{"id":969,"date":"2023-07-18T02:39:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T02:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/252-nathan-lewis-the-principle-the-mind-of-christ\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:43:51","slug":"252-nathan-lewis-the-principle-the-mind-of-christ","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/252-nathan-lewis-the-principle-the-mind-of-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"252: Nathan Lewis – The Principle, The Mind Of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week\u2019s talk is a class from a series that was given at the Enfield Ecclesia in 2017. Bro Nathan Lewis gave 6 classes on The Mind Of Christ and today we\u2019re listening to class 4, entitled \u201cThe Principle\u201d. All classes will soon be posted to GCT Extended and a special THANK YOU to Sister Jaime O’Grady (New Zealand) for being our guest host for the month of July. Sister Jaime has been a tremendous help behind the scenes with our social media and helping to organize and screen our stockpile of suggestions!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris, and I’m Brian. <\/p>\n

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\nThank you for joining us this
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\nOn this podcast, we select one
\ntalk a week to help us get the <\/p>\n

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\nBible in our Daily News feed.
\nWe post a new episode at the <\/p>\n

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\nstart of each week.
\nWith a short intro beforehand to<\/p>\n

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\nkind of set the stage for the
\ntalk you’re about to listen to. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now let’s talk more about
\nthis week’s talk. <\/p>\n

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\nHi.
\nThis week we’re listening to the<\/p>\n

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\n4th talk in the series
\nDeveloping the Mind of Christ by<\/p>\n

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\nBrother Nathan Lewis.
\nThis talk is part of a series <\/p>\n

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\nwhere Brother Nathan takes us
\nthrough the problem of the <\/p>\n

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\ncarnal mind, the process of
\nrenewing our minds in the <\/p>\n

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\nprinciple of the mind of Christ.
\nIn this class, 3 minds are <\/p>\n

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\njuxtaposed against each other,
\nhigh minded, feeble minded, and <\/p>\n

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\nsound minded.
\nDeveloping a sound mind or the <\/p>\n

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\nmind of Christ is done by
\nputting S to death. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve listened to this series
\nseveral times and every time I <\/p>\n

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\nlisten to it, I’m struck by the
\nbeauty of the mind of Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the simplicity of the
\nsolution to an unsound mind <\/p>\n

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\nputting self to death.
\nThe rest of the series will be <\/p>\n

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\navailable on the extended
\npodcast. <\/p>\n

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\nSo this is class 4, The Mind of
\nChrist, Brother Nathan Lewis. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, thanks, brother Craig, and
\ngood evening, brother and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters.
\nWelcome to to one of our midweek<\/p>\n

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\nclasses this week.
\nAnd now I suppose we come to the<\/p>\n

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\ncrux of our studies together and
\nthe wonderful mind of our Lord <\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ.
\nSo tonight we really come to the<\/p>\n

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\nmind of Christ proper.
\nWe’ve looked at the carnal mind,<\/p>\n

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\nthe problem that we all have the
\npromise that our Father has <\/p>\n

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\ngiven us of replacing that mind
\nwith a spiritual mind by a <\/p>\n

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\nprocess of metamorphosis.
\nAnd now we come to look at the <\/p>\n

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\nmind of Christ in our next class
\non Thursday night. <\/p>\n

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\nWe want to look at how to
\npractice. <\/p>\n

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\nHaving the mind of Christ.
\nSo we’re going to save any <\/p>\n

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\npractical exhortation
\nsuggestions until Thursday <\/p>\n

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\nnight.
\nBut we know, don’t we? <\/p>\n

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\nThat principle comes before
\npractice. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd tonight we want to look at.
\nWe’ll ask ourselves the <\/p>\n

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\nquestion, What is the central
\nprinciple that governs this <\/p>\n

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\nextraordinary mind that we’re
\nall striving to have in us? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does the mind of Christ
\nlook like? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is it in its essence?
\nBecause, you see, the promise of<\/p>\n

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\na spiritual mind is not an
\nabstract, eerie, fiery idea. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not an intangible concept
\nthat’s difficult to grasp, a <\/p>\n

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\nvapor that can never be tied
\ndown. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s not just a lofty
\nsounding phrase. <\/p>\n

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\nWe all have to have the mind of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a solid destination.
\nOur minds are being renewed, <\/p>\n

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\nregenerated not in a random
\ndirection, but with focus and <\/p>\n

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\npurpose by a Heavenly Father
\ntowards one goal, one objective.<\/p>\n

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\nI’d like you to come to Romans
\nChapter 8 as we start our <\/p>\n

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\nevening together, because
\nnothing could be more crystal <\/p>\n

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\nclear than our Heavenly Father’s
\npurpose with us in Romans <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 8.
\nRomans 18 verse 28 And we know <\/p>\n

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\nthat all things work together
\nfor good to them that love God <\/p>\n

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\nto them who are the called
\naccording to his purpose, for <\/p>\n

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\nwhom he did.
\nFor no He also did predestinate <\/p>\n

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\nto be conformed to the image of
\nhis Son. <\/p>\n

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\nThat he might be the first born
\namong many brethren. <\/p>\n

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\nMoreover, whom he did
\npredestinate, then he also <\/p>\n

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\ncalled, and whom he called, then
\nhe also justified, and whom he <\/p>\n

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\njustified, then he also
\nglorified. <\/p>\n

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\nNow sometimes we have difficulty
\nwith these words when we try to <\/p>\n

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\ngrapple with the intricacies of
\ndivine predestination and human <\/p>\n

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\nfree will.
\nDo we really have a choice or <\/p>\n

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\nare those people to be in the
\nKingdom already predetermined as<\/p>\n

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\nthe word predestinated means
\npredetermined in advance? <\/p>\n

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\nBut if we read carefully, it is
\nabundantly clear, isn’t it, what<\/p>\n

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\nPaul is saying?
\nPaul is not saying that we are <\/p>\n

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\npredetermined to be in the
\nKingdom and our free will is <\/p>\n

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\nactually an illusion, he is
\nsaying. <\/p>\n

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\nThat what is predetermined is
\nthat everyone who will be there <\/p>\n

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\nwill have been through the exact
\nsame process of transformation. <\/p>\n

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\nWe are guaranteed to all go
\nthrough the same process, <\/p>\n

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\nconformed to the image of his
\nson. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is predestinated is that we
\nare all being shaped to have one<\/p>\n

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\nfamily likeness.
\nThat he might be the first born <\/p>\n

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\namong many brethren.
\nThis is ultimately God. <\/p>\n

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\nManifestation, isn’t it?
\nAnd the spiritual mind that is <\/p>\n

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\nlife in peace.
\nThe transformed mind is the mind<\/p>\n

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\nof his Son.
\nThe predetermined destination <\/p>\n

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\nfor all of us is the mind of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not an abstract spiritual
\njourney with no endpoint. <\/p>\n

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\nWe’re all heading in the same
\ndirection. <\/p>\n

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\nJust think, brothers and
\nsisters, of the enormity. <\/p>\n

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\nOf that task, all of us are so
\nvastly different. <\/p>\n

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\nOur minds are wildly divergent
\nfrom each other, but our <\/p>\n

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\nHeavenly Father is slowly
\nconforming, each one of us, <\/p>\n

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\npressing us gently but
\nrelentlessly into the mold of <\/p>\n

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\nthe special and unique mind of
\nHis Son. <\/p>\n

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\nGod will not give up on us.
\nIt’s an immutable principle. <\/p>\n

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\nWe won’t be there if we’re not
\nlike him. <\/p>\n

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\nHe is our inevitable
\ndestination. <\/p>\n

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\nJust look at these references
\ntogether. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, we often say, don’t
\nwe, that we’re we’re called upon<\/p>\n

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\nto have one mind.
\nBut it’s not just anyone’s mind.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s not even just a common
\nmind. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s his mind.
\nBe of 1 mind is really. <\/p>\n

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\nBe of Christ’s mind.
\nWe’ve read some of these before.<\/p>\n

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\n1st of Corinthians 2 and verse
\n16 we have the mind of Christ, <\/p>\n

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\nPhilippians 2 which we’ll look
\nat tonight. <\/p>\n

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\nLet this mind be in you, which
\nwas in Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nWell first of Peter.
\nFor for as much then as Christ <\/p>\n

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\nhath suffered for us in the
\nflesh, arm yourselves likewise <\/p>\n

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\nwith the same mind.
\nIt’s Christ’s mind. <\/p>\n

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\nRomans 15 Now the God of
\npatience and consolation grant <\/p>\n

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\nyou to be like minded one toward
\nanother, according to what the <\/p>\n

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\nmargin says after the example of
\nJesus Christ that ye may with <\/p>\n

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\none mind and one mouth glorify
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nOne mind is really the mind of
\nour Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nHe is our inevitable
\ndestination. <\/p>\n

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\nNow I’d like you to come as we
\nstart our evening together to <\/p>\n

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\n1st of Samuel in chapter 14.
\nFirst of Samuel in chapter 14, <\/p>\n

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\nbecause there’s a really nice
\nexpression here in the story of <\/p>\n

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\nJonathan and his armor bearer.
\nNow for those young people and <\/p>\n

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\nchildren at the Sunday School on
\nSunday morning, we’d look, <\/p>\n

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\ndidn’t we, at?
\nThe fact that really the story <\/p>\n

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\nof the Bible is the story of
\nJesus Christ, just with <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent characters and
\ndifferent circumstances, and <\/p>\n

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\nthere’s clues in the record to
\nshow us that it’s talking about <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nAnd most of the time, often <\/p>\n

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\nit’ll be talking about the
\ncrucifixion of Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd here’s another example in
\nfirst of Samuel 14 and verse <\/p>\n

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\nfour.
\nListen to these little phrases <\/p>\n

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\nand between the passages.
\nBy which Jonathan sought to go <\/p>\n

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\nover unto the Philistines
\nGarrison. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was a sharp rock on the
\none side and a sharp rock on the<\/p>\n

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\nother side.
\nAnd the name of the one was <\/p>\n

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\nBozes, and the name of the other
\nwas Sina. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s a picture of the
\nCrucifixion. <\/p>\n

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\nJonathan’s in the middle, and
\nthere’s a sharp rock either <\/p>\n

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\nside.
\nIt’s typical of the two thieves.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd look what Jonathan says,
\nverse 6 unto the young man that <\/p>\n

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\nbear his armor.
\nCome, let us go over unto the <\/p>\n

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\nGarrison of these Philistines,
\nthese uncircumcised it may be <\/p>\n

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\nthat Yahweh will work for us,
\nFor there is no restraint to <\/p>\n

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\nYahweh to save by many or by
\nfew. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd his armor bearer said unto
\nhim, Do all that is in thine <\/p>\n

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\nheart turn thee?
\nBehold, I am with thee according<\/p>\n

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\nto thy heart.
\nYou know the Revised Standard <\/p>\n

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\nVersion puts it this way.
\nAnd his armor bearer said unto <\/p>\n

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\nhim, Do all that thy mind
\ninclines to behold. <\/p>\n

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\nI am with you.
\nAs is your mind. <\/p>\n

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\nSo is mine.
\nAnd in the battle against the <\/p>\n

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\nPhilistines, Jonathan the Prince
\nis our Lord Jesus Christ, and we<\/p>\n

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\nare his servants, his armor
\nbearers. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd this is our response to his
\nbattle cry. <\/p>\n

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\nWe are one.
\nWe’re of the same mind we are <\/p>\n

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\nwith him in this battle against
\nsin. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat a.
\nWhat a lovely thought. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s a growing family
\nlikeness between the captain of <\/p>\n

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\nour salvation and his armor
\nbearers. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, what defines the mind of
\nChrist? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is this mind?
\nWhat defines this way of <\/p>\n

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\nthinking that we’re all striving
\nto have? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat is the?
\nDistinguishing characteristic of<\/p>\n

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\nthe mind of Christ.
\nCould it be his humility? <\/p>\n

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\nHe humbled himself, and
\ntherefore God hath highly <\/p>\n

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\nexalted him.
\nMaybe it’s the fact that he <\/p>\n

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\nloved righteousness and hated
\niniquity. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:05,860 –> 00:11:10,940
\nHebrews 1 says we’re for because
\nof this God has anointed him <\/p>\n

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\nabove his brethren.
\nMaybe it’s his compassion First <\/p>\n

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\nof Peter says be of like mind,
\nbe of 1 mind have compassion 1 <\/p>\n

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\ntowards another.
\nMaybe it’s his faith. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:25,300 –> 00:11:30,460
\nThe life which I live, I live by
\nthe faith of the Son of God. <\/p>\n

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\nSecond of Thessalonians 3 And
\nverse 5 talks about the patience<\/p>\n

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\nof Jesus Christ.
\nWell perhaps it’s his love. <\/p>\n

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\nGreater love hath no man.
\nThis is a new commandment that I<\/p>\n

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\ngive unto you that you love one
\nanother as I have loved you. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was something very
\nspecial, wasn’t there, about the<\/p>\n

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\nlove of Jesus Christ He trusted
\nin his Heavenly Father. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says that about him when he’s
\non the cross in his diarist <\/p>\n

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\nneed, the characteristic that
\nkept him going was he trusted in<\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nJude talks about the mercy of <\/p>\n

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\nJesus Christ.
\nIt was because of the joy that <\/p>\n

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\nhe kept in the forefront of his
\nmind that enabled him to endure.<\/p>\n

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\nHebrews 12, seeking A
\nCorinthians 10, talks about the <\/p>\n

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\nmeekness and gentleness of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, he says himself, My peace
\nI leave with you. <\/p>\n

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\nMy peace I give unto you.
\nWhat is the distinguishing <\/p>\n

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\nfeature of this mind that makes
\nit so special? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, I don’t know if I can give
\nyou a definitive answer, but I’m<\/p>\n

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\ngoing to suggest to you tonight
\nthat it’s none of these things. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:51,340 –> 00:12:54,100
\nI want to share some thoughts
\nwith you on what might be at the<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:54,100 –> 00:12:57,740
\nheart at the center of this
\nremarkable mind. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:57,740 –> 00:13:02,820
\nAnd I want to start by taking
\nyou back to Mark Chapter 5 and <\/p>\n

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\nthe story of legend where we
\nwere in our exhortation. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause.
\nWe left something out at the end<\/p>\n

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\nof the story of Mark chapter 5,
\nobviously, I suppose. <\/p>\n

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\nBut we left it out and I want to
\ngo back here to this story, the <\/p>\n

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\ngiving of a spiritual mind to
\nreplace a carnal mind and see if<\/p>\n

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\nwe can see if we can pick up the
\nthreads of what is the essential<\/p>\n

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\ncharacteristic of the mind of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

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\nMark chapter 5 and verse 15 and
\nthey come to Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd instead of seeing Jesus, it
\nseems that they saw him who was <\/p>\n

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\npossessed of the devil.
\nHe had put on Christ, and he was<\/p>\n

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\nsitting and clothed and in his
\nright mind, and they were <\/p>\n

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\nafraid.
\nHis evil conscience, fear, <\/p>\n

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\nshame, and concealment was
\nreplaced with a right mind, <\/p>\n

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\nspiritual mind, calm and at
\npeace. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the carnal mind, the
\nreptilian mind, was sent into <\/p>\n

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\nthe animals and.
\nChrist miraculously replaced it <\/p>\n

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\nwith a mindset.
\nRight now we didn’t go to 2nd of<\/p>\n

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\nTimothy chapter one in our first
\nclass because I wanted to go <\/p>\n

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\nthere.
\nNow out of Mark chapter 5, <\/p>\n

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\nbecause this little phrase in
\nhis right mind is the Greek word<\/p>\n

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\nSophrenio Sophrenio and it’s
\nalmost exactly the same. <\/p>\n

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\nAs another very similar
\nexpression in second of Timothy <\/p>\n

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\nand chapter one, so springboard
\nout of Mark, chapter 5 in the <\/p>\n

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\nstory of Legion, the replacement
\nof the carnal mind with a right <\/p>\n

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\nmind, and come to 2nd of Timothy
\nin chapter one, second of <\/p>\n

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\nTimothy one and verse 7.
\nFor God hath not given to us the<\/p>\n

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\nspirit of fear, but of power.
\nAnd of love and of a sound mind.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd the phrase sound mind is the
\nGreek Sophrenice Moss. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s almost the same as
\nSophrenio from Mark chapter 5, <\/p>\n

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\nverse 15.
\nIn fact both of them mean a <\/p>\n

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\nsound mind, a self controlled
\nmind. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause before Legion was of
\nunsound mind, he had no control,<\/p>\n

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\nbut now he is of a sound mind
\nand this is God’s promise. <\/p>\n

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\nFor all of us to share the mind
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if Christ shared his mind
\nwith Legion and it was a sound <\/p>\n

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\nmind, what is it?
\nWell, as it happens, the New <\/p>\n

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\nTestament talks about three
\ntypes of mind, and the first one<\/p>\n

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\nis this one here that we’ve just
\nlooked at a sound mind. 2nd of <\/p>\n

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\nTimothy one verse 7.
\nThis is the mind of Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd notice how in verse 7 the
\nOld Spirit was a spirit of fear.<\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the carnal mind, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

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\nOne of its chief attributes is
\nfear. <\/p>\n

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\nBut now we have a sound mind.
\nBut you know there’s another two<\/p>\n

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\nminds or type of minds that are
\nmentioned in the New Testament. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the second one we want to
\nlook at is on the same page. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s at the end of First of
\nTimothy in chapter six. <\/p>\n

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\nLook at verse 17.
\nCharge them that are rich in <\/p>\n

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\nthis world, that they be not
\nhigh minded nor trust in <\/p>\n

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\nuncertain riches, but in the
\nliving God who giveth us richly <\/p>\n

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\nall things to enjoy.
\nThere’s those who are high <\/p>\n

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\nminded.
\nThese are people who have a <\/p>\n

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\nsuperiority complex.
\nThey’ve got an inflated view of <\/p>\n

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\ntheir own worth.
\nYou know. <\/p>\n

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\nRomans chapter 12 and verse 3
\ndescribes the man who thinks of <\/p>\n

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\nhimself more highly than he
\nought to think. <\/p>\n

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\nIn other words, he’s high minded
\nand it goes on in. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Romans chapter 12 to say
\ninstead think soberly and it <\/p>\n

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\nuses the same word as mark.
\nChapter 5 and verse 15 have a <\/p>\n

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\nright mind.
\nSo Romans 12 says don’t be high <\/p>\n

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\nminded, be sound minded.
\nNow we that we know this as self<\/p>\n

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\nrighteousness.
\nThis is the person who thinks he<\/p>\n

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\nis better than others.
\nIt’s those who are high minded. <\/p>\n

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\nBut you see there’s another
\ngroup of people and they’re back<\/p>\n

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\nin first of Thessalonians in
\nchapter 5 and verse 14. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are the feeble minded.
\nJust 4 pages back and we read in<\/p>\n

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\nfirst of Thessalonians 5 and
\nverse 14. <\/p>\n

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\nNow we exhort you, brethren,
\nwarn them that are unruly <\/p>\n

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\ncomfort the feeble minded.
\nWho are the feeble minded? <\/p>\n

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\nWell, those are the people who
\nhave an inferiority complex. <\/p>\n

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\nLiterally it means small souled.
\nIt’s exactly the same word <\/p>\n

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\nactually in Proverbs 18 and
\nverse 14 in the situagant <\/p>\n

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\nversion where it’s translated
\nwounded spirit. <\/p>\n

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\nIn fact, Rotherham’s in in
\nProverbs 18 and verse 14 <\/p>\n

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\ntranslates that verse.
\nThe spirit of a man sustaineth <\/p>\n

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\nhis sickness, but a dejected
\nspirit who can bear it. <\/p>\n

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\nThese are people who are guilty,
\nif you like, or who suffer from <\/p>\n

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\nself pity.
\nIt might look a little bit like <\/p>\n

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\nhumility, but it is self pity.
\nThese are the people who think <\/p>\n

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\nthey’re not as good.
\nAs others, have you ever felt <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters and young
\npeople just a little bit better <\/p>\n

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\nthan someone else, or not quite
\nso good? <\/p>\n

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\nWe are experts at this.
\nWe can walk into a room and in a<\/p>\n

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\ncouple of minutes we pig
\nourselves on what I call the <\/p>\n

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\nladder of importance.
\nYou know that women are <\/p>\n

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\nespecially good at this, and
\nespecially women in the world. <\/p>\n

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\nWhether it’s looks or clothes,
\njewelry, how good your skin is, <\/p>\n

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\nhow much money you have, what
\nyour husband is like when they <\/p>\n

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\nwalk into a room in a couple of
\nminutes, they know, don’t they, <\/p>\n

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\nwhere they are on the ladder of
\nimportance. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you know, sadly, we do this
\nin the truth as well, don’t we? <\/p>\n

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\nI I’m a little, I’m a little
\nbetter than that brother over <\/p>\n

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\nthere.
\nI’m a little funnier, a little <\/p>\n

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\nsmarter, and may maybe a little
\nmore spiritually minded. <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe.
\nProbably not as good as this <\/p>\n

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\nbrother over here.
\nHe, well, he has a real talent <\/p>\n

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\nwith words and prayers.
\nHe’s very good at approaching <\/p>\n

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\nstrangers.
\nPreaching the truth, making <\/p>\n

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\nfriends.
\nAnd he has a full head of here, <\/p>\n

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\nwhatever it is, whatever it is,
\nWe pig everybody, don’t we? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd ourselves on this ladder of
\nimportance. <\/p>\n

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\nNow I’d like you to come to 2nd
\nof Corinthians and chapter 10, <\/p>\n

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\nbecause the Apostle Paul has
\nsomething very important to say <\/p>\n

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\nabout the ladder of importance.
\nSecond of Corinthians and <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 10.
\nAnd look what Paul says in verse<\/p>\n

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\n12.
\nFor we dare not make ourselves <\/p>\n

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\nof the number, or compare
\nourselves with some that commend<\/p>\n

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\nthemselves, but they measuring
\nthemselves by themselves and <\/p>\n

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\ncomparing themselves among
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n

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\nAre not wise and Paul says when
\nwe do this we are not wise. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause you see both self
\nrighteousness and self pity have<\/p>\n

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\none thing in common they are
\nequally self. <\/p>\n

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\nThe self-righteous eldest son
\nwas number better or by the way <\/p>\n

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\nno worse than the self pitying
\nprodigal son. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, it’s really easy,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nTo spot self righteousness.
\nWe can smell self righteousness <\/p>\n

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\na mile away, especially in
\nothers. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd sometimes self pity is also
\neasy to see. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:07,170 –> 00:22:11,250
\nYou remember the story of King
\nsoul at Gibian under the tree <\/p>\n

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\nfirst of Samuel 22 and verse 8.
\nWhy is no one sorry for me? <\/p>\n

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\nPathetic self pity, but you see
\nself pity often. <\/p>\n

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\nMasquerades under the guise of
\nhumility, self deprecation, <\/p>\n

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\ntimidness, shyness, a reserved
\npiety. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I think we all know from our
\nexperiences in life that self <\/p>\n

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\npity is often the result of
\ndisappointed ambition. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:50,110 –> 00:22:55,870
\nIn wounded vanity it can be just
\nas much self as self <\/p>\n

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\nrighteousness.
\nIt’s just not as easy to spot, <\/p>\n

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\nnot as obvious, but in fact both
\nthe superiority complex and the <\/p>\n

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\ninferiority complex are both
\npride. <\/p>\n

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\nBoth pride because they both
\nworship self, do you know, in <\/p>\n

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\nHozier chapter 10, we’re told.
\nIsrael is an empty vine. <\/p>\n

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\nHe bringeth forth fruit unto
\nhimself. <\/p>\n

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\nSee the point When Christ came
\nlooking for fruit for God there <\/p>\n

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\nwas nothing.
\nThey were laden down only with <\/p>\n

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\nfruits for themselves, whether
\nthey were overcome by the <\/p>\n

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\narrogance and the pride and the
\nself righteousness of the Jew. <\/p>\n

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\nOr whether they were weighed
\ndown with self pity that they <\/p>\n

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\nwere dominated by the Romans.
\nThey were only concerned about <\/p>\n

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\nworshipping and serving
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the point is that neither of
\nthese extremes is the mind of <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nNeither is a sound mind because <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:03,220 –> 00:24:08,660
\nwhile we are busy measuring
\nourselves against each other. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:24:09,580 –> 00:24:11,900
\nTo either feel a little better
\nabout ourselves because we are <\/p>\n

330
\n00:24:11,900 –> 00:24:17,220
\nclearly superior in some way, or
\nto feel sorry about ourselves <\/p>\n

331
\n00:24:17,220 –> 00:24:20,380
\nbecause we aren’t as good, We
\naren’t as good looking, we <\/p>\n

332
\n00:24:20,380 –> 00:24:25,660
\naren’t as wealthy, we’re not as
\nblessed or successful either <\/p>\n

333
\n00:24:25,660 –> 00:24:29,900
\nway.
\nWe are pandering to self and the<\/p>\n

334
\n00:24:29,900 –> 00:24:35,620
\nsound mind doesn’t measure
\nitself against everybody else. <\/p>\n

335
\n00:24:36,260 –> 00:24:41,810
\nIt measures itself.
\nBy one yardstick, the example <\/p>\n

336
\n00:24:42,690 –> 00:24:48,050
\nand the measure of Jesus Christ,
\nEphesians 4, verse 13. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:24:48,250 –> 00:24:53,530
\nTill we all come unto a perfect
\nman, unto the measure of the <\/p>\n

338
\n00:24:53,530 –> 00:24:56,570
\nstature of the fullness of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:24:56,570 –> 00:25:01,370
\nAnd wow do we fall short.
\nBrothers and sisters, there’s no<\/p>\n

340
\n00:25:01,370 –> 00:25:06,650
\npandering to self when we
\ncompare ourselves only with him.<\/p>\n

341
\n00:25:07,710 –> 00:25:12,550
\nWhen we only use Him as our
\nmeasure, our yardstick on the <\/p>\n

342
\n00:25:12,550 –> 00:25:17,150
\nladder of importance.
\nBecause if there is one <\/p>\n

343
\n00:25:17,150 –> 00:25:21,430
\ncharacteristic that defines the
\nsound mind, the mind of Christ, <\/p>\n

344
\n00:25:21,790 –> 00:25:26,310
\nas opposed to the two thieves
\nthat are flanking him on either <\/p>\n

345
\n00:25:26,310 –> 00:25:32,950
\nside that are all about self, it
\nis that the sound mind is all <\/p>\n

346
\n00:25:32,950 –> 00:25:41,930
\nabout putting self to death.
\nA sound mind, The mind of Christ<\/p>\n

347
\n00:25:42,130 –> 00:25:47,090
\ndoes not indulge in self
\nrighteousness, nor does it <\/p>\n

348
\n00:25:47,090 –> 00:25:52,610
\nwallow in self pity.
\nIt kills self, it crucifies it. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:25:52,610 –> 00:25:57,130
\nIt puts self to death.
\nAnd I’m going to suggest that <\/p>\n

350
\n00:25:57,130 –> 00:26:02,890
\ntonight this is the chief
\ncharacteristic, the central <\/p>\n

351
\n00:26:02,970 –> 00:26:06,440
\nprinciple.
\nThe defining quality of the mind<\/p>\n

352
\n00:26:06,440 –> 00:26:09,440
\nof Christ.
\nRemember what Romans 15 and <\/p>\n

353
\n00:26:09,440 –> 00:26:14,240
\nverse three says.
\nEven Christ pleased not himself.<\/p>\n

354
\n00:26:14,640 –> 00:26:19,360
\nIt’s the essence of his mind.
\nIt’s a summary of his thinking. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:26:19,840 –> 00:26:23,680
\nThis is what made the mind of
\nChrist so unique in the history <\/p>\n

356
\n00:26:23,680 –> 00:26:28,720
\nof the world, so valuable in the
\neyes of God it puts self to <\/p>\n

357
\n00:26:28,720 –> 00:26:32,570
\ndeath.
\nYou know, sometimes we think <\/p>\n

358
\n00:26:32,570 –> 00:26:36,570
\nit’s got to be enormously
\ncomplicated and difficult to <\/p>\n

359
\n00:26:36,570 –> 00:26:40,890
\nunderstand just because it’s so
\ndifficult to do. <\/p>\n

360
\n00:26:41,970 –> 00:26:45,730
\nBut actually it’s so simple and
\nout of this essential <\/p>\n

361
\n00:26:45,730 –> 00:26:49,330
\ncharacteristics brings
\neverything else that we might <\/p>\n

362
\n00:26:49,330 –> 00:26:52,650
\nnormally think of as the
\nqualities of the mind of Christ.<\/p>\n

363
\n00:26:53,330 –> 00:26:58,290
\nJust think about it if you put
\nyourself to death, or if Christ <\/p>\n

364
\n00:26:58,290 –> 00:27:00,290
\nwhen Christ put himself to
\ndeath. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:27:01,180 –> 00:27:05,740
\nOf course he can exhibit
\nhumility and meekness because <\/p>\n

366
\n00:27:06,180 –> 00:27:09,180
\nhe’s put himself to death.
\nHe’s empty of himself. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:27:09,380 –> 00:27:14,260
\nOf course he can show care and
\nlove and compassion if he’s put <\/p>\n

368
\n00:27:14,260 –> 00:27:17,660
\nhimself to death.
\nThe only thing to trust in, to <\/p>\n

369
\n00:27:17,660 –> 00:27:20,260
\nhave faith in, is in his
\nHeavenly Father. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:27:20,700 –> 00:27:22,980
\nOf course he can be free to have
\nmercy. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:27:23,500 –> 00:27:26,500
\nIt all springs out of the fact
\nthat he put himself to death <\/p>\n

372
\n00:27:27,020 –> 00:27:30,020
\nevery day.
\nHe was free from the bondage of <\/p>\n

373
\n00:27:30,020 –> 00:27:32,710
\nserving.
\nOr trusting in self. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:27:34,070 –> 00:27:39,590
\nAnd So what happened on Golgotha
\non the cross was just a gruesome<\/p>\n

375
\n00:27:39,590 –> 00:27:42,630
\nsymbol, wasn’t it?
\nOf what he had done to his own <\/p>\n

376
\n00:27:42,630 –> 00:27:47,550
\ncarnal mind every day.
\nHe didn’t really put sin to <\/p>\n

377
\n00:27:47,550 –> 00:27:54,310
\ndeath, because then while self
\ncould have been triumphant, it <\/p>\n

378
\n00:27:54,310 –> 00:27:57,030
\ncould be construed that self had
\nhad the victory. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:27:57,190 –> 00:28:01,360
\nNo, he put self to death.
\nOur Lord understood the <\/p>\n

380
\n00:28:01,400 –> 00:28:06,440
\nextraordinary freedom that comes
\nfrom a life where self is not <\/p>\n

381
\n00:28:06,440 –> 00:28:08,640
\nking.
\nWe’re the tyrant that is our <\/p>\n

382
\n00:28:08,640 –> 00:28:12,240
\ncarnal mind is crucified each
\nday, every moment. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:28:13,600 –> 00:28:16,760
\nThat’s why, isn’t it?
\nWe celebrate every Sunday <\/p>\n

384
\n00:28:16,760 –> 00:28:20,480
\nmorning this principle in the
\nbreaking of bread and drinking <\/p>\n

385
\n00:28:20,480 –> 00:28:22,880
\nof wine.
\nFirst of Corinthians 11 says we <\/p>\n

386
\n00:28:22,880 –> 00:28:28,840
\ncome to show the Lord’s death.
\nTill he come, we declare <\/p>\n

387
\n00:28:28,840 –> 00:28:32,520
\npublicly a grand and abiding
\ntruth. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:28:32,800 –> 00:28:37,640
\nHe put himself to death.
\nHis central principle never <\/p>\n

389
\n00:28:37,640 –> 00:28:42,720
\nwavered.
\nNot my will, but thine be done. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:28:43,320 –> 00:28:47,560
\nHe was prepared to utterly
\nbecome subject to his father’s <\/p>\n

391
\n00:28:47,560 –> 00:28:53,360
\nwill, because his own was dead.
\nHere’s what brother LG Sergeant <\/p>\n

392
\n00:28:53,360 –> 00:28:57,140
\nsays in his book.
\nOn this very subject, the sound <\/p>\n

393
\n00:28:57,140 –> 00:29:02,180
\nmind.
\nA mind is sound when it is <\/p>\n

394
\n00:29:02,180 –> 00:29:07,540
\nhumbled and brought into
\nsubjection by being centered on <\/p>\n

395
\n00:29:07,540 –> 00:29:13,100
\none outside itself.
\nIt happens when we put ourselves<\/p>\n

396
\n00:29:13,100 –> 00:29:16,780
\nto death and center our
\naffections on something other <\/p>\n

397
\n00:29:17,140 –> 00:29:20,220
\nthan ourself.
\nPerhaps the truest definition <\/p>\n

398
\n00:29:20,220 –> 00:29:23,820
\nwould be that wherever a false
\ncenter. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:29:24,420 –> 00:29:27,900
\nIs set up in the mind,
\nattracting to that spot more <\/p>\n

400
\n00:29:27,900 –> 00:29:30,740
\nthan its due share of emotional
\nenergy. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:29:31,420 –> 00:29:37,980
\nThe mind is unsound.
\nSo this is the new center of our<\/p>\n

402
\n00:29:37,980 –> 00:29:43,660
\nminds, death to self.
\nIf we allow self to creep back <\/p>\n

403
\n00:29:43,660 –> 00:29:48,980
\nto the center from either side,
\nthen our minds become unsound. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:29:49,470 –> 00:29:54,350
\nThey are no longer scented,
\nrooted, grounded on one outside <\/p>\n

405
\n00:29:54,870 –> 00:29:59,110
\nourselves.
\nNow we know that death to self <\/p>\n

406
\n00:29:59,270 –> 00:30:02,750
\nis the central principle of our
\nLord’s mind, because these two <\/p>\n

407
\n00:30:02,750 –> 00:30:09,270
\nthieves on each side, these two
\nunsound ways of thinking, have <\/p>\n

408
\n00:30:09,270 –> 00:30:11,870
\nvery similar results on our
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:30:12,590 –> 00:30:17,150
\nIn fact, they’re both toxic to
\nour ability to trust God. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:30:17,630 –> 00:30:19,830
\nAlbeit for different reasons.
\nAnd let me show you how. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:30:21,150 –> 00:30:26,110
\nIf we are subject to high
\nmindedness or self <\/p>\n

412
\n00:30:26,230 –> 00:30:30,510
\nrighteousness, do you know that
\nreally becomes well, we’re <\/p>\n

413
\n00:30:30,510 –> 00:30:35,590
\ncharacterized by trusting in
\nourselves. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:30:35,670 –> 00:30:39,310
\nWe’re so self absorbed that we
\ntrust ourselves. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:30:39,630 –> 00:30:43,070
\nRemember the parable of the
\nself-righteous Pharisee and Luke<\/p>\n

416
\n00:30:43,070 –> 00:30:46,520
\n18 and verse 9?
\nI thank thee that I am not as <\/p>\n

417
\n00:30:46,600 –> 00:30:50,360
\nother men are.
\nIt was said to condemn those who<\/p>\n

418
\n00:30:50,440 –> 00:30:57,360
\ntrusted in themselves that they
\nwere righteous and despised <\/p>\n

419
\n00:30:57,400 –> 00:31:01,000
\nothers.
\nBut you see the people who are <\/p>\n

420
\n00:31:01,000 –> 00:31:06,120
\nfeeble minded, these people feel
\nso sorry for themselves, that’s <\/p>\n

421
\n00:31:06,120 –> 00:31:09,200
\nso self absorbed in their own
\nproblems that they can’t, <\/p>\n

422
\n00:31:09,320 –> 00:31:11,120
\nthey’re not.
\nThey can’t find it in themselves<\/p>\n

423
\n00:31:11,120 –> 00:31:16,070
\nto trust God.
\nIn fact, Psalm 72 verse 2078, <\/p>\n

424
\n00:31:16,070 –> 00:31:18,990
\nverse 22 describes the
\nwilderness generation as being <\/p>\n

425
\n00:31:19,070 –> 00:31:24,630
\nso feeble in faith that they
\ntrusted not in God’s salvation. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:31:24,790 –> 00:31:28,670
\nSo the high minded people trust
\nin themselves and the feeble <\/p>\n

427
\n00:31:28,670 –> 00:31:30,750
\nminded people can’t trust in
\nGod. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:31:30,870 –> 00:31:34,470
\nBoth of these ways of thinking
\nare toxic to faith. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:31:34,830 –> 00:31:39,030
\nSelf, whether it’s self
\nrighteousness or self pity, robs<\/p>\n

430
\n00:31:39,030 –> 00:31:43,510
\nus of our ability to have faith.
\nAnd remember we said that the <\/p>\n

431
\n00:31:43,510 –> 00:31:46,430
\ncarnal mind was like being
\nwithout faith. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:31:46,870 –> 00:31:51,350
\nIt’s essential to have faith and
\nboth of these ways of thinking <\/p>\n

433
\n00:31:51,790 –> 00:31:55,710
\nrobust of the ability to have
\nfaith. <\/p>\n

434
\n00:31:56,470 –> 00:31:57,910
\nLook at the difference in the
\nmiddle. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:31:58,830 –> 00:32:01,630
\nThis is second to Corinthians
\nchapter one and verse 9. <\/p>\n

436
\n00:32:02,070 –> 00:32:06,710
\nBut we had the sentence.
\nThe margin says the answer. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:32:07,630 –> 00:32:11,830
\nOf death in ourselves that we
\nshould not trust in ourselves, <\/p>\n

438
\n00:32:11,830 –> 00:32:16,790
\nbut in God which raiseth the
\ndead there it is the answer of <\/p>\n

439
\n00:32:16,790 –> 00:32:20,150
\ndeath to ourselves.
\nWe don’t trust in ourselves <\/p>\n

440
\n00:32:20,150 –> 00:32:22,790
\nbecause we have put ourselves to
\ndeath. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:32:23,110 –> 00:32:26,350
\nIt’s the answer.
\nIt is the answer. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:32:26,430 –> 00:32:30,990
\nIt is the central defining
\ncharacteristic of the mind of <\/p>\n

443
\n00:32:30,990 –> 00:32:35,310
\nChrist.
\nIt’s the only thing that enables<\/p>\n

444
\n00:32:35,310 –> 00:32:38,690
\nus to trust.
\nIn God and not in ourselves, <\/p>\n

445
\n00:32:39,850 –> 00:32:42,130
\nWe’d like you to come to John
\nchapter 8, because this is how <\/p>\n

446
\n00:32:42,130 –> 00:32:47,090
\nour Lord Jesus Christ puts it.
\nAnd it’s so clear, so clear. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:32:47,890 –> 00:33:02,260
\nJohn chapter 8 and verse 28.
\nJohn 8 and verse 28. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:33:03,140 –> 00:33:05,620
\nAnd just listen to these words
\nand see if you can see a <\/p>\n

449
\n00:33:05,620 –> 00:33:08,900
\nprogression of thought.
\nThen see Jesus unto them. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:33:09,310 –> 00:33:13,870
\nWhen ye have lifted up the son
\nof man, then shall ye know that <\/p>\n

451
\n00:33:13,870 –> 00:33:21,230
\nI am he, and that I do nothing
\nof myself. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:33:22,070 –> 00:33:27,230
\nBut as my father hath taught me,
\nI speak these things, and he <\/p>\n

453
\n00:33:27,230 –> 00:33:30,470
\nthat sent me is with me.
\nThe Father hath not left me <\/p>\n

454
\n00:33:30,470 –> 00:33:35,710
\nalone, for I do always those
\nthings that please him. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:33:36,980 –> 00:33:40,180
\nAs he spiked these words, many
\nbelieved on him. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:33:40,340 –> 00:33:42,940
\nThen said Jesus to those Jews
\nwhich believed on him. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:33:43,140 –> 00:33:47,900
\nIf ye continue in my word, then
\nare ye my disciples indeed, and <\/p>\n

458
\n00:33:47,900 –> 00:33:52,300
\nye shall know the truth, and the
\ntruth shall make you free. <\/p>\n

459
\n00:33:52,460 –> 00:33:56,020
\nSee the progression when we
\nrealize that it has nothing to <\/p>\n

460
\n00:33:56,020 –> 00:34:00,980
\ndo with our self.
\nVerse 28 That of our self we can<\/p>\n

461
\n00:34:00,980 –> 00:34:03,300
\ndo nothing.
\nIn fact, the only thing we can <\/p>\n

462
\n00:34:03,300 –> 00:34:06,020
\ndo is put ourselves to death
\nwhen we realize that. <\/p>\n

463
\n00:34:06,760 –> 00:34:11,840
\nWe give up pleasing ourselves
\nand we seek only to please Him. <\/p>\n

464
\n00:34:12,120 –> 00:34:18,239
\nVerse 29 And when we do that, we
\nget freedom, verse 32 freedom <\/p>\n

465
\n00:34:18,320 –> 00:34:21,719
\nfrom ourself, the carnal mind.
\nIt’s so simple. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:34:21,719 –> 00:34:28,480
\nThis is God’s promise explained
\nfor us, death to self. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:34:29,600 –> 00:34:32,360
\nAnd so the epistles are
\nabundantly clear. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:34:33,030 –> 00:34:38,110
\nWith a very consistent message
\nas to what Christ did to self. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:34:38,790 –> 00:34:44,949
\nRomans 15 and verse 3 But even
\nChrist pleased not himself. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:34:45,469 –> 00:34:49,429
\nGalatians one He gave himself
\nfor our sins. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:34:49,909 –> 00:34:53,790
\nEphesians 5 given himself an
\noffering in a sacrifice. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:34:54,110 –> 00:34:56,710
\nPhilippians 2.
\nHe made himself of no <\/p>\n

473
\n00:34:56,710 –> 00:34:59,470
\nreputation.
\nHe humbled himself to the death.<\/p>\n

474
\n00:35:00,180 –> 00:35:02,380
\nOf the cross first of Timothy
\ntwo. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:35:02,660 –> 00:35:07,460
\nHe gave himself a ransom.
\nHe glorified not himself. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:35:07,620 –> 00:35:10,580
\nHe offered up himself, He
\nsacrificed himself. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:35:10,820 –> 00:35:15,340
\nHe in himself bear our sins.
\nIt’s not an exhaustive list, but<\/p>\n

478
\n00:35:15,340 –> 00:35:19,980
\nit’s clear, isn’t it?
\nHe sacrificed and humbled and <\/p>\n

479
\n00:35:19,980 –> 00:35:23,060
\noffered up himself.
\nThis is the defining <\/p>\n

480
\n00:35:23,060 –> 00:35:26,460
\ncharacteristic of his mind.
\nHe put self to death. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:35:28,690 –> 00:35:31,170
\nBecause you see, when we tease
\nout this idea just a little <\/p>\n

482
\n00:35:31,170 –> 00:35:34,290
\nfurther, this is the solution,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

483
\n00:35:34,290 –> 00:35:38,810
\nTo the oldest battle in the
\nhistory of the world. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:35:40,490 –> 00:35:45,090
\nIf you cast your minds back to
\nGenesis Chapter 3, where we have<\/p>\n

485
\n00:35:45,450 –> 00:35:52,210
\nthe first battle of wills, the
\nfirst rivalry of ideas, this is <\/p>\n

486
\n00:35:52,210 –> 00:35:55,730
\nhow Christ brought a solution to
\nthat first battle. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:35:56,360 –> 00:36:00,160
\nWhen Eve listened to the serpent
\nand took the fruit and ate, it <\/p>\n

488
\n00:36:00,160 –> 00:36:06,480
\nwasn’t just that she disobeyed.
\nIt was far, far more at stake in<\/p>\n

489
\n00:36:06,480 –> 00:36:09,120
\nthe Garden of Eden than just a
\npiece of fruit. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:36:10,880 –> 00:36:18,240
\nThis was a battle over who got
\nto decide what was right and <\/p>\n

491
\n00:36:18,240 –> 00:36:20,920
\nwrong.
\nIt was really a battle for who <\/p>\n

492
\n00:36:20,920 –> 00:36:24,720
\nwould be God and when Eve took
\nthe fruit. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:36:25,450 –> 00:36:31,570
\nShe was in effect saying, I know
\nGod has commanded this and that,<\/p>\n

494
\n00:36:31,690 –> 00:36:36,970
\nbut I am the absolute arbiter of
\nwhat is right and wrong, and I <\/p>\n

495
\n00:36:36,970 –> 00:36:41,290
\nwill worship myself, the
\ncreature, more than the creator.<\/p>\n

496
\n00:36:41,450 –> 00:36:47,650
\nIt was the first instance of
\nidolatry and we know, don’t we, <\/p>\n

497
\n00:36:47,650 –> 00:36:51,960
\nthat God is 1.
\nHe cannot tolerate another God <\/p>\n

498
\n00:36:51,960 –> 00:36:54,760
\nbeside himself.
\nSo the punishment for Eve and <\/p>\n

499
\n00:36:54,760 –> 00:37:00,800
\nfor Adam had to be death.
\nHad to be, because this was a <\/p>\n

500
\n00:37:00,800 –> 00:37:03,800
\nquestion of supremacy.
\nWho would be God? <\/p>\n

501
\n00:37:03,960 –> 00:37:07,560
\nJust who would be the sole
\nsource of truth in an Eve’s <\/p>\n

502
\n00:37:07,560 –> 00:37:09,640
\ndeceived mind?
\nShe chose herself. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:37:10,960 –> 00:37:16,560
\nShe didn’t put herself to death.
\nShe grasped at equality with the<\/p>\n

504
\n00:37:16,560 –> 00:37:18,480
\nangels.
\nShe pleased herself. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:37:18,910 –> 00:37:22,630
\nShe glorified herself.
\nShe set herself up as a rival <\/p>\n

506
\n00:37:22,630 –> 00:37:27,190
\nGod.
\nAnd so when Christ came and he <\/p>\n

507
\n00:37:27,190 –> 00:37:30,950
\nthought it not a thing to be
\ngrasped at to be equal with God,<\/p>\n

508
\n00:37:31,270 –> 00:37:36,910
\nhe reversed the thinking of the
\nentire human race. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:37:37,230 –> 00:37:41,430
\nHe handed over complete
\nsupremacy to his Father. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:37:41,430 –> 00:37:46,110
\nHe ended the battle, the battle
\nfor the mind, and he gave the <\/p>\n

511
\n00:37:46,110 –> 00:37:51,130
\nvictory to his heavenly Father.
\nYou know, I think sometimes I <\/p>\n

512
\n00:37:51,130 –> 00:37:53,570
\ndon’t know about you, but I know
\nthis is true. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:37:53,570 –> 00:37:57,330
\nIn my own life.
\nI think sometimes we deceive <\/p>\n

514
\n00:37:57,330 –> 00:38:03,250
\nourselves into what the battle
\nfor our minds really actually <\/p>\n

515
\n00:38:03,250 –> 00:38:07,450
\nis.
\nThis is how I kind of imagined <\/p>\n

516
\n00:38:07,450 –> 00:38:11,730
\nlife before kind of looked like
\nthis. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:38:12,290 –> 00:38:15,210
\nThere was God on the one hand,
\neverything that was right and <\/p>\n

518
\n00:38:15,210 –> 00:38:17,890
\ntrue.
\nAnd there was evil. <\/p>\n

519
\n00:38:17,970 –> 00:38:20,450
\nThe thinking of the serpent, on
\nthe other hand. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:38:20,530 –> 00:38:23,450
\nAnd here I was in the middle,
\nand I had to make a choice. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:38:23,530 –> 00:38:28,010
\nI had to decide, would I give my
\nlife to God, or would I abandon <\/p>\n

522
\n00:38:28,010 –> 00:38:30,770
\nmyself to the thinking of the
\nworld and evil. <\/p>\n

523
\n00:38:32,890 –> 00:38:36,410
\nBut you know, that picture there
\nis utterly false. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:38:37,250 –> 00:38:41,130
\nThat’s not true at all.
\nThis is the truth. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:38:42,170 –> 00:38:46,090
\nCertainly God is one side of the
\npicture, but it’s not really <\/p>\n

526
\n00:38:46,090 –> 00:38:50,240
\nevil.
\nIt’s us. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:38:51,760 –> 00:38:57,120
\nIt’s self, actually.
\nIt’s God versus self. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:38:57,320 –> 00:38:59,840
\nThat’s the great battle, not God
\nversus evil. <\/p>\n

529
\n00:38:59,840 –> 00:39:03,480
\nWhen we’re in the middle making
\nsome grand decision which way we<\/p>\n

530
\n00:39:03,480 –> 00:39:08,160
\nwill fall off the fence.
\nNo, this is a battle between God<\/p>\n

531
\n00:39:08,360 –> 00:39:12,430
\nand our own minds.
\nFact This is how Philippians 3 <\/p>\n

532
\n00:39:12,430 –> 00:39:14,910
\nputs it.
\nFor many are the enemies of the <\/p>\n

533
\n00:39:14,910 –> 00:39:19,710
\ncross of Christ, whose end is
\ndestruction, whose God is their <\/p>\n

534
\n00:39:19,950 –> 00:39:23,190
\nbelly and whose glory is in
\ntheir shame. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:39:23,190 –> 00:39:28,590
\nWho mind earthly things.
\nThe people who mind earthly <\/p>\n

536
\n00:39:28,590 –> 00:39:33,710
\nthings are the people that
\nworship themselves. <\/p>\n

537
\n00:39:34,230 –> 00:39:37,510
\nTheir God is themselves their
\nown belly. <\/p>\n

538
\n00:39:38,190 –> 00:39:42,440
\nThis is a battle between God.
\nAnd self. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:39:43,400 –> 00:39:49,040
\nAnd see how simple it is.
\nIf we put self to death, then in<\/p>\n

540
\n00:39:49,040 –> 00:39:52,120
\nthe battle for the mind only God
\ncan win. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:39:52,960 –> 00:39:57,280
\nSo the portrait of the carnal
\nmind is really worship of self, <\/p>\n

542
\n00:39:58,400 –> 00:40:04,960
\nworship of ourselves as God.
\nLook at this. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:40:05,040 –> 00:40:09,170
\nHere’s two lists of sins.
\nOne of them is from Second of <\/p>\n

544
\n00:40:09,170 –> 00:40:15,250
\nTimothy chapter 3 and verses one
\nto four which describe perilous <\/p>\n

545
\n00:40:15,250 –> 00:40:20,650
\ntimes coming.
\nAnd as an aside, that word <\/p>\n

546
\n00:40:20,650 –> 00:40:24,930
\nperilous only occurs twice in
\nthe New Testament, and the other<\/p>\n

547
\n00:40:24,930 –> 00:40:29,970
\ntime it’s used is Matthew
\nchapter 8 and verse 28 where <\/p>\n

548
\n00:40:29,970 –> 00:40:35,730
\nit’s translated fierce in
\ndescribing Legion. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:40:36,970 –> 00:40:43,690
\nIt’s the portrait of a demented
\ncarnal reprobate mind, fierce <\/p>\n

550
\n00:40:43,690 –> 00:40:48,010
\nthe fierce mind of legion,
\nperilous times and Romans. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:40:48,010 –> 00:40:51,410
\nChapter one is really the
\nportrait of a reprobate mind <\/p>\n

552
\n00:40:51,410 –> 00:40:53,770
\nitself.
\nVery similar lists. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:40:54,210 –> 00:40:57,130
\nWe won’t go through them, but
\nlook what stands out when you <\/p>\n

554
\n00:40:57,130 –> 00:41:02,530
\ncompare these two lists.
\nSecond of Timothy 3 talks about <\/p>\n

555
\n00:41:02,530 –> 00:41:06,130
\nmen who are lovers of their own
\nselves. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:41:07,700 –> 00:41:11,780
\nIn Romans chapter one talks
\nabout haters of God. <\/p>\n

557
\n00:41:11,900 –> 00:41:17,820
\nThey are one in the same thing.
\nWe hate God because we love <\/p>\n

558
\n00:41:17,860 –> 00:41:21,140
\nourselves.
\nSee how clear that is? <\/p>\n

559
\n00:41:21,540 –> 00:41:25,660
\nWe love ourselves and we hate
\nGod. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:41:25,660 –> 00:41:29,190
\nWe can’t serve 2 masters.
\nThe ancient battle of for the <\/p>\n

561
\n00:41:29,190 –> 00:41:33,550
\nmind begun in Genesis 3, Who
\nwill be God still rages down the<\/p>\n

562
\n00:41:33,550 –> 00:41:36,630
\nages of time.
\nWe either love God or ourselves,<\/p>\n

563
\n00:41:36,990 –> 00:41:42,390
\nyou know, It says of a lie.
\nWho in when he when his anger <\/p>\n

564
\n00:41:42,390 –> 00:41:46,110
\nwas kindled against Job and Job
\n32 and verse two, he got angry <\/p>\n

565
\n00:41:46,110 –> 00:41:49,590
\nagainst Job because he saw that
\nJob was justifying himself <\/p>\n

566
\n00:41:50,510 –> 00:41:52,670
\nrather than God.
\nIt’s simple, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

567
\n00:41:52,670 –> 00:41:58,410
\nWe either serve him or ourself.
\nAnd Christ came to end the <\/p>\n

568
\n00:41:58,410 –> 00:42:02,410
\nconflict, to lay down the sword
\nto fight no more. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:42:02,650 –> 00:42:06,050
\nHe put self to death.
\nWhat are mine, brothers and <\/p>\n

570
\n00:42:06,050 –> 00:42:08,650
\nsisters?
\nNo wonder our Heavenly Father <\/p>\n

571
\n00:42:08,850 –> 00:42:14,690
\nloved that boy.
\nNo wonder his blood was precious<\/p>\n

572
\n00:42:15,050 –> 00:42:22,530
\nblood, the power that lies in a
\nfull self sacrifice. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:42:23,380 –> 00:42:27,420
\nJohn chapter 10 and verse 17
\nsays, Therefore doth my father <\/p>\n

574
\n00:42:27,420 –> 00:42:30,700
\nloved me because I laid down my
\nlife. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:42:31,020 –> 00:42:34,700
\nHe put self to death and the
\nvalue of that sacrifice was <\/p>\n

576
\n00:42:34,820 –> 00:42:39,020
\npriceless, priceless in the eyes
\nof God. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:42:39,060 –> 00:42:43,780
\nRemember what we said on the
\nweekend about all the no man <\/p>\n

578
\n00:42:43,780 –> 00:42:46,220
\nprophecies?
\nGod was looking, wasn’t he, for <\/p>\n

579
\n00:42:46,220 –> 00:42:48,740
\nthe perfect sacrifice that could
\ntake away sins. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:42:48,860 –> 00:42:51,140
\nAnd there was no man.
\nThere was no man. <\/p>\n

581
\n00:42:51,140 –> 00:42:56,220
\nThere was no man.
\nAnd finally, as our Lord <\/p>\n

582
\n00:42:56,380 –> 00:43:04,020
\nsacrificed himself, our Heavenly
\nFather received a person, a mind<\/p>\n

583
\n00:43:04,140 –> 00:43:08,540
\nwho had put himself to death.
\nFinally, there was a man. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:43:09,900 –> 00:43:12,460
\nYou know.
\nIsn’t this the power of the new <\/p>\n

585
\n00:43:12,460 –> 00:43:15,810
\ncommandment?
\nWhen we think about it just a <\/p>\n

586
\n00:43:15,810 –> 00:43:21,770
\nlittle bit, we’ve got an
\ninstinctive brain and the new <\/p>\n

587
\n00:43:21,770 –> 00:43:25,530
\ncommandment says love.
\nWe say, of course I I’m very <\/p>\n

588
\n00:43:25,530 –> 00:43:27,970
\nfamiliar with that.
\nI love myself very fine with <\/p>\n

589
\n00:43:27,970 –> 00:43:31,810
\nthat.
\nNo, no, you need to love one <\/p>\n

590
\n00:43:31,810 –> 00:43:37,490
\nanother.
\nOh well, I can probably stretch <\/p>\n

591
\n00:43:37,490 –> 00:43:41,130
\nmy love for myself to include a
\nfew other people, my family and <\/p>\n

592
\n00:43:41,250 –> 00:43:43,650
\na few friends.
\nNo, no, no. <\/p>\n

593
\n00:43:44,250 –> 00:43:49,410
\nYou need to love one another as
\nI have loved you. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:43:49,770 –> 00:43:55,130
\nThis is a calling that goes from
\nself preservation to self <\/p>\n

595
\n00:43:55,450 –> 00:43:58,570
\nsacrifice.
\nIt’s a whole new paradigm, a <\/p>\n

596
\n00:43:58,570 –> 00:44:02,530
\nwhole new way of thinking.
\nHappiness, fulfillment, joy and <\/p>\n

597
\n00:44:02,530 –> 00:44:07,610
\nfreedom will never come by
\nloving ourselves more, by buying<\/p>\n

598
\n00:44:07,610 –> 00:44:10,690
\nmore things, by indulging in
\nself righteousness. <\/p>\n

599
\n00:44:11,110 –> 00:44:14,750
\nOr wallowing and self pity by
\nbeing totally obsessed about <\/p>\n

600
\n00:44:14,750 –> 00:44:18,790
\nourselves.
\nJeremiah says about mankind it <\/p>\n

601
\n00:44:18,790 –> 00:44:21,350
\nis not in man to direct his
\nsteps. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:44:21,990 –> 00:44:26,270
\nJeremiah 10 verse 23.
\nIt will only come from being <\/p>\n

603
\n00:44:26,310 –> 00:44:31,310
\nlike him as I have loved you
\nsacrificing self. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:44:32,970 –> 00:44:36,410
\nThat’s what Paul describes in
\nRomans chapter 12 and verse one.<\/p>\n

605
\n00:44:36,410 –> 00:44:39,410
\nRemember just before we talked
\nabout metamorphosis the other <\/p>\n

606
\n00:44:39,410 –> 00:44:41,690
\nday?
\nHe says present your bodies a <\/p>\n

607
\n00:44:41,690 –> 00:44:45,130
\nliving sacrifice.
\nAnd he puts his finger right on <\/p>\n

608
\n00:44:45,130 –> 00:44:47,130
\nthe key.
\nIf we want to transform our <\/p>\n

609
\n00:44:47,130 –> 00:44:50,170
\nminds in our lives to be like
\nChrist, we have to do what he <\/p>\n

610
\n00:44:50,170 –> 00:44:55,770
\ndid be a living sacrifice of
\nourselves daily. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:44:57,650 –> 00:44:59,970
\nActually, it’s exactly what
\nChrist said himself. <\/p>\n

612
\n00:44:59,970 –> 00:45:04,090
\nLet’s touchdown in the Gospels,
\nin Matthew’s Gospel in chapter <\/p>\n

613
\n00:45:04,090 –> 00:45:08,050
\n16, and just consider what our
\nLord said to Peter <\/p>\n

614
\n00:45:24,080 –> 00:45:26,840
\nMatthew chapter 16.
\nAnd let’s just read a few verses<\/p>\n

615
\n00:45:26,840 –> 00:45:32,530
\nbeginning from verse 21.
\nFrom that time forth began Jesus<\/p>\n

616
\n00:45:32,530 –> 00:45:37,450
\nto show unto his disciples how
\nhe must go unto Jerusalem, and <\/p>\n

617
\n00:45:37,450 –> 00:45:41,930
\nsuffer many things of the elders
\nand chief priests and scribes, <\/p>\n

618
\n00:45:42,450 –> 00:45:46,290
\nand be killed, and be raised
\nagain the 3rd day. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:45:47,530 –> 00:45:51,450
\nThen Peter took him and began to
\nrebuke him, saying, Be it far <\/p>\n

620
\n00:45:51,450 –> 00:45:54,450
\nfrom thee, Lord, this shall not
\nbe unto thee. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:45:55,850 –> 00:45:57,970
\nBut he turned and said unto
\nPeter. <\/p>\n

622
\n00:45:59,810 –> 00:46:07,210
\nGet thee behind me, Satan, Thou
\nart an offence unto me, for thou<\/p>\n

623
\n00:46:07,210 –> 00:46:12,730
\nsavorest not the things that be
\nof God, but those that be of <\/p>\n

624
\n00:46:12,730 –> 00:46:16,090
\nmen.
\nThen said Jesus unto his <\/p>\n

625
\n00:46:16,090 –> 00:46:21,650
\ndisciples, If any man will come
\nafter me, let him deny himself, <\/p>\n

626
\n00:46:21,970 –> 00:46:26,810
\nand take up his cross, and
\nfollow me, For whosoever will <\/p>\n

627
\n00:46:26,810 –> 00:46:31,220
\nsave his life shall lose it.
\nAnd whosoever shall lose his <\/p>\n

628
\n00:46:31,220 –> 00:46:35,180
\nlife for my sake shall find it.
\nFor what is a man profited? <\/p>\n

629
\n00:46:35,300 –> 00:46:40,020
\nIf he shall gain the whole world
\nand lose his own soul? <\/p>\n

630
\n00:46:40,700 –> 00:46:44,660
\nWell, what shall a man give in
\nexchange for his soul? <\/p>\n

631
\n00:46:44,660 –> 00:46:48,460
\nDo you know?
\nThe word savorest there in verse<\/p>\n

632
\n00:46:48,660 –> 00:46:54,860
\n23 literally means mindest.
\nYoung’s literal translation puts<\/p>\n

633
\n00:46:54,860 –> 00:46:57,220
\nit this way.
\nThou does not mind. <\/p>\n

634
\n00:46:57,750 –> 00:47:01,030
\nThe things of God, it’s so
\nclear, we’re either minding the <\/p>\n

635
\n00:47:01,030 –> 00:47:07,750
\nthings of God or of men of
\nourselves self here Peter was <\/p>\n

636
\n00:47:07,750 –> 00:47:11,390
\nfrustrating the purpose of
\nChrist’s mind to go through with<\/p>\n

637
\n00:47:11,390 –> 00:47:14,590
\nthe cross.
\nChrist was determined to put <\/p>\n

638
\n00:47:14,590 –> 00:47:17,190
\nself to death.
\nAnd Peter was saying no, no, no,<\/p>\n

639
\n00:47:17,270 –> 00:47:19,910
\nno, no, no, you don’t have to do
\nthat. <\/p>\n

640
\n00:47:21,230 –> 00:47:26,030
\nBut putting self to death was an
\nimmutable principle of Christ’s <\/p>\n

641
\n00:47:26,030 –> 00:47:30,450
\nmind.
\nPeter was going to be taken on <\/p>\n

642
\n00:47:30,770 –> 00:47:38,210
\nthat journey by his Lord as his
\nmaster relentlessly impressed <\/p>\n

643
\n00:47:38,210 –> 00:47:42,450
\nupon his good friend’s mind the
\nunchangeability of this <\/p>\n

644
\n00:47:42,450 –> 00:47:44,210
\nprinciple.
\nDeath to self. <\/p>\n

645
\n00:47:44,210 –> 00:47:48,730
\nDo you know in Luke 22, in the
\nupper room, Peter was going to <\/p>\n

646
\n00:47:48,730 –> 00:47:55,810
\nloudly proclaim I’m ready to die
\nwith you, Lord, only for Christ <\/p>\n

647
\n00:47:55,810 –> 00:47:58,970
\nto declare.
\nBut not not only would he not <\/p>\n

648
\n00:47:58,970 –> 00:48:03,730
\ndie for him, but he would run
\naway and fail miserably three <\/p>\n

649
\n00:48:03,730 –> 00:48:09,010
\ntimes in one night in the garden
\njust hours later it was Peter <\/p>\n

650
\n00:48:09,090 –> 00:48:12,730
\nwho drew out his sword in
\nself-defense, only for Christ to<\/p>\n

651
\n00:48:13,410 –> 00:48:19,370
\ngently put it back in the
\nscabbard with a reproving look <\/p>\n

652
\n00:48:19,370 –> 00:48:23,170
\nand heal the man’s ear.
\nPeter, we’re not here for <\/p>\n

653
\n00:48:23,170 –> 00:48:27,770
\nself-defense.
\nWe’re here to put self to death <\/p>\n

654
\n00:48:29,290 –> 00:48:31,570
\nin the courtyard.
\nPeter was going to save his own <\/p>\n

655
\n00:48:31,570 –> 00:48:34,650
\nskin before admitting he knew
\nanything about the Galilean <\/p>\n

656
\n00:48:34,650 –> 00:48:39,410
\npreacher, only for Christ to
\ngive him a look that would haunt<\/p>\n

657
\n00:48:39,410 –> 00:48:45,010
\nhis dreams for the rest of his
\nlife as he willingly went to his<\/p>\n

658
\n00:48:45,010 –> 00:48:48,570
\nown death.
\nOh yes, Peter, he would learn <\/p>\n

659
\n00:48:48,570 –> 00:48:53,050
\nthis letter, this lesson by and
\nby and by his own death, his own<\/p>\n

660
\n00:48:53,050 –> 00:48:55,330
\ndeath.
\nGlorify God. <\/p>\n

661
\n00:48:56,930 –> 00:49:02,490
\nAnd so verse 24 is going to be
\nChrist’s answer to Peter. <\/p>\n

662
\n00:49:02,490 –> 00:49:05,970
\nDeny self.
\nTake up the cross. <\/p>\n

663
\n00:49:05,970 –> 00:49:10,770
\nTake up the cross.
\nThis is language of crucifixion.<\/p>\n

664
\n00:49:11,490 –> 00:49:15,210
\nIt’s not just a metaphor.
\nLike a nice way of speaking. <\/p>\n

665
\n00:49:15,610 –> 00:49:20,130
\nChrist knew he knew he would die
\nby crucifixion because later on <\/p>\n

666
\n00:49:20,130 –> 00:49:23,370
\njust a few chapters later in
\nchapter 20 and verse 19, he <\/p>\n

667
\n00:49:23,370 –> 00:49:27,490
\nmakes that abundantly clear.
\nThis was not just a metaphor or <\/p>\n

668
\n00:49:27,490 –> 00:49:30,690
\nmanner of speaking.
\nTaking up the cross meant one <\/p>\n

669
\n00:49:30,690 –> 00:49:34,850
\nthing in the mind of Christ.
\nDeath, Death. <\/p>\n

670
\n00:49:35,450 –> 00:49:42,650
\nLuke 9 verse 23 adds, as we
\nknow, take up the cross daily to<\/p>\n

671
\n00:49:42,650 –> 00:49:46,590
\nthe point verse 25.
\nWhere we lose our life. <\/p>\n

672
\n00:49:47,110 –> 00:49:50,550
\nSee the point?
\nNow it’s clear that there are <\/p>\n

673
\n00:49:50,550 –> 00:49:55,630
\ntwo parts to these instructions
\nby Christ in verse 24. <\/p>\n

674
\n00:49:55,630 –> 00:50:00,430
\nAnd this is like a well, kind of
\nlike a chiasmus ABBA. <\/p>\n

675
\n00:50:00,510 –> 00:50:04,190
\nFirstly, we have those things
\nthat are negative. <\/p>\n

676
\n00:50:04,590 –> 00:50:07,870
\nPut off the old man.
\nIt’s the things in the middle. <\/p>\n

677
\n00:50:07,870 –> 00:50:12,470
\nDeny himself, take up his cross.
\nThat’s death to self. <\/p>\n

678
\n00:50:13,190 –> 00:50:16,510
\nAnd secondarily, on the outside,
\nwe have what’s positive. <\/p>\n

679
\n00:50:16,510 –> 00:50:20,830
\nPut on the Newman come after me,
\nfollow me, Life to Christ. <\/p>\n

680
\n00:50:20,950 –> 00:50:24,830
\nAnd clearly both are necessary.
\nWe’ll talk about this a little <\/p>\n

681
\n00:50:24,830 –> 00:50:30,510
\nmore later in our last study.
\nBut it is also powerfully true <\/p>\n

682
\n00:50:31,550 –> 00:50:38,830
\nthat we cannot truly follow if
\nwe’re not holding a cross, if we<\/p>\n

683
\n00:50:38,830 –> 00:50:42,270
\nwish to be a disciple.
\nDeath to self is not. <\/p>\n

684
\n00:50:42,880 –> 00:50:46,000
\nAn optional step.
\nIt’s not something that’s just <\/p>\n

685
\n00:50:46,400 –> 00:50:50,000
\nadvisable.
\nIt’s not something we’re not at <\/p>\n

686
\n00:50:50,000 –> 00:50:52,640
\nliberty to choose.
\nThis step or not putting <\/p>\n

687
\n00:50:52,640 –> 00:50:56,800
\nourselves to death is an
\nimmutable principle of having <\/p>\n

688
\n00:50:56,800 –> 00:50:59,640
\nHis mind.
\nIt’s at the very core of who we <\/p>\n

689
\n00:50:59,640 –> 00:51:05,960
\nare as followers of Him.
\nWe are His disciples only if we <\/p>\n

690
\n00:51:05,960 –> 00:51:11,520
\ncarry crosses on which we have
\ncrucified ourselves. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:51:13,260 –> 00:51:19,780
\nAnd what he did in crucifixion,
\nIn fact, we his followers do in <\/p>\n

692
\n00:51:19,780 –> 00:51:22,460
\nprinciple.
\nDo you know when Paul came to <\/p>\n

693
\n00:51:22,460 –> 00:51:26,780
\nCorinth in first of Corinthians
\n2 and verse two, he said, I’m <\/p>\n

694
\n00:51:26,780 –> 00:51:34,100
\ndetermined to know nothing among
\nyou save Jesus Christ and him <\/p>\n

695
\n00:51:34,420 –> 00:51:38,580
\ncrucified.
\nIt was the essence of everything<\/p>\n

696
\n00:51:39,020 –> 00:51:43,270
\nputting self to death.
\nThis central principle is at the<\/p>\n

697
\n00:51:43,270 –> 00:51:47,790
\nvery heart, the core, the center
\nof what we describe as the mind <\/p>\n

698
\n00:51:47,790 –> 00:51:51,230
\nof Christ.
\nIt’s the key to discipleship, <\/p>\n

699
\n00:51:51,750 –> 00:51:56,350
\nhappiness, freedom.
\nIt’s God’s way to freedom from <\/p>\n

700
\n00:51:56,350 –> 00:51:59,990
\nourselves, death to self.
\nThis is how Brother Dennis <\/p>\n

701
\n00:52:00,150 –> 00:52:05,550
\nGillett puts it in his book,
\njust on the second page of <\/p>\n

702
\n00:52:05,670 –> 00:52:13,140
\nGenius of Discipleship.
\nThe central thing is the denial <\/p>\n

703
\n00:52:13,260 –> 00:52:17,980
\nof self.
\nIt is utterly radical. <\/p>\n

704
\n00:52:18,940 –> 00:52:21,700
\nDenial of self is the inward
\nthing. <\/p>\n

705
\n00:52:22,820 –> 00:52:27,620
\nTaking up the cross daily is an
\nexternal manifestation of the <\/p>\n

706
\n00:52:27,780 –> 00:52:32,700
\ninward condition.
\nTo talk of it is not to realize <\/p>\n

707
\n00:52:32,700 –> 00:52:35,180
\nit.
\nTo write about it is not to <\/p>\n

708
\n00:52:35,180 –> 00:52:37,940
\nachieve it.
\nThe use of the word daily <\/p>\n

709
\n00:52:38,180 –> 00:52:41,500
\nemphasizes that it is not just a
\ntheory, but something that is <\/p>\n

710
\n00:52:41,500 –> 00:52:46,300
\nreal and practical.
\nIn practice it means giving <\/p>\n

711
\n00:52:46,380 –> 00:52:51,620
\nunhindered access to the master
\ninto every chamber and <\/p>\n

712
\n00:52:51,620 –> 00:52:54,780
\nespecially into every dark
\ncorner. <\/p>\n

713
\n00:52:56,780 –> 00:53:00,300
\nTo think of that possibility
\nmight make some of us feel <\/p>\n

714
\n00:53:00,300 –> 00:53:07,450
\nashamed, but at the same time.
\nIt may do us some good, <\/p>\n

715
\n00:53:09,050 –> 00:53:12,850
\nbeautiful words.
\nWe started our class in Romans <\/p>\n

716
\n00:53:12,850 –> 00:53:15,930
\nchapter 8 and before we conclude
\nin Philippians, I’d like you <\/p>\n

717
\n00:53:15,930 –> 00:53:20,290
\njust to come back through Romans
\nchapter 8 and see how clear this<\/p>\n

718
\n00:53:20,290 –> 00:53:34,860
\nis now.
\nIn Romans chapter 8 and verse 29<\/p>\n

719
\n00:53:34,860 –> 00:53:40,820
\nwe saw, didn’t we, that it was
\nGod’s will to conform us gently <\/p>\n

720
\n00:53:41,940 –> 00:53:46,740
\nbut relentlessly into the shape,
\nthe image, the family likeness, <\/p>\n

721
\n00:53:47,300 –> 00:53:50,740
\nthe mind of his Son.
\nHe desperately wants all his <\/p>\n

722
\n00:53:50,740 –> 00:53:54,020
\nchildren in the Kingdom.
\nHe wants to give us the mind of <\/p>\n

723
\n00:53:54,020 –> 00:53:57,500
\nChrist.
\nAnd so verse 31 to 39, if we <\/p>\n

724
\n00:53:57,500 –> 00:54:00,620
\njust paraphrase it together,
\nwhat should we say to these <\/p>\n

725
\n00:54:00,620 –> 00:54:04,320
\nthings?
\nIf God’s for us, who will be <\/p>\n

726
\n00:54:04,320 –> 00:54:07,800
\nagainst us?
\nHe didn’t even spare his own <\/p>\n

727
\n00:54:07,800 –> 00:54:12,920
\nson, but he offered him up.
\nHe’ll freely give us all things.<\/p>\n

728
\n00:54:14,280 –> 00:54:18,680
\nWho’s going to accuse us?
\nGod that justifies us? <\/p>\n

729
\n00:54:19,000 –> 00:54:21,640
\nWho’s going to condemn us?
\nChrist that died? <\/p>\n

730
\n00:54:21,880 –> 00:54:24,760
\nYeah, rather, that’s risen and
\nsits at the right hand of God, <\/p>\n

731
\n00:54:24,840 –> 00:54:29,480
\nthe one that makes intercession
\nfor us, who will separate us <\/p>\n

732
\n00:54:29,680 –> 00:54:33,740
\nfrom the love of Christ.
\nNot tribulation or distress, or <\/p>\n

733
\n00:54:33,820 –> 00:54:36,980
\npersecution or nakedness, or
\nanything of these outside <\/p>\n

734
\n00:54:36,980 –> 00:54:40,580
\ncircumstances.
\nNo I’m persuaded this 38 <\/p>\n

735
\n00:54:40,740 –> 00:54:43,260
\nNothing.
\nNeither death, nor life, nor <\/p>\n

736
\n00:54:43,340 –> 00:54:47,500
\nangels, principalities, powers,
\nthings present, things to come, <\/p>\n

737
\n00:54:47,660 –> 00:54:51,660
\nhigh depth, nor any other
\ncreature shall be able to <\/p>\n

738
\n00:54:51,660 –> 00:54:56,380
\nseparate us from the love of God
\nwhich is in Christ Jesus our <\/p>\n

739
\n00:54:56,380 –> 00:55:00,100
\nLord.
\nThere’s only one thing. <\/p>\n

740
\n00:55:01,600 –> 00:55:05,960
\nOne thing that stands in the way
\nof God’s purpose with us, <\/p>\n

741
\n00:55:05,960 –> 00:55:10,440
\nbrothers and sisters, and it’s
\nnot another creature. <\/p>\n

742
\n00:55:12,000 –> 00:55:18,040
\nIt’s ourselves.
\nWe need to get rid of ourselves.<\/p>\n

743
\n00:55:19,330 –> 00:55:21,810
\nThe only solution is to put
\nourselves to death. <\/p>\n

744
\n00:55:21,810 –> 00:55:25,130
\nThat’s Paul’s plea right here in
\nRomans chapter 8. <\/p>\n

745
\n00:55:25,330 –> 00:55:29,970
\nGet yourself out of the way of
\nGod’s transforming power and he <\/p>\n

746
\n00:55:29,970 –> 00:55:33,090
\nwill do great things in our
\nlives. <\/p>\n

747
\n00:55:33,850 –> 00:55:36,530
\nDo you know it’s exactly the
\nsame when we that we looked at <\/p>\n

748
\n00:55:36,530 –> 00:55:38,970
\nin our last session back in
\nRomans chapter 12. <\/p>\n

749
\n00:55:39,410 –> 00:55:42,610
\nIf we want to be transformed, if
\nwe want to have our minds <\/p>\n

750
\n00:55:42,610 –> 00:55:46,010
\nrenewed, then the very next
\nverse in Romans 12 says don’t <\/p>\n

751
\n00:55:46,010 –> 00:55:48,690
\nthink of yourself more highly
\nthan you ought to think. <\/p>\n

752
\n00:55:50,200 –> 00:55:56,920
\nGet ourselves out of God’s way,
\nyou know, this is a wonderful <\/p>\n

753
\n00:55:56,920 –> 00:56:00,320
\nquote from Brother John Marshall
\nin his book Portrait of the <\/p>\n

754
\n00:56:00,320 –> 00:56:03,520
\nSaint.
\nThere is always the danger that <\/p>\n

755
\n00:56:03,520 –> 00:56:09,600
\nour ego, the I, the self in each
\nof us will continue to assert <\/p>\n

756
\n00:56:09,600 –> 00:56:15,760
\nitself and so frustrate our
\nspiritual purposes as to destroy<\/p>\n

757
\n00:56:16,280 –> 00:56:22,540
\nour hope of life.
\nEverlasting Whilst it’s true, <\/p>\n

758
\n00:56:22,540 –> 00:56:27,260
\nbrothers and sisters, that we
\nneed to put off the old man and <\/p>\n

759
\n00:56:27,260 –> 00:56:31,020
\nwe need to be clothed with the
\nNewman, do you know what the <\/p>\n

760
\n00:56:31,020 –> 00:56:38,740
\nreality is for us?
\nThe reality is that our part is <\/p>\n

761
\n00:56:38,740 –> 00:56:41,940
\njust simply to put the old man
\nto death. <\/p>\n

762
\n00:56:42,700 –> 00:56:46,660
\nThe Newman in us the mind of
\nChrist is God’s. <\/p>\n

763
\n00:56:47,080 –> 00:56:49,240
\nWork.
\nHe creates that in us. <\/p>\n

764
\n00:56:49,240 –> 00:56:53,280
\nWe become a new creature in him.
\nIt’s like the Caterpillar that <\/p>\n

765
\n00:56:53,280 –> 00:56:58,840
\nwe looked at on Sunday.
\nOur job is just to eat, eat, <\/p>\n

766
\n00:56:59,600 –> 00:57:01,840
\neat, and then we hang upside
\ndown. <\/p>\n

767
\n00:57:01,840 –> 00:57:06,920
\nWe put ourselves to death and
\nGod changes us into a butterfly.<\/p>\n

768
\n00:57:07,440 –> 00:57:12,800
\nHe creates something new in us.
\nWe are transformed by His power,<\/p>\n

769
\n00:57:13,000 –> 00:57:17,540
\nnot our own.
\nOur job is just to put ourselves<\/p>\n

770
\n00:57:17,540 –> 00:57:22,540
\nto death, get ourselves out of
\nthe way so that Christ can be <\/p>\n

771
\n00:57:22,540 –> 00:57:26,140
\nformed in us.
\nAnd if we asked ourselves <\/p>\n

772
\n00:57:26,140 –> 00:57:31,860
\nhonestly, honestly, what will
\nstop us from developing the mind<\/p>\n

773
\n00:57:31,860 –> 00:57:34,780
\nof Christ?
\nWhat’s going to hinder our <\/p>\n

774
\n00:57:34,780 –> 00:57:39,100
\nspiritual progress?
\nWhat’s going to prevent us from <\/p>\n

775
\n00:57:39,100 –> 00:57:43,740
\ngetting into God’s Kingdom?
\nThe answer is not. <\/p>\n

776
\n00:57:44,790 –> 00:57:50,110
\nA lack of love or mercy or
\nwillingness to transform from <\/p>\n

777
\n00:57:50,110 –> 00:57:53,790
\nGod?
\nThe answer is not a lack of <\/p>\n

778
\n00:57:53,790 –> 00:57:56,550
\nempathy or compassion or
\nintercession from Christ. <\/p>\n

779
\n00:57:56,670 –> 00:57:58,910
\nIt’s us.
\nIt’s ourselves. <\/p>\n

780
\n00:57:58,910 –> 00:58:02,310
\nWe are the problem, not the
\nsolution. <\/p>\n

781
\n00:58:02,310 –> 00:58:06,950
\nIf we want transformation, if we
\nwant life and peace, we need to <\/p>\n

782
\n00:58:06,950 –> 00:58:11,190
\nget ourselves out of the way,
\nput ourselves to death. <\/p>\n

783
\n00:58:11,790 –> 00:58:13,790
\nAnd do you know what the ironic
\nthing is? <\/p>\n

784
\n00:58:14,700 –> 00:58:20,300
\nThe irony of it is, is that if
\nwe put ourselves to death, we <\/p>\n

785
\n00:58:20,340 –> 00:58:28,780
\nare actually only doing what God
\nhas determined to ultimately do <\/p>\n

786
\n00:58:28,780 –> 00:58:33,300
\nto our carnal minds anyway.
\nWe’re not doing anything <\/p>\n

787
\n00:58:33,300 –> 00:58:36,740
\nspecial.
\nGod was already going to destroy<\/p>\n

788
\n00:58:36,740 –> 00:58:40,660
\nthe carnal mind in us.
\nThat’s his promise. <\/p>\n

789
\n00:58:41,920 –> 00:58:44,040
\nWe’re not doing anything special
\nof ourselves. <\/p>\n

790
\n00:58:45,600 –> 00:58:50,200
\nWe’re just being asked to put
\nourselves to death. <\/p>\n

791
\n00:58:51,240 –> 00:58:54,040
\nYou know, it’s beautifully
\nsummarized actually in chapter 8<\/p>\n

792
\n00:58:54,040 –> 00:58:58,720
\nof Romans and verse 13.
\nFor if ye live after the flesh, <\/p>\n

793
\n00:58:58,720 –> 00:59:03,680
\nye shall die, but if ye, through
\nthe Spirit, do mortify the deeds<\/p>\n

794
\n00:59:03,680 –> 00:59:08,280
\nof the body, put to death the
\ndeeds of the body, ye shall <\/p>\n

795
\n00:59:08,280 –> 00:59:11,200
\nlive.
\nSo simple. <\/p>\n

796
\n00:59:12,910 –> 00:59:15,990
\nLucky to come in conclusion to
\nour reading in Philippines to <\/p>\n

797
\n00:59:16,030 –> 00:59:26,750
\nwhere Paul is going to lay this
\nout in unblinking clarity, if it<\/p>\n

798
\n00:59:26,750 –> 00:59:31,270
\nwasn’t clear before what the
\ncentral defining characteristic <\/p>\n

799
\n00:59:31,270 –> 00:59:35,750
\nof the mind of Christ was.
\nThis really, I suppose, is the <\/p>\n

800
\n00:59:36,030 –> 00:59:38,510
\nquintessential section in the
\nNew Testament about the mind of <\/p>\n

801
\n00:59:38,510 –> 00:59:40,630
\nChrist and see how wonderfully
\nsimple. <\/p>\n

802
\n00:59:41,100 –> 00:59:44,660
\nAnd consistent these things are
\nwith what we’ve already seen <\/p>\n

803
\n00:59:44,660 –> 00:59:50,340
\nthis evening, Philippians
\nchapter 2 and verse one, if <\/p>\n

804
\n00:59:50,340 –> 00:59:54,460
\nthere be there for any
\nconsolation in Christ, if any <\/p>\n

805
\n00:59:54,460 –> 00:59:58,060
\ncomfort of love, if any
\nfellowship of the Spirit, if any<\/p>\n

806
\n00:59:58,060 –> 01:00:04,100
\nbells and mercies, fulfill ye my
\njoy, that ye be like minded <\/p>\n

807
\n01:00:04,580 –> 01:00:08,860
\nhaving the same love, being of 1
\naccord of 1 mind. <\/p>\n

808
\n01:00:09,910 –> 01:00:14,790
\nLet nothing be done through
\nstrife or vaing glory, but in <\/p>\n

809
\n01:00:14,790 –> 01:00:21,310
\nlowliness of mind let each
\nesteem other better than <\/p>\n

810
\n01:00:21,310 –> 01:00:25,350
\nthemselves.
\nLook not every man on his own <\/p>\n

811
\n01:00:25,350 –> 01:00:28,550
\nthings, but every man also on
\nthe things of others. <\/p>\n

812
\n01:00:28,710 –> 01:00:33,910
\nLet this mind be in you, which
\nwas also in Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n

813
\n01:00:35,150 –> 01:00:37,670
\nAnd if we were to ask ourselves
\nwhat mind? <\/p>\n

814
\n01:00:38,320 –> 01:00:41,760
\nThe answer is, well, it’s the
\nmind at the end of verse 3. <\/p>\n

815
\n01:00:41,960 –> 01:00:48,160
\nIt’s a mind that esteems other
\nbetter than ourselves. <\/p>\n

816
\n01:00:48,840 –> 01:00:52,800
\nNow you might not know this, but
\nthe word better in verse three <\/p>\n

817
\n01:00:52,880 –> 01:00:57,000
\nactually is a very interesting
\nword and it actually means hyper<\/p>\n

818
\n01:00:57,520 –> 01:01:00,800
\nbetter.
\nIn fact, it’s used three times <\/p>\n

819
\n01:01:00,880 –> 01:01:05,080
\nin Philippians.
\nIt’s translated in chapter 3 and<\/p>\n

820
\n01:01:05,080 –> 01:01:10,680
\nverse eight as Excellency.
\nAnd it’s translated in Chapter 4<\/p>\n

821
\n01:01:10,720 –> 01:01:15,640
\nand verse seven as passeth, all
\nunderstanding. <\/p>\n

822
\n01:01:15,920 –> 01:01:21,080
\nIt has the idea of beyond value.
\nThis is the key When we esteem <\/p>\n

823
\n01:01:21,120 –> 01:01:23,480
\neverybody else better than
\nourselves. <\/p>\n

824
\n01:01:23,800 –> 01:01:28,720
\nIt’s not just a shade better.
\nIt’s not just a touch better. <\/p>\n

825
\n01:01:30,520 –> 01:01:33,600
\nIt’s not just a smidgen better
\nthan ourselves. <\/p>\n

826
\n01:01:34,160 –> 01:01:37,640
\nIt’s passing all excellence for
\nvalue. <\/p>\n

827
\n01:01:37,640 –> 01:01:41,160
\nThis is a complete change of
\nmindset. <\/p>\n

828
\n01:01:41,160 –> 01:01:43,680
\nDo you know why, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n

829
\n01:01:43,920 –> 01:01:50,400
\nBecause if we have put ourselves
\nto death, there is not a single <\/p>\n

830
\n01:01:50,400 –> 01:01:59,240
\nperson who’s alive who’s not of
\ninfinitely more value because <\/p>\n

831
\n01:01:59,240 –> 01:02:08,440
\nwe’re dead and they’re alive.
\nSepal’s point This is a complete<\/p>\n

832
\n01:02:08,840 –> 01:02:14,440
\nchange of mindset.
\nNow you might think that verse 5<\/p>\n

833
\n01:02:15,120 –> 01:02:19,480
\nis an impossibility.
\nI mean, how could Christ <\/p>\n

834
\n01:02:19,800 –> 01:02:26,800
\nhonestly think that others were
\nbetter than himself when, well, <\/p>\n

835
\n01:02:26,800 –> 01:02:29,440
\nhe knew the truth about men?
\nHe knew what was in men. <\/p>\n

836
\n01:02:29,560 –> 01:02:33,350
\nHow could Christ think?
\nHonestly, that other people were<\/p>\n

837
\n01:02:33,350 –> 01:02:35,870
\nbetter than himself.
\nDid he just have to pretend that<\/p>\n

838
\n01:02:35,870 –> 01:02:40,070
\nothers were better than himself?
\nHow was this mind in Christ? <\/p>\n

839
\n01:02:41,510 –> 01:02:45,790
\nAnd the answer is that the Greek
\nword for mind is the word <\/p>\n

840
\n01:02:45,790 –> 01:02:53,230
\nFronio, and it means thinking.
\nBut the diaglot translates it as<\/p>\n

841
\n01:02:53,790 –> 01:02:56,910
\ndisposition.
\nDisposition. <\/p>\n

842
\n01:02:57,950 –> 01:03:01,070
\nIt’s an attitude.
\nIt’s an. <\/p>\n

843
\n01:03:02,050 –> 01:03:05,570
\nA disposition that implies a
\nchoice. <\/p>\n

844
\n01:03:06,370 –> 01:03:09,970
\nAnd Christ chose to think a
\ncertain way. <\/p>\n

845
\n01:03:10,090 –> 01:03:12,050
\nLook at all the words that speak
\nof choice. <\/p>\n

846
\n01:03:12,250 –> 01:03:17,090
\nHe made himself of no
\nreputation. <\/p>\n

847
\n01:03:17,370 –> 01:03:21,330
\nHe took upon himself the form of
\na servant. <\/p>\n

848
\n01:03:21,370 –> 01:03:26,220
\nHe humbled himself, He became.
\nObedient. <\/p>\n

849
\n01:03:26,220 –> 01:03:29,820
\nIt was all his choice.
\nHe volunteered to have this <\/p>\n

850
\n01:03:29,820 –> 01:03:33,060
\nmind.
\nHe chose to have this <\/p>\n

851
\n01:03:33,060 –> 01:03:37,060
\ndisposition.
\nDespite his greatness, he chose <\/p>\n

852
\n01:03:37,380 –> 01:03:42,140
\nto think like this verse seven
\nHe made himself of no <\/p>\n

853
\n01:03:42,140 –> 01:03:46,940
\nreputation, and took upon him
\nThe form of a servant was made <\/p>\n

854
\n01:03:46,940 –> 01:03:50,060
\nin the likeness of men, and
\nbeing found in fashion as a man,<\/p>\n

855
\n01:03:50,260 –> 01:03:54,500
\nhe humbled himself, became
\nobedient unto death. <\/p>\n

856
\n01:03:55,270 –> 01:04:01,350
\nEven the death of the cross, he
\nmade himself of no reputation. <\/p>\n

857
\n01:04:01,630 –> 01:04:06,350
\nDo you know literally those
\nwords mean he emptied himself? <\/p>\n

858
\n01:04:07,110 –> 01:04:11,710
\nHe voluntarily stripped himself
\nof self importance. <\/p>\n

859
\n01:04:12,670 –> 01:04:14,430
\nDo you know Isaiah puts it this
\nway? <\/p>\n

860
\n01:04:14,510 –> 01:04:20,750
\nHe poured out his soul.
\nHe emptied his soul unto death. <\/p>\n

861
\n01:04:20,830 –> 01:04:24,950
\nIsaiah 53 and verse 12.
\nThis was his disposition. <\/p>\n

862
\n01:04:25,440 –> 01:04:29,800
\nHis unique attitude in the
\nhistory of the world, filled <\/p>\n

863
\n01:04:29,800 –> 01:04:35,160
\nwith billions of people obsessed
\nabout themselves, and he emptied<\/p>\n

864
\n01:04:35,160 –> 01:04:40,480
\nhimself of self.
\nHe put himself to death. <\/p>\n

865
\n01:04:41,960 –> 01:04:46,440
\nAnd Philippians chapter 2 is
\ngoing to outline the deepening <\/p>\n

866
\n01:04:46,640 –> 01:04:53,520
\nlevels of Christ’s humility.
\nHe could have enjoyed a divine <\/p>\n

867
\n01:04:53,520 –> 01:04:58,200
\nstatus.
\nAbove every other human being <\/p>\n

868
\n01:04:58,200 –> 01:05:05,040
\nbecause he was God’s son, verse
\n6 But he acknowledged that his <\/p>\n

869
\n01:05:05,040 –> 01:05:14,200
\nhumanity made him just like
\nevery other man, verse 7 But he <\/p>\n

870
\n01:05:14,200 –> 01:05:21,040
\nchose to volunteer to be not
\njust like every other man, but <\/p>\n

871
\n01:05:21,040 –> 01:05:24,100
\nthe bond slave.
\nOf everyone. <\/p>\n

872
\n01:05:24,100 –> 01:05:27,700
\nVerse 7.
\nAnd more than that, he humbled <\/p>\n

873
\n01:05:27,700 –> 01:05:33,020
\nhimself further, Not just to be
\nlower than everybody else, but <\/p>\n

874
\n01:05:33,020 –> 01:05:37,820
\nto die for them.
\nVerse 8. <\/p>\n

875
\n01:05:38,980 –> 01:05:41,900
\nBut not to not just to die.
\nIt was not to be an honorable <\/p>\n

876
\n01:05:41,900 –> 01:05:46,060
\ndeath, The death of a hero, a
\nlegend, a martyr with a grand <\/p>\n

877
\n01:05:46,060 –> 01:05:49,270
\nmonument.
\nTo honor his great deeds, this <\/p>\n

878
\n01:05:49,270 –> 01:05:54,830
\nman volunteered to die the death
\nof an abject criminal outside <\/p>\n

879
\n01:05:54,830 –> 01:06:02,070
\nthe rubbish dump of Jerusalem.
\nRejected, despised, lonely, <\/p>\n

880
\n01:06:02,990 –> 01:06:13,710
\nabandoned, ridiculed, spat on.
\nLet that mind be in. <\/p>\n

881
\n01:06:13,710 –> 01:06:18,910
\nYou see the point?
\nHere is a man who willingly put <\/p>\n

882
\n01:06:18,910 –> 01:06:24,150
\nhimself to death in the most
\nhumiliating, embarrassing, <\/p>\n

883
\n01:06:25,150 –> 01:06:28,910
\npainful way, so that everyone
\ncoming after could be an <\/p>\n

884
\n01:06:29,110 –> 01:06:34,030
\nabsolutely no doubt as to what
\nwas deserving to Self. <\/p>\n

885
\n01:06:34,270 –> 01:06:37,750
\nAnd the only way he could go
\nthrough with such a humiliating <\/p>\n

886
\n01:06:37,750 –> 01:06:42,590
\nexperience is because self was
\nalready dead. <\/p>\n

887
\n01:06:44,530 –> 01:06:46,930
\nSo Philippians chapter 2 is very
\nclear. <\/p>\n

888
\n01:06:47,730 –> 01:06:52,010
\nThe mind of Christ is
\ncharacterized by a lifelong <\/p>\n

889
\n01:06:52,090 –> 01:06:55,970
\njourney in which we slowly
\nprogress in our thinking. <\/p>\n

890
\n01:06:57,210 –> 01:06:59,530
\nWe esteem others better than
\nourselves. <\/p>\n

891
\n01:06:59,530 –> 01:07:06,370
\nVerse 3 to the point that we
\ndon’t even look to our own <\/p>\n

892
\n01:07:06,370 –> 01:07:13,490
\ninterests anymore.
\nVerse 4 to the point that we <\/p>\n

893
\n01:07:13,490 –> 01:07:16,740
\nabandon.
\nOur own reputation and <\/p>\n

894
\n01:07:16,740 –> 01:07:22,300
\nimportance.
\nVerse 7 to the point that we <\/p>\n

895
\n01:07:22,300 –> 01:07:26,820
\nvolunteer to become the slaves
\nof everybody else. <\/p>\n

896
\n01:07:27,540 –> 01:07:36,260
\nVerse 7 To the point that we put
\nourselves to death in order to <\/p>\n

897
\n01:07:36,260 –> 01:07:40,580
\nhelp others.
\nThis is the essence of having <\/p>\n

898
\n01:07:40,580 –> 01:07:45,680
\nHis mind in us.
\nThis is being conformed to his <\/p>\n

899
\n01:07:45,680 –> 01:07:47,720
\nimage.
\nThis is following in his <\/p>\n

900
\n01:07:47,720 –> 01:07:50,640
\nfootsteps.
\nThis is the great calling of <\/p>\n

901
\n01:07:50,640 –> 01:07:52,960
\ndiscipleship.
\nThis is the secret to the truth,<\/p>\n

902
\n01:07:54,040 –> 01:07:59,440
\nbeing prepared to be conformed
\nto his example of death to self.<\/p>\n

903
\n01:08:00,840 –> 01:08:04,960
\nThis is the glorious liberty,
\nthe immense freedom of the mind <\/p>\n

904
\n01:08:04,960 –> 01:08:07,680
\nof Christ.
\nHave you ever asked yourself, or<\/p>\n

905
\n01:08:07,680 –> 01:08:11,560
\nwondered how could he
\nconcentrate enough? <\/p>\n

906
\n01:08:12,230 –> 01:08:16,790
\nTo do just his father’s will and
\nnever once rebel. <\/p>\n

907
\n01:08:18,029 –> 01:08:22,189
\nHow could he go without sleep
\nfor an entire night in prayer <\/p>\n

908
\n01:08:22,189 –> 01:08:26,630
\nand didn’t carry on the next day
\nwithout being grumpy or easily <\/p>\n

909
\n01:08:26,630 –> 01:08:30,149
\nirritated?
\nHow could he just keep giving <\/p>\n

910
\n01:08:30,430 –> 01:08:34,189
\nand giving and giving to the
\ncrowds, endlessly teaching <\/p>\n

911
\n01:08:34,870 –> 01:08:38,830
\nhealing the sick?
\nWell, he’d learned the secret, <\/p>\n

912
\n01:08:38,830 –> 01:08:43,350
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nOf being dead to himself, of not<\/p>\n

913
\n01:08:43,350 –> 01:08:47,550
\npleasing himself.
\nThis is the essential <\/p>\n

914
\n01:08:47,550 –> 01:08:53,830
\ncharacteristic of his mind, and
\nit’s our inevitable destination <\/p>\n

915
\n01:08:54,430 –> 01:08:59,189
\nas we submit to God’s mighty
\nhand, patiently conforming us <\/p>\n

916
\n01:08:59,229 –> 01:09:03,510
\nall to His image, as hard as it
\nis brothers and sisters and <\/p>\n

917
\n01:09:03,510 –> 01:09:09,510
\nyoung people on our own egos.
\nThis is the standard he is set <\/p>\n

918
\n01:09:09,510 –> 01:09:14,630
\nfor us.
\nLet this mind be in you that was<\/p>\n

919
\n01:09:14,630 –> 01:09:32,069
\nin Christ Jesus.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

920
\n01:09:32,069 –> 01:09:33,790
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\n01:09:34,550 –> 01:09:36,470
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