THE PURPOSEFUL MIND PART 3
John 1:33 “And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost”.
From the anchor scripture, we see John saying that Jesus was sent to the earth to baptize with the Holy Spirit. That is, He had come to restore back what was lost due to mans disobedience in the Garden of Eden. Looking at our earlier articles, we were made to understand that mans mind was under the influence of the Spirit before the fall. We see in Genesis 2:7 paraphrased “...and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Let us imagine: How was Adam able to name the beasts of the field and every fowl of the air? (Genesis 2:19-20); this can only happen because there was a greater dimension upon man-the Spirit dimension. Thus, man prior to the fall was operating in the realm of the Supernatural; hence, the need for Christ to restore us back to that first realm.
We gain access to this Spirit realm when we become of a new birth, i.e. when we give ourselves to Christ, accepting Him as our Lord and Saviour. We must understand that at new birth, there is a transformation that takes place. Yes, we are now born of the Spirit but it doesnt stop there; our minds and sight need to be changed also. We understand from our previous articles, that after the fall, mans mind became subject to every influence “good or bad” and that our sight became the main connection to our minds; hence there is a need to have them changed as well. This is why the bible tells us in 2 Corinthians 5:17paraphrased that “as long as we are in Christ Jesus, there is a need to let go of the former things”; the former mindset needs to be replaced with a newer one. And we see it here that Christ is the foundation for this change. Let us note that, until we forget the past; if we are not careful, we may pass away with it.
When this foundation becomes changed in Christ, there is now a need to build on that foundation; the renewing of the mind with THE WORD. According as the Bible had told us in John 6:63 paraphrased the words I have spoken to you, they are Spirit and Life. Every word documented in the Bible is the Spirit of God; written by inspired men of God. In order for our mind to gain back the influence that it had lost after the fall; it becomes important for it to be constantly renewed by the Spirit through the Word of God. Rom 12:2 says 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
Jesus is that truth that we need to meditate on Gods word to know; meditating day and night in order to know this, to be set free and also stay free. The devil did not have to make blind our physical and spiritual eyes to hold our minds captive; all he had to do was steal Gods word from us-to steal from our minds and from our hearts (2Corinthians 4:4 in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them). He came to steal the good news of THE WORD from us. The more of the WORD we meditate, the more our minds are changed and this automatically affects the Spirit man. When our mind is being controlled by the Spirit (Word), we begin to see things the way God sees them, i.e. our eyes no longer control our minds. Then, we begin to live the verse of the Bible that says for we walk by Faith and not by sight. Let me quickly end with this illustration: There is a story of a man of God who got the news his wife had a miscarriage upon his return from the office; his response was IT CANNOT HAPPEN HERE, CAN I HAVE MY FOOD PLEASE. This can only be that Super than the natural dimension we are talking about. To God be the Glory, she delivered that miscarriage and it was a safe carriage. For a man who walks by sight, he would have just accepted and the enemy would have dealt him a very big blow.
The Mind is one of the powerful tools God gave man to pursue his Purpose and fulfill his Purpose. What we submit the Mind to is what will determine the outcome of our Purpose. If we submit it to the Spirit then we will live an eternal life, one not corruptible but if we do submit to the flesh (eyes) then we will of it reap corruption.
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