@Ziggy Interesting theme there...
Kind of scattered..
We individually and collectively are the house/body of the Lord.
Members in particular..
When the Lord takes up residence in you, and the kingdom of heaven is within you, then like Waiting on Him said, the Throne is the heart.
If the throne is the heart then heaven which the throne resides I'm thinking is the mind.
Love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart, Mind, and Soul.
I'm not sure if the soul is the physical body or the life in the blood in the physical body.. the spirit in man.
But there is a difference between the heart and the mind.
Let this mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus..
what kind of mind is that?
Phl 2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
Phl 2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Phl 2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
thought it not robbery to be equal with God.
And I understand that this way:
2Ti 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
My Sig quotes:
Luk 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
We have this power that was given to us to overcome the enemy. The spiritual enemy. Serpents and scorpions being the liars, traitors, blasphemers, unthankful, unholy... in 2 Timothy 3.
Having a "form" of godliness.. meaning we are Ambassadors for the Lord, we are acting in his stead.
But denying the power to overcome these obstacles, to face them head on and call them out for who they are.. Ye Hypocrites..
This mind of godliness is given to us by Christ to overcome the enemy. But we're not using it. Do we feel as though we are usurping God's authority by calling out evil when we see it?
Who being in the "form" of God, thought it NOT robbery to be equal with God.
But made himself of no reputation...
We are not supposed to be getting on our soapbox in the middle of town square, claiming that we are God, even though we have the same power to call out evil as God does. We are not supposed to make ourselves "famous" or toot our own horn of self-righteousness.
and took upon him the "form" of a servant.
Let this mind be in you..
Jhn 13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
And yet we still receive the power of Ambassadorship to walk in His name.
Many shall come saying, I am Christ....
making themselves more than equal, they put their own authority above the Lord.
believe them not.
And was made in the likeness of men.
When we are born again... we are walking in the spirit of the Lord. And yet we still are residing in this carnal world.
We walk among men as other men, even though inside we have been changed.
Jesus decreased in stature at the same time raising our statures.
He came down to raise us up.
This mind.. is lifting others up. We are always our brother's keeper. We are always the good samaritan.
obedient to death...
Self denial of ego, pride, willing to put yourself on the line for another.
This is that mind.
What is the heart?
Thinking..
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