RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT

RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT

2 Timothy 1:7   For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

We are spirit, we live in a body, and we have a soul.

Our soul is made up of three parts, our mind, our will and our emotion.

Your mind is what you think with

Your will is what you want

Your emotions are what you act on.

Matthew 22: 37   Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

This is what the mind does; it is supposed to make the right choices to love the lord with all your heart.

However, your mind can only do what it is trained or renewed to do.

However we still have a will and emotions to deal with.

Your will, doing what you want it to do, is called the desires of the mind.

Then comes the emotions, your emotions can really make your day

They are a state of feeling… happy, anger or fear.

Romans 8:15    For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Fear will put you under bondage, anger causes toxins, or poisons to be released into your body.

Eph 4:31   Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour,and evil speaking, be put away from

you, with all malice:

1 Corinthians 6: 19-20   ¹⁹ What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

²⁰ For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

Let us talk about our mind: our mind is what we think. Did you ever hear the expression “I gave her or him a peace of my mind?”

Or I think I am loosing my mind:

Or my mind isn’t what it used to be

It is just mind over matter. I don’t mind and it don’t matter.

That is bad lingo in any language.

Eph. 4:23   And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

We need to renew our minds daily, so the enemy can not deceive us. The enemy is very cunning and very smart.

Take heed to your selves, that your heart be not deceived.

Our life is not in the mind, our life is in the spirit, our mind is carnal, and sometimes carnal is not good.

Eph 2:5   ⁵ Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

Open your mind and receive the inspired word of God.

Receive this anointing and power from reading and discerning of His word

Let the word quicken your mind with the life force that makes our spirit alive beyond natural thinking.

If you will let Gods presence in your life, the Holy Spirit will give you insight to put Gods word into action.

James 2:20 King James Version (KJV)

²⁰ But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

Romans 12: 2    And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Be not conformed, that is living in a worldly behavior. Rather be transformed with the renewing of your mind, “the way you think”

It is not about your will. It is about the will of God and the renewing of your mind.

IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE

IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE

1 Corinthians 15:50-53King James Version (KJV)⁵⁰ Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.⁵¹ Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,⁵² In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

Paul is saying flesh and blood can not inherit the Kingdom of God. What decays can not inherit what does not decay

I want to tell you something that was a mystery until now. All of us are not going to die (or sleep) but we shall be changed.

In a moment at the last trumpet the ones that are sleeping will be raised first, and then we which are alive will be changed in a split second. In the twinkling of an eye.

Philippians 3:18-21King James Version (KJV)¹⁸ (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:¹⁹ Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)²⁰ For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:²¹ Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

v. 18 says for many are enemies of the cross

They are rebellious to God or his word. They don’t want to hear about God or his Word.

v. 19 in the end they will be destroyed for their own emotions or their God.

The things of the world system are all they see, their eyes are blinded by the prince of this earth and spiritual wickedness in high places.

They glory in their shame, one thing I know Jesus will suddenly come and many will not be ready. Their minds are set on worldly things and these things have become their God.

God’s mercy is a strong demonstration of his grace that reaches out to those who don’t deserve it. God’s mercy is no weak thing. It is not some trifle negligence that over looks sin.

God never overlooks sin. That is why you can’t go to heaven in your natural body.

God promises Christ’s return in scripture 318 times.

Sometimes the fires of revival seem to have come and gone.

Never before in history have so many legitimate signs of Christ’s return been seen as they have today.

Wars and rumors of wars, nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom, famines, pestilences (sickness and disease) if you haven’t noticed them you will.

There is much deception in the world: for many will come in my name saying I am the Christ, and many will be deceived.

The end times will be filled with deception; this is the beginning of sorrows.

If Satan can’t get people to disbelieve or rebel against God he will try to get them hooked on some false doctrine to lead them astray.

The fact that deception and false teaching are increasing should not take you by surprise. To strengthen yourself against these false teachings know your bible, test the spirits, seek Gods guidance.

Avoid immorality; nothing clouds the mind like sins of the flesh. Share your faith with others, walk in the spirit.

RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS

RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS

Luke 1:74-75King James Version (KJV)

⁷⁴ That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,

⁷⁵ In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.

Righteousness and Holiness are two different things.

Righteousness is being in right standing with God. You got that when you accepted Jesus as savior and were born again.

The only thing you did to be made righteous was to make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life.

Matthew 6:33King James Version (KJV)

³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Romans 4:3King James Version (KJV)

³ For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.

Romans 4:13King James Version (KJV)

¹³ For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Faith is the substance that makes righteousness obtainable.

A better way to say it is Faith is what makes it possible to stay in right standing with God, which is counted as righteousness.

First we must have faith, second we will receive Mercy because of our faith.

Then we will be able to receive the grace of God, the mercy of God, so that faith in Gods word will produce the favor of God in our lives.

Gods grace is unmerited favor. Unmerited means we could not have earned his grace by works.

Living in the gospel of Christ by the grace of God, you are counted worthy of being righteous before God through faith in Jesus Christ.

If you allow the enemy to attack your position in righteousness then he can literally shut the door on things that God has operating in your life.

The more you experience the glory of God the more the enemy will attack your position of righteousness in order to stop the flow of Gods glory.

If you are determine to never let him attack your position of righteousness you can prevent the devil from completing the plans he has for your life.

Then the devil can not stop you from operating in the glory of the Lord. Secondly he can not stop the manifestation of the promises of God in your life.

The more you experience the glory of God the more the enemy will attack your position of righteousness in order to stop the glory of God in your life.

If you’re determine to never let him attack your position of righteousness, you can prevent the devil from completing the plans he has for you life.

Then he can not stop you from operating in the glory of the Lord. He can not stop the manifestation of the promises of God in your life.

God wants to bless us with every spiritual blessing that heaven has to offer.

Holiness however is another matter.

You are not made holy by works; holiness is the results of your choices. It is what you do with your time and your actions. It is also your conduct.

Holiness comes when you make a decision with your own will to live according to the precepts of the Lord.

Holiness is doing those things that please the Father.

To be holy is to be sanctified and meet the Masters of the universe: Our heavenly father, the Lord Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.

If you keep yourself pure, you will be a utensil God can use for his purpose. Your life will be clean and you will be ready for the Master to use you.

Sanctified means to set apart from the world: Justified means just as if you had never sinned.

Galatians 2:16King James Version (KJV)

¹⁶ Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

God wants us to be caught up in spiritual things. He knows if we are caught up in spiritual things we will lose interest in carnal activities and pursue him with all our hearts.

God doesn’t want us to simply obey a set of rules because we feel that is the right thing to do. That is law instead of spirit.

God wants us to live holy lives. He wants us to have a heart felt desire to please him.

When we spend time with the Lord we will want to do things that please Him.

Our desire will be for spiritual things, not the things of the flesh. Being dedicated to God is not something that is above and beyond the call of duty.

It is not something that is just expected of preachers and ministers. God expects us all to live holy.

We are to be a living and holy sacrifice: The kind that God will accept. When we think of what He has done for us we will realize that it is not too much for Him to ask.

1 Peter 1:16King James Version (KJV)

¹⁶ Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Certainly such a life will require us to make some sacrifices, in the end it will be worth it.

Romans 8:18King James Version (KJV)

¹⁸ For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Jesus said in   John 14:3King James Version (KJV)

³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

We will stand Holy before God and wait anxiously for that day of Jesus’ return.

And that day God will give us our full rights as heirs to the throne, and we will be His children, and we will have our new bodies throughout eternity as he has promised us.