THE
WAY YOU THINK CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Part
1
John 19:3
3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with
their hands.
When Jesus said it is finished, he had done
everything God the Father sent him to do. The death on the cross was a fulfillment
of what needed to be done in order for the will of God to be made effective.
For a will to be effective, there has to be a
death. Jesus fulfilled Gods will for all mankind by dying on the cross. The
shed blood purchased our redemption so we could be saved and be counted worthy
of making heaven our eternal home.
Even though He did this for all, you must
still accept him as your Lord and Savior and make him Lord of your life.
Ephesians 1:13 13 In whom ye also trusted,
after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom
also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
After you make Jesus Lord of your life your
spirit is sealed by the Holy Spirit. However, you must empty your self of all
sin by repenting, and die to self.
Just repenting is the right direction, even
though you have become a new born again Christian you must seek Gods word so
the Holy Spirit can direct you in your new life. You must now have a heart
change concerning your prior disobedient lifestyle. If you don’t Jesus is just
a part of your life.
As a new convert you have to allow the
worldly part of your life to make room for the new nature of God and be formed
within.
As a new born convert you know nothing about
dying to self or emptying self so the fulfilling of the presence of God can
manifest in your life.
Believers have not done what Jesus commanded
when we win people to Christ Jesus, we have not explained to them the cost of
following Jesus and to then make the permanent decision to give their lives to
Gods service.
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by
Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
Yes, you are a new creation and your old
disobedient lifestyle is supposed to be behind you. We must go back to 2
Corinthians 5: 10
2 Corinthians 5: 10 10 For we
must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive
the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good
or bad.
Later in a lesson following I will go into the things of the body.
After receiving our new born again bodies our old self loses the
power of sin and we are no longer slaves to sin when we died with Christ by
making him Lord of our life. We are set free and the chains of sin are broken.
Now that we have learned that our spirit is sealed, lets go into
the next part called the soul. Your soul is so important. Most do not speak of
it, even in our churches.
Hebrews 10:38-39 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man
draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them
that believe to the saving of the soul.
James 1:21
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of
naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to
save your souls.
So, let’s stop and think. Why would the word
teach saving of the soul after your spirit is sealed at conversion, or when you
said the sinner’s prayer?
Your soul is made up of three parts: your
mind, your will and your emotions. The mind is what one thinks with, whether something
is good or bad. A state of opinion or direction which means what we think good
or bad makes us who we are.
2 Corinthians 10:5 5 Casting down imaginations,
and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and
bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Your mind is where the enemy wants to attack
you. You might ask why? It is because the mind is part of the soul that decides
whether or not our thoughts came from God or the carnal part of our mind.
If it is from God the Holy Spirit will reveal
the truth and give you the power of discernment to distinguish whether its good
or bad and you will know the difference.
The mind has another position to fill. Always
being alert, 24-7. We have two voices coming into our mind, sometimes at the
same time. The important thing to remember is never try to make a spiritual
decision with the carnal mind. If a thought comes to your mind and you are not
sure about it, stop and ask God to reveal the truth to you.
Romans 1:21 21 Because that, when they
knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain
in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
It is important to put away vain
imaginations. They will darken your heart. Vain imaginations can be empty,
fruitless thoughts that are harmful to our spirits and to our soul.
Your will… this is the second of the three
parts of the soul. Your will, that is the power of self-direction or
self-control. the power of conscious and deliberate actions or choices. It is
also a disposition or attitude towards others.
Here is how this works according to Gods
word.
John 1:12-13 12 But as many as received him, to them gave he
power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor
of the will of man, but of God.
First, we who receive Jesus as Lord of our
Life were born of the will of God.
Matthew 26:41 41 Watch
and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but
the flesh is weak.
Even though you might think you are strong willed, be alert,
because the flesh way of thinking can be weak at times.
Colossians 2:23 23 Which
things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and
neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
When it comes to our will, we must be led by the Holy Spirits
wisdom and not by the wisdom of man.
Emotions the third part of our soul
Any type of physical excitement. Various complex reactions with
both physical and mental manifestations, such as love, hate, fear anger and so
on.
We in the world even as Christians do not have a clue as to how we
are to conduct ourselves and be Christ minded so we can stand at the day of
judgment and not be ashamed.
Let’s tie spirit soul and body and put it in order, we know that
our spirit is sealed.
The soul, which is the mind, will and emotion is the one that must
be detailed according to Gods word. We will stand before Jesus and be judged as
to what we have done in our bodies.
The mind is like a computer, it collects information and decides
whether or not it is good or bad information. If it is good information it is
sent to your will. This information is decided at this time is very important.
This information is what controls the flesh and the body reacts to it.
The reason our bodies have to be judged is because the soul was
supposed to keep the flesh in line with the Word of God. our bodies can’t do
anything until information from the mind and soul give it the okay to do so.
So, if you’re having problems with old habits and bad desires, you
need to check out your thinking and tell your soul you are not happy with it
and it needs to start doing its job.
Your emotions can upset everything even though you’re are a
believer and doing everything you know to live right your emotions get sideways
and everything goes right out the window. You say things you don’t mean and
hold unforgiveness in your heart. That is certainly not good.
When all these feelings go into our heart, we then have the
tendency to speak it out of our mouths. There is tremendous power in the tongue
of the believer. This is the reason we have to guard our emotions and our tongues.
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