23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. - 1 Thessalonians 5:23.
The word of God; is how your spirit knowledge works. That spirit knowledge works through the mind. Such as; who you are, and how you handle the word of life, and many other factors - will be determined by your spirit knowledge. So the mind becomes KEY to the born again believer. After the new birth - believers must be renewed in mind so the mind can receive spirit knowledge. The knowledge it receives will be determined by the believer. Just as you choose salvation - you must choose to be renewed in mind.
'When I speak Paul said' - I can speak as an oracle of God. You cannot speak from an old mind or you have what we have in religion today, and has always been in religion. You must allow Christ to come to the forefront of being expressed, by my mind. The only way Christ comes through a believer is by they're mind. They're expression of who Christ is.
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. - 1 Corinthians 4:20.
Christianity is not in word and deed only, as some would suppose. Words are cheap - dime a dozen so to say. Words mean nothing! But the power is; Christ coming through the believer in spiritual knowledge - that is the kingdom of God. Not men in themselves doing something to make a God kingdom, and saying words. And getting labeled preacher's. Not from a bibical standpoint. Can you see the problem we have in Christianity today - with believers who cannot accept Christ as their life - not as Paul's message anyway. We have people who are believers that do not believe Christ is in them, and will tell you they believe it is just a theory or however they put it - that is another story for another day!
Now lets go to school for a minute: If you were to draw a triangle, and inside the triangle you were to draw three circle's. Please do.
And inside one circle write spirit or Christ (he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit) - inside the other circle write soul - and inside the other circle write body. There you have the triune human being. Next to spirit you want to write 'complete.' Next to soul write 'being completed.' And next to body write 'will be completed.'
The point we want to make is not so much on mind renewal - but how Christ is going to live in you and be expressed through you. please get the word 'perfection' out of your mind for a minute, because we are going to dig as deep as I can go and deal with the soul of man.. or write the word perfect next to spirit and move on. So you need the graph to follow.
Now the Holy Spirit works in your mind. I believe we have spent enough time on that subject to where if you have been reading and following along will know our understanding. The Holy Spirit is in the soul of man as the teacher of Christ. Paul said we don't know Christ, or haven't learned Christ, (mind will intellect). Christ is in spirit (small 's' because of being joined to our spirit), and we have to know. So the Holy Spirit being in the soul of man to teach them Christ. What is it about Christ I need to know according to scripture? That he is my life - spirit; joined unto spirit. Life in Christ is lived by soul; but it is my/joined spirit that life comes from.
The power in you is Christ joined to your spirit, and expressed by spiritual knowledge. My soul is an expression of who I am, the joined unto spirit/life. We are not little gods or Jesus'. We are created to express spirit by soul. What did Adam begin to express after his disobedience - do the homework! for it is written.
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The word of God; is how your spirit knowledge works. That spirit knowledge works through the mind. Such as; who you are, and how you handle the word of life, and many other factors - will be determined by your spirit knowledge. So the mind becomes KEY to the born again believer. After the new birth - believers must be renewed in mind so the mind can receive spirit knowledge. The knowledge it receives will be determined by the believer. Just as you choose salvation - you must choose to be renewed in mind.
'When I speak Paul said' - I can speak as an oracle of God. You cannot speak from an old mind or you have what we have in religion today, and has always been in religion. You must allow Christ to come to the forefront of being expressed, by my mind. The only way Christ comes through a believer is by they're mind. They're expression of who Christ is.
For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. - 1 Corinthians 4:20.
Christianity is not in word and deed only, as some would suppose. Words are cheap - dime a dozen so to say. Words mean nothing! But the power is; Christ coming through the believer in spiritual knowledge - that is the kingdom of God. Not men in themselves doing something to make a God kingdom, and saying words. And getting labeled preacher's. Not from a bibical standpoint. Can you see the problem we have in Christianity today - with believers who cannot accept Christ as their life - not as Paul's message anyway. We have people who are believers that do not believe Christ is in them, and will tell you they believe it is just a theory or however they put it - that is another story for another day!
Now lets go to school for a minute: If you were to draw a triangle, and inside the triangle you were to draw three circle's. Please do.
And inside one circle write spirit or Christ (he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit) - inside the other circle write soul - and inside the other circle write body. There you have the triune human being. Next to spirit you want to write 'complete.' Next to soul write 'being completed.' And next to body write 'will be completed.'
The point we want to make is not so much on mind renewal - but how Christ is going to live in you and be expressed through you. please get the word 'perfection' out of your mind for a minute, because we are going to dig as deep as I can go and deal with the soul of man.. or write the word perfect next to spirit and move on. So you need the graph to follow.
Now the Holy Spirit works in your mind. I believe we have spent enough time on that subject to where if you have been reading and following along will know our understanding. The Holy Spirit is in the soul of man as the teacher of Christ. Paul said we don't know Christ, or haven't learned Christ, (mind will intellect). Christ is in spirit (small 's' because of being joined to our spirit), and we have to know. So the Holy Spirit being in the soul of man to teach them Christ. What is it about Christ I need to know according to scripture? That he is my life - spirit; joined unto spirit. Life in Christ is lived by soul; but it is my/joined spirit that life comes from.
The power in you is Christ joined to your spirit, and expressed by spiritual knowledge. My soul is an expression of who I am, the joined unto spirit/life. We are not little gods or Jesus'. We are created to express spirit by soul. What did Adam begin to express after his disobedience - do the homework! for it is written.
To be continued:
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