfect test to help us examine where we stand; “For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselveswhat indignationwhat fearwhat longingwhat zealwhat punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.” (2Corinthians 7:11) – How have we responded to Christ’s sacrifice and the finished work of the cross? Does religion remain a nice idea or has it changed our lives?

As Christians we will now be driven by the Spirit of God; “For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. God has called us to life in and through the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 8:2)

We were once dead in out trespasses and our sins but now we have been made alive to serve our God; we have been born again; without this miraculous event taking place in our lives it would be impossible to approach the throne room of God, impossible to methodology God. Nevertheless for us to pretend that the tension between the Spirit and our flesh should not be prevalent in our lives is in fact false. This tension remains for a reason; for it helps build us up in Christ’s character; contesting against our old natures produces endurance and brings with it peace but only if we are governed by the Spirit of God.              

The Bible is full of many valuable instructions that will benefit the ones obedient to them. In order for that to become our reality we need to understand what is being taught. We must recognize the voice of our God and His instruction under any given circumstance; simply put we need to “put on the mind of Christ”. And the only way we will ever achieve this in the right measure is if we are lead by the Holy Spirit. He must now govern our thoughts. But in order for that to happen we must “unlearn all that we has been learnt” which come from another source altogether. To be carnally minded is to simply align ourselves with the enemy’s arsenals which wars against the Spirit. Me, self and my worth all comes from our carnal natures and with this mind-set in play it is impossible to please God. We cannot please Him, please get the point for if it is missed, our entire lives would have been wasted. However as Christians we have now been given spiritual ears and eyes to make head and tails of the difference, but sometimes we give far too much of what we allow into our lives a pass. It can be the very things we sanction that rob us of our victory in Christ. Remember to put this prefix into every action we carry out and we will live a peaceable life; anything we do or any intent we may have minus God equals the flesh and if the flesh dominates our lifestyles it simply proves that we are still carnally minded.

We must examine ourselves in the mirror and if this is our lot in life, it is then time to cry out unto our God and Father and plead with Him “to renew a right spirit within us”. The plea of David, a man after God’s own heart, do you not want to be tarred with the same brush, I know I do. Pleasing my heavenly Father and to live a life sold out to Him driven by the Spirit of God.

Signing off

Tyrone

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