Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”   At the end of our lives on the earth both carnal and spiritual believers go to be with the Lord Jesus, for once we are born-again the further renewing of our minds does not impact our salvation. In other words one does not get into heaven based on the depth of our knowledge of God’s word, but rathe

1 Corinthians 3:2-3 “I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; (3) for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not carnal and behaving like mere men?”   We saw earlier that the way we think ultimately determines our behaviour. And so as we receive revelation of His word, God expects us to begin to act on that revelation received. In other wo

Psalms 119:97-100 “Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.  (98)  You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies; For they are ever with me.  (99)  I have more understanding than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation.  (100) I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts.”    As a child, our Lord Jesus was taught the word of God along with the other children He grew up with, but that is where the similarity

Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”   It is one thing to be made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, but it is an entirely different thing to walk in that righteousness. Many saints love to proclaim the truth that they have been made the righteousness of God in Christ, but sadly their lifestyles do not reflect His righteousness.

Romans 2:14-15 “for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves,  (15)  who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them.”   There is one last area I want to discuss which is directly impacted, based on the whether the saint is walking in a carnal or a spiritual mindset. The

1 Corinthians 3:1 “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.”             We have seen thus far that all unbelievers are carnally minded, which means that all believers should be spiritually minded. Sadly however when we come into the kingdom of God we are still carnally minded, for in the above quoted passage of scripture the Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul teaches us that babes in Christ are still carnal in

Romans 8:5-7 “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.  (6)  For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.  (7) Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.”   In the above quoted passage of scripture the apostle Paul teaches us that there are two mindsets in the e

Understanding   1 Corinthians 14:14 “For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.”     As we will see in this section there are three main components that make up the mind of man i.e. the understanding, the emotions and faith. The first and main component which we will discuss is our understanding. The reason we say that the understanding is the main component of the mind, is because whenever the bible speaks of the understanding of an indiv

Luke 22:42 “saying, "Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not My will, but Yours, be done.”    As I have already alluded to in a previous section, the soul of man can be further divided into three separate parts. The first part of the soul of man which we will discuss in this section is the will of man. Unlike our spirits which become new creations when we are born-again, the will of man does not change after salvation. In other words after w

Deuteronomy 6:5 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.”   Before we can discuss the make up of the soul of man we need to first establish the fact that the mind indeed forms part of the soul. In the above quoted passage of scripture from the Old Testament the Holy Spirit refers to the three main components of mankind which we have already mentioned, for He refers to the heart, soul and strength of man. The scrip

John 3:3-5 “Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."  (4)  Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"  (5)  Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.”   There are certain truths revealed to us in the New Testament that cannot be

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Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good...

1 Corinthians 3:2-3 “I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are...

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Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good...

Romans 2:14-15 “for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a...

Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good...

1 Corinthians 3:1 “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ.” We have seen...

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Romans 8:5-7 “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the...

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