Activate the mind
When God, through the psalmist, tells us: "... I will make you understand, and I will show you the way in which you must walk; I will fix my eyes on you. Do not be like the horse, or like the mule, without understanding, That are to be held in a halter and with a brake ... "Psalm 32: 8-9, is telling us not to wait for guidance as horses or horses are guided mules, because we have understanding.
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It seems that for many Christians, including important congregational leaders, we must stop thinking, the members of the congregations should not think because it is more comfortable for them to be told what to do, and the leaders because it is better for the sheep to do what they say Thus they do not spread or question them when they leave the Word, especially when they ask for what God does not ask for.
The way of thinking of the modern world has given birth to two twins, the lack of intelligence and the lack of meaning, but already Pablo talked about this and warned us: "Brothers, do not be children in the way of thinking, but be thirsty children in malice, but mature in the way of thinking ... "1 Corinthians 14:20, where we see that on the one hand it tells us that we are not children, and on the other hand that we are children, but in different contexts; He tells them that they must be innocent like little children in malice, but mature people in the way of thinking.
Let's read the Word of God in 2 Corinthians 4: 1-7 "... Therefore, when we have this ministry according to the mercy we have received, we do not lose heart. Instead we renounce the hidden and shameful, not walking with cunning, or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth recommending us to every human conscience before God. But if our gospel is still hidden, among those who are lost it is covered up; in which the god of this age blinded the understanding of the unbelievers, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, which is the image of God, shine unto them. Because we do not preach to ourselves, but to Jesus Christ as Lord, and to us as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, is the one who shone in our hearts, to illuminate the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power is of God, and not of us ... "
There are many who think that the only problem of the mind is that it does not have access to all the knowledge it needs, thinking that education is the instrument to achieve redemption, but Paul says: "... Renew yourselves in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new man, created according to God in righteousness and holiness of truth ... "Ephesians 4: 23-24, meaning that the human mind is not a computer that processes data and then reports this data to the heart to give an emotional response .
The problem of the minds of the world is not that they do not have all the information, but the problem is that these minds are fallen, making their spirit have an inclination contrary to the absolute lordship of God, those minds are inclined not to see God as more worthy of praise than they, or that the things they do or achieve by their own means.
The mind of man has been tainted by the fall ...
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The mind of man has been tainted by the fall, like the emotions, and the will, but when we come to Christ our mind begins to be renewed and the Holy Spirit opens our mind so that we see things that we had not seen before, that is to say that the Christian mind is not a mind that is thinking only of religious matters, but that it is a mind that is also thinking about the most secular things, only that it does so from a Christian perspective.
Only God can give meaning to life by converting human madness into wisdom, the world not only dethrones God, but also reduces the potential of the human being, while the Christian mind is a mind centered on God and therefore humble who only thinks about bearing fruit for the glory of God.
And that is why the Christian mind seeks the will of God not only in the church, but also in the home, in work, in social and political ethics; so that a Christian mind is a way of thinking and a way of looking at all things, where the perspective has been renewed by the Holy Spirit to mold it with the biblical precepts that revives in front of every circumstance.
Let's think how the apostles evangelized, and how they reasoned with the people, and we will realize that based on the Scriptures many were persuaded, and in fact that Paul said: "... Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuaded men ... "2 Corinthians 5:11; and that leads us to that in the evangelization we must put our faith in the work of the Spirit and not in the arguments of man, because the Holy Spirit attracts people to Christ through the Word when they open their minds to take them into account .
Paul trusted in the power of the Holy Spirit, but he did not stop thinking and studying, because not doing so impoverishes our Christian life and weakens our testimony, while the use of the mind glorifies God, enriches and strengthens us under pressure. of the world since "... we know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the evil one. But we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding to know the one who is true ... "1 John 5: 19-20.
The Christian mind recognizes God as the supreme reality, and the fact that the Bible focuses on God is indispensable to the human mind, therefore, the Christian mind is a mind centered on God, so by correctly using the We glorify God because he made us rational beings in his image and likeness, and he gave us a rational revelation in the Bible, hoping that we use the mind to study it as He wants, besides enriching our human and Christian life improving our quality of life.
On the other hand, the improvement in the quality of life strengthens our testimony; If we ask ourselves: Why do some people not accept Jesus Christ? One reason is because they do not think that the gospel we present to them is broad enough to apply to real life.
We must remember our call to be attentive to the revelation of God, and we will also be attentive to the world to be able to act doing good and fighting evil, since a Christian mind does not only deal with God but recognizes and gets involved in the human reality
A Christian mind is not only fixed in the world or trying to interpret and change it from human resources, so it should be neither optimistic without foundation, nor pessimistic without hope so that the Christian mind can listen to God and the needs of the world that surrounds us.
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God knows the end of our life from the beginning and everything that is in the middle, and these are the things that he wants to reveal to us, for this he opens our mind and brings us thoughts so that we can avoid looking for our own way, "... then reveals in the ear of men, and he indicates to them his counsel ... "Job 33:16 RV 1909.
And the thoughts of God are of abundance and not of misery, he wants us to live a lot and with a good life; it gives us divine thoughts and the capacity to declare its existence so that we grow and fulfill its plan for our life, which by the way is the best; He wants us to mature in wisdom, authority, and supernatural ability so we can witness to his Kingdom; think that your miracle already exists, it was already done and unleashed in the heavens, but it is up to you to learn to see it and to call it so that it comes into your life.
Before seeing the remedy and how to renew the mind as God demands, let us consider what Peter says: "... Gird up the loins of your understanding, ... and wait fully for the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is manifested; As obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires you once had being in your ignorance ... "1 Peter 1: 13-14, this because in the world there is an ignorance of God, a voluntary suppression of the truth of God that makes them slaves of his own passions and desires that Paul calls "... deceitful desires ..." Ephesians 4:22, and that are the ones that ruin their lives, destroy worship, and deceive their minds by darkening the understanding and infecting everything else by hardness from the heart.
What should we do ?, nothing but being obedient, "... do not be conformed to this century, but be transformed by the renewal of your understanding, so that you may prove what is the good will of God, pleasant and perfect ..." Romans 12 : 2, and for this it is necessary to read the Bible, let those inspired texts reveal the glory of Christ, we should create the habit of meditating on the Word of the Lord, and above all, pray, pray, and pray that the Holy Spirit renew your mind so that we can know and do the will of God, so that everything we do is for the glory of God.
We must let the Spirit work from the inside out, breaking the hardened heart that blinds and corrupts our mind, and on the other hand the Spirit must work from the outside inward through the truth of Christ that comes through our eyes and ears when reading. and to listen to the Word preached with humility so that it is not despised and rejected by a heart hardened by sin and that prevents us from truly worshiping in spirit and in truth.
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