The Renewing Of Our Minds

[LisaLola]

This has got to be one of the most important part that we understand in God’s word , otherwise we will NEVER grow... as Born Again children of God....we will just keep on thinking in that “ old mindset “ that never dies..not until we are with the Lord in spirit...

 

This was only revealed to my heart via Gods Spirit a few months ago..the renewing of our minds  has penetrated my heart, but, I ask God that it penetrates much deeper.

 

What does the renewing of our minds mean in Gods word?

Edited January 12, 2024 by LisaLola

[D. Adrien]

Daily refreshment of the Holy Spirit upon awakening from slumber through prayer and waiting upon the most High Lord and King.

 

Edit: Rom. 12: 1-2 (NKJV)

1I beseech[a] you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Edited January 25, 2024 by D. Adrien
Added a verse of scriptures.

[Mr. M]

On 1/12/2024 at 1:09 AM, LisaLola said:

This has got to be one of the most important part that we understand in God’s word , otherwise we will NEVER grow... as Born Again children of God....we will just keep on thinking in that “ old mindset “ that never dies..not until we are with the Lord in spirit...

 

This was only revealed to my heart via Gods Spirit a few months ago..the renewing of our minds  has penetrated my heart, but, I ask God that it penetrates much deeper.

 

What does the renewing of our minds mean in Gods word?

The ability to receive wisdom from above by the Spirit.

Ephesians 4:20 But you have not so learned Christ, 

21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him,

as the truth is in Jesus: 

22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct,

the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 

23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 

24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God,

in true righteousness and holiness.

1 Corinthians 2:

13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches,

but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 

14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God,

for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, 

because they are spiritually discerned. 

15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he

himself is rightly judged by no one. 

16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” 

But we have the mind of Christ.

James 3:

17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,

willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. 

18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

[AdHoc]

On 1/12/2024 at 9:09 AM, LisaLola said:

What does the renewing of our minds mean in Gods word?

Man is made of three parts, Body, soul and spirit (Gen.2:7, 1st Thess.5:23). The soul of man is also made of three parts, mind, emotions and will. At the fall of man his flesh became utterly corrupt. The flesh makes demands of the soul, some legal and some illegal. By the time of the flood God made this observation;

3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: ... 5 And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (Ge 6:3–5)

In God's salvation work of this fallen man rebirth is for the spirit of man (Jn.3:6). Resurrection is for the body. The soul of man needs the transforming work of the Holy Spirit. That is, the soul must go through a process where it reacts to God's Word (written and instant) instead of reacting to the dictates of the flesh. The main part of the human soul is the thought-process (the mind). Every one, even non-Christians, know that the emotions are totally unreliable. The will (the decision process) will decide in favor of the flesh or the mind. The mature Christian is one whose mind is filled with the Word of God. The transformation of the soul is by ;
1. A steady diet of God's written word (John 6)
2. A conscious effort at obeying the Spirit in our human spirit (Rom.8)
3. The readiness to deny the soul when it makes demands contrary to God's demands
4. The readiness to put the flesh to death on a daily basis
5. A love-relationship with Jesus (2nd Cor.3:18)
6. Accepting, and being exercised by God's chastising (Heb.12)

This road is long and narrow. Few make Christian maturity. Paul, writing Philippians within four years of his martyrdom, says in Chapter 3:9-14, that he has not yet attained to maturity. This is after special revelation, special training, and serving the Lord diligently with much suffering for decades.

In Typology the process of transformation of the soul is Peter's name - Petrification. A piece of wood is chopped down and falls into the dirt. It is buried and undergoes a change of elements by water flowing through it. Out with the old and IN with the new elements. Then heat and pressure are added and one gets a piece of coal. If the process is stopped then, it is only good for burning. But if the process of heat and great pressure continues, a diamond is formed - a precious stone for the building of God's House (1st Cor.3). Most Christians avoid such a process because they think that suffering (heat and pressure) is not meant for God's people. After a while, as Matthew 13 shows, suffering makes them unfruitful. One must consciously cooperate with the Holy Spirit in this matter. So Paul finishes Philippians 3:9-14 with STRIVING.