Class 4 from this series was used for GCT Episode 252<\/p>\n
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\nnice to have so many people here
\ntonight to enjoy the next study.<\/p>\n
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\nStudy for the principle is the
\nmind of Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nSo look forward to some words
\nfrom brother Nathan the <\/p>\n
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\nintroduction in the.
\nStudy, outline that we had here <\/p>\n
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\ntalks about our Father’s desire
\nto conform us all to this image <\/p>\n
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\nor the mind of Christ as part of
\nhis future divine family. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’m sure that as we listen
\ntonight, we’ll be able to put <\/p>\n
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\nourselves in the picture of what
\nthe future divine family is <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to be.
\nWe are going to have an <\/p>\n
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\nintroductory reading tonight and
\nthat’s going to be Philippians <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 2 and the 1st 11 verses.
\nAnd I will call forward Brother <\/p>\n
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\nSteve Jeffress to come forward
\nand read that to us. <\/p>\n
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\nThanks, Steve.
\nReading together with your <\/p>\n
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\nbrother and sisters the 1st 11
\nVerses of Philippians, chapter 2<\/p>\n
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\nif there be there for any
\nconsolation in Christ, if any <\/p>\n
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\ncomfort of love.
\nIf any fellowship of the Spirit,<\/p>\n
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\nif any bows and mercies, fulfill
\nye my joy, that ye may be <\/p>\n
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\nlikeminded, having the same love
\nbeing of 1 accord of 1 mind, let<\/p>\n
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\nnothing be done through strife
\nor Vainglory, but in loneliness <\/p>\n
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\nof mind let each esteem other
\nbetter than themselves. <\/p>\n
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\nLook not every man on his own
\nthings, but every man also on <\/p>\n
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\nthe things of others.
\nThat this mind being you, which <\/p>\n
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\nwas also in Christ Jesus, who,
\nbeing in the form of God, <\/p>\n
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\nthought it not robbery to be
\nequal with God, but made himself<\/p>\n
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\nof no reputation, and took upon
\nhim the form of a servant, and <\/p>\n
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\nwas made in the lightness of
\nmen. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd being found in fashion as a
\nman, he humbled himself and <\/p>\n
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\nbecame obedient, utter death,
\neven the death of the cross. <\/p>\n
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\nWherefore God also hath highly
\nexalted him, and given him a <\/p>\n
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\nname which is above every name,
\nthat at the name of Jesus every <\/p>\n
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\nknee should bow of things in
\nheaven, and things in earth, and<\/p>\n
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\nthings under the earth, and that
\nevery tongue should confess that<\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ is Lord, to the
\nglory of God the Father. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a pretty powerful section
\nof scripture there, and we’ll <\/p>\n
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\nuse that as an introduction for
\nBrother Nathan, you see. <\/p>\n
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\nContinues the special effort for
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\nStudy for the Mind of Christ.
\nThanks very much. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, thanks, Brother Craig, and
\ngood evening, brothers 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
\nclass, on Thursday night. <\/p>\n
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\nWe want to look at how to
\npractice having the mind of <\/p>\n
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\nChrist.
\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 a<\/p>\n
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\nspiritual mind.
\nIs not an abstract, eerie, fiery<\/p>\n
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\nidea.
\nIt’s not an intangible concept <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s difficult to grasp, a
\nvapor that can never be tied <\/p>\n
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\ndown.
\nAnd it’s not just a lofty <\/p>\n
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\nsounding phrase.
\nWe all have to have the mind of <\/p>\n
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\nChrist.
\nIt’s a solid destination. <\/p>\n
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\nOur minds are being renewed,
\nregenerated, not in a random <\/p>\n
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\ndirection but with focus.
\nAnd purpose by a Heavenly Father<\/p>\n
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\ntowards one goal, one objective.
\nI’d like you to come to Romans <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 8 as we start our
\nevening together, because <\/p>\n
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\nnothing could be more crystal
\nclear than our Heavenly Father’s<\/p>\n
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\npurpose with us in Romans
\nchapter 8, Romans 8 and verse <\/p>\n
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\n28.
\nAnd 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 for know, He also
\ndid predestinate to be conformed<\/p>\n
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\nto the image of his Son, that he
\nmight be the first born among <\/p>\n
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\nmany brethren.
\nMoreover, whom he did <\/p>\n
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\npredestinate, then he also
\ncalled, and whom he called, then<\/p>\n
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\nhe also justified.
\nAnd whom he justified, then he <\/p>\n
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\nalso glorified.
\nNow sometimes we have difficulty<\/p>\n
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\nwith these words when we try to
\ngrapple with the intricacies of <\/p>\n
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\ndivine predestination and human
\nfree will. <\/p>\n
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\nDo we really have a choice?
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\nKingdom already predetermined as
\nthe word predestinated means <\/p>\n
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\nBut if we read carefully, it is <\/p>\n
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\nabundantly clear.
\nIsn’t it what Paul is saying? <\/p>\n
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\nPaul is not saying that we are
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\nHe is saying that what is
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\nexact same process of
\ntransformation. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are guaranteed to all go
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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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\nbrethren.
\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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\nThe transformed mind is the mind<\/p>\n
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\nof his Son.
\nThe predetermined destination <\/p>\n
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\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s not an abstract spiritual
\njourney with no end point. <\/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 of that<\/p>\n
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\ntask.
\nAll of us are so vastly <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent.
\nOur minds are wildly divergent <\/p>\n
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\nfrom each other, But our
\nHeavenly Father is slowly <\/p>\n
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\nconforming each one of us,
\npressing us gently but <\/p>\n
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\nrelentlessly into the mold of
\nthe special and unique mind of <\/p>\n
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\nHis Son.
\nGod will not give up on us. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s an immutable principle.
\nWe won’t be there if we’re not <\/p>\n
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\nlike him.
\nHe is our inevitable <\/p>\n
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\ndestination.
\nJust look at these references <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, we often say, don’t <\/p>\n
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\nwe, that we’re we’re called upon
\nto have one mind. <\/p>\n
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\nBut it’s not just anyone’s mind.
\nIt’s not even just a common <\/p>\n
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\nmind.
\nIt’s his mind. <\/p>\n
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\nBe of 1 mind is really be of
\nChrist’s mind. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve read some of these before.
\n1st of Corinthians 2 and verse <\/p>\n
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\n16 we have the mind of Christ
\nPhilippians 2 which we’ll look <\/p>\n
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\nat tonight.
\nLet this mind be in you, which <\/p>\n
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\nwas in Christ Jesus.
\nWell, first of Peter 4. <\/p>\n
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\nFor as much then as Christ hath
\nsuffered for us in the flesh, <\/p>\n
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\narm yourselves likewise with the
\nsame mind. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s Christ’s mind.
\nRomans 15 Now the God of <\/p>\n
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\npatience and consolation grant
\nyou to be like minded one toward<\/p>\n
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\nanother, according to what the
\nmargin says after the example of<\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ that ye may with
\none mind and one mouth glorify <\/p>\n
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\nGod.
\nOne mind is really the mind of <\/p>\n
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\nour Lord Jesus Christ.
\nHe is our inevitable <\/p>\n
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\ndestination.
\nNow I’d like you to come as we <\/p>\n
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\nstart our evening together to
\n1st of Samuel in chapter 14. <\/p>\n
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\nFirst of Samuel in chapter 14,
\nbecause there’s a really nice <\/p>\n
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\nexpression here in the story of
\nJonathan and his armor bearer. <\/p>\n
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\nNow for those young people and
\nchildren at the Sunday School on<\/p>\n
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\nSunday morning, we’d look,
\ndidn’t we, at? <\/p>\n
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\nThe fact that really the story
\nof the Bible is the story of <\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ, just with
\ndifferent characters and <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent circumstances, and
\nthere’s clues in the record to <\/p>\n
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\nshow us that it’s talking about
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd most of the time, often
\nit’ll be talking about the <\/p>\n
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\ncrucifixion of Christ.
\nAnd here’s another example in <\/p>\n
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\nFirst and Samuel 14 and verse
\nfour. <\/p>\n
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\nListen to these little phrases
\nand between the passages. <\/p>\n
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\nBy which Jonathan sought to go
\nover unto the Philistines <\/p>\n
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\nGarrison.
\nThere was a sharp rock on the <\/p>\n
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\none side and a sharp rock on the
\nother side. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the name of the one was
\nBozes, and the name of the other<\/p>\n
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\nwas Sina.
\nThat’s a picture of the <\/p>\n
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\nCrucifixion.
\nJonathan’s in the middle, and <\/p>\n
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\nthere’s a sharp rock either
\nside. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s typical of the two thieves.
\nAnd look what Jonathan says, <\/p>\n
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\nverse 6 unto the young man that
\nbear his armor. <\/p>\n
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\nCome, let us go over unto the
\nGarrison of these Philistines, <\/p>\n
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\nthese uncircumcised it may be
\nthat Yahweh will work for us, <\/p>\n
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\nFor there is no restraint to
\nYahweh to save by many or by <\/p>\n
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\nfew.
\nAnd his armor bearer said unto <\/p>\n
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\nhim, Do all that is in thine
\nheart turn thee? <\/p>\n
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\nBehold, I am with thee according
\nto thy heart. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know the Revised Standard
\nVersion puts it this way. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd his armor bearer said unto
\nhim, Do all that thy mind <\/p>\n
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\ninclines to behold.
\nI am with you. <\/p>\n
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\nAs is your mind.
\nSo is mine. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in the battle against the
\nPhilistines, Jonathan the Prince<\/p>\n
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\nis our Lord Jesus Christ, and we
\nare his servants, his armor <\/p>\n
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\nbearers.
\nAnd this is our response to his <\/p>\n
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\nbattle cry.
\nWe are one. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re of the same mind we are
\nwith him in this battle against <\/p>\n
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\nsin.
\nWhat a. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat a lovely thought.
\nThere’s a growing family <\/p>\n
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\nlikeness between the captain of
\nour salvation and his armor <\/p>\n
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\nbearers.
\nWell, what defines the mind of <\/p>\n
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\nCould it be his humility?
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\nspecial, wasn’t there, about the
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\nCorinthians 10, talks about the
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\nyou a definitive answer, but I’m
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\ngo back here to this story, the
\ngiving of a spiritual mind to <\/p>\n
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\nreplace a carnal mind and see if
\nwe can see if we can pick up the<\/p>\n
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\nafraid. <\/p>\n
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\npeace.
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\nbecause this little phrase in <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact both of them mean a
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\nWell, as it happens, the New
\nTestament talks about three <\/p>\n
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\nis this one here that we’ve just<\/p>\n
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\nlooked at a sound mind. 2nd of
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\nBut you know there’s another two
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\nCharge them that are rich in
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\nuncertain riches, but in the <\/p>\n
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\nliving God who giveth us richly
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\nDo you know Romans chapter 12
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\nwho thinks of himself more
\nhighly than he ought to think. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Romans chapter 12 to say
\ninstead think soberly and it <\/p>\n
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\narrogance and the pride and the <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:48,170 –> 00:24:52,970
\nself righteousness of the Jew.
\nOr whether they were weighed <\/p>\n
340
\n00:24:52,970 –> 00:24:56,050
\ndown with self pity that they
\nwere dominated by the Romans. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:24:56,330 –> 00:24:58,490
\nThey were only concerned about
\nworshipping and serving <\/p>\n
342
\n00:24:58,490 –> 00:25:02,890
\nthemselves.
\nAnd the point is that neither of<\/p>\n
343
\n00:25:02,890 –> 00:25:07,610
\nthese extremes is the mind of
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
344
\n00:25:07,610 –> 00:25:12,770
\nNeither is a sound mind because
\nwhile we are busy measuring <\/p>\n
345
\n00:25:12,770 –> 00:25:18,350
\nourselves against each other.
\nTo either feel a little better <\/p>\n
346
\n00:25:18,350 –> 00:25:23,150
\nabout ourselves because we are
\nclearly superior in some way, or<\/p>\n
347
\n00:25:23,150 –> 00:25:26,510
\nto feel sorry about ourselves
\nbecause we aren’t as good, We <\/p>\n
348
\n00:25:26,590 –> 00:25:29,630
\naren’t as good looking, we
\naren’t as wealthy, we’re not as <\/p>\n
349
\n00:25:29,630 –> 00:25:33,830
\nblessed or successful either
\nway. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:25:34,510 –> 00:25:40,270
\nWe are pandering to self and the
\nsound mind doesn’t measure <\/p>\n
351
\n00:25:40,430 –> 00:25:45,190
\nitself against everybody else.
\nIt measures itself. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:25:45,490 –> 00:25:53,330
\nBy one yardstick, the example
\nand the measure of Jesus Christ,<\/p>\n
353
\n00:25:53,890 –> 00:25:58,810
\nEphesians 4, verse 13.
\nTill we all come unto a perfect <\/p>\n
354
\n00:25:58,810 –> 00:26:03,650
\nman, unto the measure of the
\nstature of the fullness of <\/p>\n
355
\n00:26:03,650 –> 00:26:07,050
\nChrist.
\nAnd wow do we fall short. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:26:07,050 –> 00:26:11,130
\nBrothers and sisters, there’s no
\npandering to self when we <\/p>\n
357
\n00:26:11,130 –> 00:26:17,930
\ncompare ourselves only with him.
\nWhen we only use Him as our <\/p>\n
358
\n00:26:17,930 –> 00:26:22,210
\nmeasure, our yardstick on the
\nladder of importance. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:26:23,450 –> 00:26:26,890
\nBecause if there is one
\ncharacteristic that defines the <\/p>\n
360
\n00:26:26,890 –> 00:26:31,930
\nsound mind, the mind of Christ,
\nas opposed to the two thieves <\/p>\n
361
\n00:26:32,090 –> 00:26:37,330
\nthat are flanking him on either
\nside that are all about self, it<\/p>\n
362
\n00:26:37,330 –> 00:26:44,330
\nis that the sound mind is all
\nabout putting self to death. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:26:46,820 –> 00:26:52,380
\nA sound mind, The mind of Christ
\ndoes not indulge in self <\/p>\n
364
\n00:26:52,380 –> 00:26:56,820
\nrighteousness, nor does it
\nwallow in self pity. <\/p>\n
365
\n00:26:57,460 –> 00:27:01,820
\nIt kills self, it crucifies it.
\nIt puts self to death. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:27:02,140 –> 00:27:07,820
\nAnd I’m going to suggest that
\ntonight this is the chief <\/p>\n
367
\n00:27:07,820 –> 00:27:11,420
\ncharacteristic, the central
\nprinciple. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:27:12,020 –> 00:27:14,940
\nThe defining quality of the mind
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:27:15,460 –> 00:27:17,980
\nRemember what Romans 15 and
\nverse three says. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:27:18,260 –> 00:27:23,900
\nEven Christ pleased not himself.
\nIt’s the essence of his mind. <\/p>\n
371
\n00:27:24,060 –> 00:27:29,100
\nIt’s a summary of his thinking.
\nThis is what made the mind of <\/p>\n
372
\n00:27:29,100 –> 00:27:33,740
\nChrist so unique in the history
\nof the world, so valuable in the<\/p>\n
373
\n00:27:33,740 –> 00:27:37,100
\neyes of God it puts self to
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:27:39,310 –> 00:27:41,630
\nYou know, sometimes we think
\nit’s got to be enormously <\/p>\n
375
\n00:27:41,630 –> 00:27:47,270
\ncomplicated and difficult to
\nunderstand just because it’s so <\/p>\n
376
\n00:27:47,270 –> 00:27:52,070
\ndifficult to do.
\nBut actually it’s so simple and <\/p>\n
377
\n00:27:52,070 –> 00:27:54,750
\nout of this essential
\ncharacteristics brings <\/p>\n
378
\n00:27:54,750 –> 00:27:58,390
\neverything else that we might
\nnormally think of as the <\/p>\n
379
\n00:27:58,390 –> 00:28:02,550
\nqualities of the mind of Christ.
\nJust think about it if you put <\/p>\n
380
\n00:28:02,550 –> 00:28:07,630
\nyourself to death, or if Christ
\nwhen Christ put himself to <\/p>\n
381
\n00:28:07,630 –> 00:28:09,880
\ndeath.
\nOf course he can exhibit <\/p>\n
382
\n00:28:09,880 –> 00:28:15,040
\nhumility and meekness because
\nhe’s put himself to death. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:28:15,200 –> 00:28:18,920
\nHe’s empty of himself.
\nOf course he can show care and <\/p>\n
384
\n00:28:18,920 –> 00:28:23,240
\nlove and compassion if he’s put
\nhimself to death. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:28:23,480 –> 00:28:26,960
\nThe only thing to trust in, to
\nhave faith in, is in his <\/p>\n
386
\n00:28:26,960 –> 00:28:29,920
\nHeavenly Father.
\nOf course he can be free to have<\/p>\n
387
\n00:28:29,920 –> 00:28:32,760
\nmercy.
\nIt all springs out of the fact <\/p>\n
388
\n00:28:32,760 –> 00:28:35,560
\nthat he put himself to death
\nevery day. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:28:35,760 –> 00:28:38,440
\nHe was free from the bondage of
\nserving. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:28:38,730 –> 00:28:43,530
\nOr trusting in self.
\nAnd So what happened on Golgotha<\/p>\n
391
\n00:28:44,570 –> 00:28:48,130
\non the cross was just a gruesome
\nsymbol, wasn’t it? <\/p>\n
392
\n00:28:48,130 –> 00:28:52,370
\nOf what he had done to his own
\ncarnal mind every day. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:28:52,890 –> 00:29:00,610
\nHe didn’t really put sin to
\ndeath, because then while self <\/p>\n
394
\n00:29:00,610 –> 00:29:03,730
\ncould have been triumphant, it
\ncould be construed that self had<\/p>\n
395
\n00:29:03,730 –> 00:29:07,050
\nhad the victory.
\nNo, he put self to death. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:29:07,460 –> 00:29:11,620
\nOur Lord understood the
\nextraordinary freedom that comes<\/p>\n
397
\n00:29:11,620 –> 00:29:16,140
\nfrom a life where self is not
\nking, where the tyrant that is. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:29:16,140 –> 00:29:19,860
\nOur carnal mind is crucified
\neach day, every moment. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:29:21,220 –> 00:29:24,380
\nThat’s why, isn’t it?
\nWe celebrate every Sunday <\/p>\n
400
\n00:29:24,380 –> 00:29:28,060
\nmorning this principle in the
\nbreaking of bread and drinking <\/p>\n
401
\n00:29:28,060 –> 00:29:30,500
\nof wine.
\nFirst of Corinthians 11 says we <\/p>\n
402
\n00:29:30,500 –> 00:29:36,450
\ncome to show the Lord’s death.
\nTill he come, we declare <\/p>\n
403
\n00:29:36,450 –> 00:29:40,130
\npublicly a grand and abiding
\ntruth. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:29:40,410 –> 00:29:45,250
\nHe put himself to death.
\nHis central principle never <\/p>\n
405
\n00:29:45,250 –> 00:29:50,330
\nwavered.
\nNot my will, but thine be done. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:29:50,930 –> 00:29:55,170
\nHe was prepared to utterly
\nbecome subject to his father’s <\/p>\n
407
\n00:29:55,170 –> 00:30:00,970
\nwill, because his own was dead.
\nHe’s what brother LG Sergeant <\/p>\n
408
\n00:30:00,970 –> 00:30:04,760
\nsays in his book.
\nOn this very subject, the sound <\/p>\n
409
\n00:30:04,760 –> 00:30:09,800
\nmind.
\nA mind is sound when it is <\/p>\n
410
\n00:30:09,800 –> 00:30:15,120
\nhumbled and brought into
\nsubjection by being centered on <\/p>\n
411
\n00:30:15,120 –> 00:30:20,720
\none outside itself.
\nIt happens when we put ourselves<\/p>\n
412
\n00:30:20,720 –> 00:30:24,400
\nto death and center our
\naffections on something other <\/p>\n
413
\n00:30:24,760 –> 00:30:27,840
\nthan ourself.
\nPerhaps the truest definition <\/p>\n
414
\n00:30:27,840 –> 00:30:31,440
\nwould be that wherever a false
\ncenter. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:30:32,040 –> 00:30:35,520
\nIs set up in the mind,
\nattracting to that spot more <\/p>\n
416
\n00:30:35,520 –> 00:30:38,360
\nthan its due share of emotional
\nenergy. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:30:39,040 –> 00:30:45,600
\nThe mind is unsound.
\nSo this is the new center of our<\/p>\n
418
\n00:30:45,600 –> 00:30:51,280
\nminds, death to self.
\nIf we allow self to creep back <\/p>\n
419
\n00:30:51,280 –> 00:30:56,600
\nto the center from either side,
\nthen our minds become unsound. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:30:57,090 –> 00:31:01,970
\nThey are no longer scented,
\nrooted, grounded on one outside <\/p>\n
421
\n00:31:02,490 –> 00:31:06,730
\nourselves.
\nNow we know that death to self <\/p>\n
422
\n00:31:06,850 –> 00:31:10,370
\nis the central principle of our
\nLord’s mind, because these two <\/p>\n
423
\n00:31:10,370 –> 00:31:16,890
\nthieves on each side, these two
\nunsound ways of thinking, have <\/p>\n
424
\n00:31:16,890 –> 00:31:19,490
\nvery similar results on our
\nfaith. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:31:20,170 –> 00:31:24,770
\nIn fact, they’re both toxic to
\nour ability to trust God. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:31:25,250 –> 00:31:27,370
\nAlbeit for different reasons.
\nAnd let me show you how. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:31:28,770 –> 00:31:33,730
\nIf we are subject to high
\nmindedness or self <\/p>\n
428
\n00:31:33,850 –> 00:31:38,130
\nrighteousness, do you know that
\nreally becomes well, we’re <\/p>\n
429
\n00:31:38,130 –> 00:31:43,210
\ncharacterized by trusting in
\nourselves. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:31:43,290 –> 00:31:46,930
\nWe’re so self absorbed that we
\ntrust ourselves. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:31:47,250 –> 00:31:50,650
\nRemember the parable of the
\nself-righteous Pharisee and Luke<\/p>\n
432
\n00:31:50,690 –> 00:31:54,100
\n18 and verse 9?
\nI thank thee that I am not as <\/p>\n
433
\n00:31:54,220 –> 00:31:57,940
\nother men are.
\nIt was said to condemn those who<\/p>\n
434
\n00:31:58,060 –> 00:32:04,980
\ntrusted in themselves that they
\nwere righteous and despised <\/p>\n
435
\n00:32:05,020 –> 00:32:08,620
\nothers.
\nBut you see the people who are <\/p>\n
436
\n00:32:08,620 –> 00:32:13,740
\nfeeble minded, these people feel
\nso sorry for themselves, that’s <\/p>\n
437
\n00:32:13,740 –> 00:32:16,820
\nso self absorbed in their own
\nproblems that they can’t, <\/p>\n
438
\n00:32:16,940 –> 00:32:18,700
\nthey’re not.
\nThey can’t find it in themselves<\/p>\n
439
\n00:32:18,700 –> 00:32:23,680
\nto trust God.
\nIn fact, Psalm 72 verse 2078, <\/p>\n
440
\n00:32:23,680 –> 00:32:26,560
\nverse 22 describes the
\nwilderness generation as being <\/p>\n
441
\n00:32:26,720 –> 00:32:32,240
\nso feeble in faith that they
\ntrusted not in God’s salvation. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:32:32,400 –> 00:32:36,280
\nSo the high minded people trust
\nin themselves and the feeble <\/p>\n
443
\n00:32:36,280 –> 00:32:38,360
\nminded people can’t trust in
\nGod. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:32:38,520 –> 00:32:42,080
\nBoth of these ways of thinking
\nare toxic to faith. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:32:42,440 –> 00:32:46,640
\nSelf, whether it’s self
\nrighteousness or self pity, robs<\/p>\n
446
\n00:32:46,640 –> 00:32:51,120
\nus of our ability to have faith.
\nAnd remember we said that the <\/p>\n
447
\n00:32:51,120 –> 00:32:54,040
\ncarnal mind was like being
\nwithout faith. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:32:54,480 –> 00:32:59,000
\nIt’s essential to have faith and
\nboth of these ways of thinking <\/p>\n
449
\n00:32:59,400 –> 00:33:03,320
\nrobust of the ability to have
\nfaith. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:33:04,080 –> 00:33:05,520
\nLook at the difference in the
\nmiddle. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:33:06,440 –> 00:33:09,200
\nThis is second to Corinthians
\nchapter one and verse 9. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:33:09,680 –> 00:33:14,320
\nBut we had the sentence.
\nThe margin says the answer. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:33:15,240 –> 00:33:19,440
\nOf death in ourselves that we
\nshould not trust in ourselves, <\/p>\n
454
\n00:33:19,440 –> 00:33:24,400
\nbut in God which raiseth the
\ndead there it is the answer of <\/p>\n
455
\n00:33:24,400 –> 00:33:27,760
\ndeath to ourselves.
\nWe don’t trust in ourselves <\/p>\n
456
\n00:33:27,760 –> 00:33:30,400
\nbecause we have put ourselves to
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:33:30,760 –> 00:33:33,960
\nIt’s the answer.
\nIt is the answer. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:33:34,040 –> 00:33:38,600
\nIt is the central defining
\ncharacteristic of the mind of <\/p>\n
459
\n00:33:38,600 –> 00:33:42,920
\nChrist.
\nIt’s the only thing that enables<\/p>\n
460
\n00:33:42,920 –> 00:33:46,290
\nus to trust.
\nIn God and not in ourselves. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:33:47,450 –> 00:33:49,570
\nWell, I’d like you to come to
\nJohn chapter 8, because this is <\/p>\n
462
\n00:33:49,570 –> 00:33:51,730
\nhow our Lord Jesus Christ puts
\nit. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:33:52,130 –> 00:33:58,650
\nAnd it’s so clear, so clear.
\nJohn chapter 8 and verse 28, <\/p>\n
464
\n00:34:08,239 –> 00:34:12,080
\nJohn 8 and verse 28.
\nAnd just listen to these words <\/p>\n
465
\n00:34:12,080 –> 00:34:15,440
\nand see if you can see a
\nprogression of thought, then <\/p>\n
466
\n00:34:15,440 –> 00:34:19,050
\nsaid Jesus unto them.
\nWhen ye have lifted up the son <\/p>\n
467
\n00:34:19,050 –> 00:34:26,409
\nof man, then shall ye know that
\nI am he, and that I do nothing <\/p>\n
468
\n00:34:27,130 –> 00:34:31,489
\nof myself.
\nBut as my father hath taught me,<\/p>\n
469
\n00:34:31,889 –> 00:34:36,449
\nI speak these things, and he
\nthat sent me is with me. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:34:36,810 –> 00:34:41,610
\nThe Father hath not left me
\nalone, for I do always those <\/p>\n
471
\n00:34:41,610 –> 00:34:46,639
\nthings that please him.
\nAs he spiked these words, many <\/p>\n
472
\n00:34:46,639 –> 00:34:49,560
\nbelieved on him.
\nThen said Jesus to those Jews <\/p>\n
473
\n00:34:49,560 –> 00:34:53,199
\nwhich believed on him.
\nIf ye continue in my word, then <\/p>\n
474
\n00:34:53,320 –> 00:34:57,560
\nare ye my disciples indeed, and
\nye shall know the truth, and the<\/p>\n
475
\n00:34:57,560 –> 00:35:01,920
\ntruth shall make you free.
\nSee the progression when we <\/p>\n
476
\n00:35:01,920 –> 00:35:04,880
\nrealize that it has nothing to
\ndo with our self. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:35:05,320 –> 00:35:09,640
\nVerse 28 That of our self we can
\ndo nothing. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:35:09,720 –> 00:35:12,400
\nIn fact, the only thing we can
\ndo is put ourselves to death <\/p>\n
479
\n00:35:12,400 –> 00:35:16,580
\nwhen we realize that.
\nWe give up pleasing ourselves <\/p>\n
480
\n00:35:16,780 –> 00:35:22,260
\nand we seek only to please Him.
\nVerse 29 And when we do that, we<\/p>\n
481
\n00:35:22,260 –> 00:35:28,220
\nget freedom, verse 32 freedom
\nfrom ourself, the carnal mind. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:35:28,380 –> 00:35:32,220
\nIt’s so simple.
\nThis is God’s promise explained <\/p>\n
483
\n00:35:32,300 –> 00:35:38,340
\nfor us, death to self.
\nAnd so the epistles are <\/p>\n
484
\n00:35:38,460 –> 00:35:42,680
\nabundantly clear.
\nWith a very consistent message <\/p>\n
485
\n00:35:42,840 –> 00:35:48,920
\nas to what Christ did to self.
\nRomans 15 and verse 3 But even <\/p>\n
486
\n00:35:48,920 –> 00:35:55,560
\nChrist pleased not himself.
\nGalatians one He gave himself <\/p>\n
487
\n00:35:55,560 –> 00:36:00,000
\nfor our sins.
\nEphesians 5 given himself an <\/p>\n
488
\n00:36:00,000 –> 00:36:02,640
\noffering in a sacrifice.
\nPhilippians 2. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:36:02,720 –> 00:36:05,280
\nHe made himself of no
\nreputation. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:36:05,440 –> 00:36:09,640
\nHe humbled himself to the death.
\nOf the cross first of Timothy <\/p>\n
491
\n00:36:09,640 –> 00:36:12,680
\ntwo.
\nHe gave himself a ransom. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:36:13,040 –> 00:36:16,880
\nHe glorified not himself.
\nHe offered up himself, he <\/p>\n
493
\n00:36:16,880 –> 00:36:21,200
\nsacrificed himself.
\nHe in himself bear ass sins. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:36:21,400 –> 00:36:23,880
\nIt’s not an exhaustive list, but
\nit’s clear, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
495
\n00:36:25,280 –> 00:36:28,880
\nHe sacrificed and humbled and
\noffered up himself. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:36:29,240 –> 00:36:32,080
\nThis is the defining
\ncharacteristic of his mind. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:36:32,360 –> 00:36:37,350
\nHe put self to death.
\nBecause you see, when we tease <\/p>\n
498
\n00:36:37,350 –> 00:36:41,510
\nout this idea just a little
\nfurther, this is the solution, <\/p>\n
499
\n00:36:41,550 –> 00:36:44,870
\nisn’t it?
\nTo the oldest battle in the <\/p>\n
500
\n00:36:44,870 –> 00:36:49,910
\nhistory of the world.
\nIf you cast your minds back to <\/p>\n
501
\n00:36:49,910 –> 00:36:56,070
\nGenesis Chapter 3, where we have
\nthe first battle of wills, the <\/p>\n
502
\n00:36:56,070 –> 00:37:02,110
\nfirst rivalry of ideas, this is
\nhow Christ brought a solution to<\/p>\n
503
\n00:37:02,110 –> 00:37:05,660
\nthat first battle.
\nWhen Eve listened to the serpent<\/p>\n
504
\n00:37:05,660 –> 00:37:10,620
\nand took the fruit and ate, it
\nwasn’t just that she disobeyed. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:37:11,300 –> 00:37:15,740
\nIt was far, far more at stake in
\nthe Garden of Eden than just a <\/p>\n
506
\n00:37:15,740 –> 00:37:21,460
\npiece of fruit.
\nThis was a battle over who got <\/p>\n
507
\n00:37:21,460 –> 00:37:26,340
\nto decide what was right and
\nwrong. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:37:26,900 –> 00:37:31,620
\nIt was really a battle for who
\nwould be God and when Eve took <\/p>\n
509
\n00:37:31,620 –> 00:37:36,830
\nthe fruit.
\nShe was in effect saying, I know<\/p>\n
510
\n00:37:36,950 –> 00:37:42,990
\nGod has commanded this and that,
\nbut I am the absolute arbiter of<\/p>\n
511
\n00:37:42,990 –> 00:37:46,670
\nwhat is right and wrong, and I
\nwill worship myself, the <\/p>\n
512
\n00:37:46,670 –> 00:37:51,910
\ncreature, more than the creator.
\nIt was the first instance of <\/p>\n
513
\n00:37:51,950 –> 00:37:57,190
\nidolatry and we know, don’t we,
\nthat God is 1. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:37:57,900 –> 00:38:00,460
\nHe cannot tolerate another God
\nbeside himself. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:38:00,580 –> 00:38:04,900
\nSo the punishment for Eve and
\nfor Adam had to be death. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:38:05,300 –> 00:38:10,260
\nHad to be, because this was a
\nquestion of supremacy. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:38:10,340 –> 00:38:13,020
\nWho would be God?
\nJust who would be the sole <\/p>\n
518
\n00:38:13,060 –> 00:38:15,980
\nsource of truth in an Eve’s
\ndeceived mind? <\/p>\n
519
\n00:38:15,980 –> 00:38:20,700
\nShe chose herself.
\nShe didn’t put herself to death.<\/p>\n
520
\n00:38:21,780 –> 00:38:24,580
\nShe grasped at equality with the
\nangels. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:38:24,660 –> 00:38:28,410
\nShe pleased herself.
\nShe glorified herself. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:38:28,610 –> 00:38:30,890
\nShe set herself up as a rival
\nGod. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:38:32,730 –> 00:38:36,530
\nAnd so when Christ came and he
\nthought it not a thing to be <\/p>\n
524
\n00:38:36,530 –> 00:38:41,970
\ngrasped at to be equal with God,
\nhe reversed the thinking of the <\/p>\n
525
\n00:38:42,050 –> 00:38:46,810
\nentire human race.
\nHe handed over complete <\/p>\n
526
\n00:38:46,810 –> 00:38:50,730
\nsupremacy to his Father.
\nHe ended the battle, the battle <\/p>\n
527
\n00:38:50,730 –> 00:38:55,250
\nfor the mind, and he gave the
\nvictory to his heavenly Father. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:38:57,060 –> 00:39:00,580
\nYou know, I think sometimes I
\ndon’t know about you, but I know<\/p>\n
529
\n00:39:00,580 –> 00:39:02,220
\nthis is true.
\nIn my own life. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:39:03,260 –> 00:39:07,260
\nI think sometimes we deceive
\nourselves into what the battle <\/p>\n
531
\n00:39:07,660 –> 00:39:11,500
\nfor our minds really actually
\nis. <\/p>\n
532
\n00:39:13,100 –> 00:39:18,700
\nThis is how I kind of imagined
\nlife before kind of looked like <\/p>\n
533
\n00:39:18,700 –> 00:39:21,340
\nthis.
\nThere was God on the one hand, <\/p>\n
534
\n00:39:21,580 –> 00:39:23,340
\neverything that was right and
\ntrue. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:39:24,630 –> 00:39:27,350
\nAnd there was evil.
\nThe thinking of the serpent, on <\/p>\n
536
\n00:39:27,350 –> 00:39:29,750
\nthe other hand.
\nAnd here I was in the middle, <\/p>\n
537
\n00:39:29,830 –> 00:39:32,750
\nand I had to make a choice.
\nI had to decide, would I give my<\/p>\n
538
\n00:39:32,750 –> 00:39:36,830
\nlife to God, or would I abandon
\nmyself to the thinking of the <\/p>\n
539
\n00:39:36,830 –> 00:39:41,990
\nworld and evil.
\nBut you know, that picture there<\/p>\n
540
\n00:39:42,390 –> 00:39:45,990
\nis utterly false.
\nThat’s not true at all. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:39:46,830 –> 00:39:51,470
\nThis is the truth.
\nCertainly God is one side of the<\/p>\n
542
\n00:39:51,470 –> 00:39:54,310
\npicture, but it’s not really
\nevil. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:39:57,010 –> 00:40:02,370
\nIt’s us.
\nIt’s self, actually. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:40:02,450 –> 00:40:06,850
\nIt’s God versus self.
\nThat’s the great battle, not God<\/p>\n
545
\n00:40:06,850 –> 00:40:09,170
\nversus evil.
\nWhen we’re in the middle making <\/p>\n
546
\n00:40:09,170 –> 00:40:12,530
\nsome grand decision which way we
\nwill fall off the fence. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:40:12,730 –> 00:40:17,730
\nNo, this is a battle between God
\nand our own minds. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:40:18,450 –> 00:40:20,570
\nFact This is how Philippians 3
\nputs it. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:40:20,810 –> 00:40:24,770
\nFor many are the enemies of the
\ncross of Christ, whose end is <\/p>\n
550
\n00:40:24,770 –> 00:40:30,050
\ndestruction, whose God is their
\nbelly and whose glory is in <\/p>\n
551
\n00:40:30,050 –> 00:40:33,330
\ntheir shame.
\nWho mind earthly things. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:40:34,370 –> 00:40:39,130
\nThe people who mind earthly
\nthings are the people that <\/p>\n
553
\n00:40:39,130 –> 00:40:44,170
\nworship themselves.
\nTheir God is themselves their <\/p>\n
554
\n00:40:44,250 –> 00:40:48,050
\nown belly.
\nThis is a battle between God. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:40:48,790 –> 00:40:52,470
\nAnd self.
\nAnd see how simple it is. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:40:52,750 –> 00:40:58,630
\nIf we put self to death, then in
\nthe battle for the mind only God<\/p>\n
557
\n00:40:58,630 –> 00:41:01,870
\ncan win.
\nSo the portrait of the carnal <\/p>\n
558
\n00:41:01,870 –> 00:41:09,550
\nmind is really worship of self,
\nworship of ourselves as God. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:41:12,030 –> 00:41:14,750
\nLook at this.
\nHere’s two lists of sins. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:41:15,790 –> 00:41:20,070
\nOne of them is from Second of
\nTimothy chapter 3 and verses one<\/p>\n
561
\n00:41:20,070 –> 00:41:23,910
\nto four which describe perilous
\ntimes coming. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:41:25,910 –> 00:41:31,190
\nAnd as an aside, that word
\nperilous only occurs twice in <\/p>\n
563
\n00:41:31,190 –> 00:41:34,510
\nthe New Testament, and the other
\ntime it’s used is Matthew <\/p>\n
564
\n00:41:34,510 –> 00:41:41,590
\nchapter 8 and verse 28 where
\nit’s translated fierce in <\/p>\n
565
\n00:41:41,590 –> 00:41:46,630
\ndescribing Legion.
\nIt’s the portrait of a demented <\/p>\n
566
\n00:41:46,630 –> 00:41:52,990
\ncarnal reprobate mind, fierce
\nthe fierce mind of legion, <\/p>\n
567
\n00:41:53,270 –> 00:41:57,030
\nperilous times and Romans.
\nChapter one is really the <\/p>\n
568
\n00:41:57,030 –> 00:41:59,950
\nportrait of a reprobate mind
\nitself. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:41:59,950 –> 00:42:03,270
\nVery similar lists.
\nWe won’t go through them, but <\/p>\n
570
\n00:42:03,270 –> 00:42:06,750
\nlook what stands out when you
\ncompare these two lists. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:42:07,630 –> 00:42:12,590
\nSecond of Timothy 3 talks about
\nmen who are lovers of their own <\/p>\n
572
\n00:42:12,590 –> 00:42:17,320
\nselves.
\nIn Romans chapter one talks <\/p>\n
573
\n00:42:17,360 –> 00:42:21,800
\nabout haters of God.
\nThey are one in the same thing. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:42:23,360 –> 00:42:26,920
\nWe hate God because we love
\nourselves. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:42:27,480 –> 00:42:32,920
\nSee how clear that is?
\nWe love ourselves and we hate <\/p>\n
576
\n00:42:32,920 –> 00:42:34,960
\nGod.
\nWe can’t serve 2 masters. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:42:35,730 –> 00:42:38,850
\nThe ancient battle of for the
\nmind begun in Genesis 3, Who <\/p>\n
578
\n00:42:38,850 –> 00:42:41,930
\nwill be God still rages down the
\nages of time. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:42:41,930 –> 00:42:45,810
\nWe either love God or ourselves,
\nyou know, it says of a lie. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:42:45,810 –> 00:42:51,650
\nWho in when he when his anger
\nwas kindled against Job and Job <\/p>\n
581
\n00:42:51,650 –> 00:42:55,130
\n32 and verse two, he got angry
\nagainst Job because he saw that <\/p>\n
582
\n00:42:55,130 –> 00:42:59,330
\nJob was justifying himself
\nrather than God. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:42:59,330 –> 00:43:03,610
\nIt’s simple, isn’t it?
\nWe either serve him or our self.<\/p>\n
584
\n00:43:04,220 –> 00:43:07,780
\nAnd Christ came to end the
\nconflict, to lay down the sword <\/p>\n
585
\n00:43:08,140 –> 00:43:11,900
\nto fight no more.
\nHe put self to death. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:43:12,420 –> 00:43:13,980
\nWhat are mine, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n
587
\n00:43:13,980 –> 00:43:17,820
\nNo wonder our Heavenly Father
\nloved that boy. <\/p>\n
588
\n00:43:19,460 –> 00:43:27,660
\nNo wonder his blood was precious
\nblood, the power that lies in a <\/p>\n
589
\n00:43:27,660 –> 00:43:33,160
\nfull self sacrifice.
\nJohn chapter 10 and verse 17 <\/p>\n
590
\n00:43:33,160 –> 00:43:37,560
\nsays, Therefore doth my father
\nloved me because I laid down my <\/p>\n
591
\n00:43:37,560 –> 00:43:40,600
\nlife.
\nHe put self to death and the <\/p>\n
592
\n00:43:40,600 –> 00:43:46,240
\nvalue of that sacrifice was
\npriceless, priceless in the eyes<\/p>\n
593
\n00:43:46,240 –> 00:43:48,360
\nof God.
\nRemember what we said on the <\/p>\n
594
\n00:43:48,360 –> 00:43:52,280
\nweekend about all the no man
\nprophecies? <\/p>\n
595
\n00:43:52,720 –> 00:43:55,560
\nGod was looking, wasn’t he, for
\nthe perfect sacrifice that could<\/p>\n
596
\n00:43:55,560 –> 00:43:57,600
\ntake away sins.
\nAnd there was no man. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:43:57,760 –> 00:43:59,680
\nThere was no man.
\nThere was no man. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:43:59,800 –> 00:44:07,040
\nAnd finally, as our Lord
\nsacrificed himself, our Heavenly<\/p>\n
599
\n00:44:07,040 –> 00:44:13,920
\nFather received a person, a mind
\nwho had put himself to death. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:44:13,920 –> 00:44:17,680
\nFinally, there was a man.
\nYou know. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:44:17,680 –> 00:44:20,760
\nIsn’t this the power of the new
\ncommandment? <\/p>\n
602
\n00:44:22,280 –> 00:44:26,240
\nWhen we think about it just a
\nlittle bit, we’ve got an <\/p>\n
603
\n00:44:26,240 –> 00:44:31,320
\ninstinctive brain and the new
\ncommandment says love. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:44:31,320 –> 00:44:33,680
\nWe say, of course I I’m very
\nfamiliar with that. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:44:33,680 –> 00:44:35,880
\nI love myself very fine with
\nthat. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:44:36,200 –> 00:44:40,240
\nNo, no, you need to love one
\nanother. <\/p>\n
607
\n00:44:41,720 –> 00:44:46,720
\nOh well, I can probably stretch
\nmy love for myself to include a <\/p>\n
608
\n00:44:46,720 –> 00:44:50,040
\nfew other people, my family and
\na few friends. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:44:50,600 –> 00:44:55,460
\nNo, no, no.
\nYou need to love one another as <\/p>\n
610
\n00:44:55,620 –> 00:44:59,420
\nI have loved you.
\nThis is a calling that goes from<\/p>\n
611
\n00:44:59,420 –> 00:45:04,300
\nself preservation to self
\nsacrifice. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:45:04,820 –> 00:45:07,460
\nIt’s a whole new paradigm, a
\nwhole new way of thinking. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:45:07,620 –> 00:45:12,060
\nHappiness, fulfillment, joy and
\nfreedom will never come by <\/p>\n
614
\n00:45:12,060 –> 00:45:17,100
\nloving ourselves more, by buying
\nmore things, by indulging in <\/p>\n
615
\n00:45:17,100 –> 00:45:20,920
\nself righteousness.
\nOr wallowing and self pity by <\/p>\n
616
\n00:45:20,920 –> 00:45:23,240
\nbeing totally obsessed about
\nourselves. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:45:24,360 –> 00:45:28,240
\nJeremiah says about mankind it
\nis not in man to direct his <\/p>\n
618
\n00:45:28,240 –> 00:45:31,520
\nsteps.
\nJeremiah 10 verse 23. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:45:31,520 –> 00:45:36,560
\nIt will only come from being
\nlike him as I have loved you <\/p>\n
620
\n00:45:36,560 –> 00:45:41,990
\nsacrificing self.
\nIt’s what Paul describes in <\/p>\n
621
\n00:45:41,990 –> 00:45:45,350
\nRomans chapter 12 and verse one.
\nRemember just before we talked <\/p>\n
622
\n00:45:45,350 –> 00:45:47,310
\nabout metamorphosis the other
\nday? <\/p>\n
623
\n00:45:47,350 –> 00:45:50,990
\nHe says present your bodies a
\nliving sacrifice. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:45:51,190 –> 00:45:53,310
\nAnd he puts his finger right on
\nthe key. <\/p>\n
625
\n00:45:53,510 –> 00:45:56,470
\nIf we want to transform our
\nminds in our lives to be like <\/p>\n
626
\n00:45:56,470 –> 00:46:00,830
\nChrist, we have to do what he
\ndid, be a living sacrifice of <\/p>\n
627
\n00:46:00,830 –> 00:46:06,350
\nourselves daily.
\nActually, it’s exactly what <\/p>\n
628
\n00:46:06,350 –> 00:46:07,950
\nChrist said himself.
\nLet’s. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:46:08,310 –> 00:46:12,070
\nTouchdown in the Gospels, in
\nMatthew’s Gospel in chapter 16, <\/p>\n
630
\n00:46:12,110 –> 00:46:15,670
\nand just consider what our Lord
\nsaid to Peter <\/p>\n
631
\n00:46:31,680 –> 00:46:34,440
\nMatthew chapter 16.
\nAnd let’s just read a few verses<\/p>\n
632
\n00:46:34,440 –> 00:46:40,120
\nbeginning from verse 21.
\nFrom that time forth began Jesus<\/p>\n
633
\n00:46:40,120 –> 00:46:45,040
\nto show unto his disciples how
\nhe must go unto Jerusalem and <\/p>\n
634
\n00:46:45,040 –> 00:46:47,740
\nsuffer.
\nMany things of the elders and <\/p>\n
635
\n00:46:47,740 –> 00:46:52,900
\nchief priests and scribes, and
\nbe killed, and be raised again <\/p>\n
636
\n00:46:52,900 –> 00:46:57,060
\nthe 3rd day.
\nThen Peter took him and began to<\/p>\n
637
\n00:46:57,060 –> 00:47:01,100
\nrebuke him, saying, Be it far
\nfrom thee, Lord, this shall not <\/p>\n
638
\n00:47:01,100 –> 00:47:05,020
\nbe unto thee.
\nBut he turned and said unto <\/p>\n
639
\n00:47:05,020 –> 00:47:12,980
\nPeter, Get thee behind me,
\nSatan, thou art an offence unto <\/p>\n
640
\n00:47:12,980 –> 00:47:17,130
\nme.
\nFor thou savorest not the things<\/p>\n
641
\n00:47:17,130 –> 00:47:20,930
\nthat be of God, but those that
\nbe of men. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:47:22,330 –> 00:47:25,930
\nThen said Jesus unto his
\ndisciples, If any man will come <\/p>\n
643
\n00:47:25,930 –> 00:47:31,450
\nafter me, let him deny himself,
\nand take up his cross, and <\/p>\n
644
\n00:47:31,450 –> 00:47:35,650
\nfollow me.
\nFor whosoever will save his life<\/p>\n
645
\n00:47:35,890 –> 00:47:40,010
\nshall lose it, and whosoever
\nshall lose his life for my sake <\/p>\n
646
\n00:47:40,210 –> 00:47:43,130
\nshall find it.
\nFor what is a man profited if he<\/p>\n
647
\n00:47:43,130 –> 00:47:47,650
\nshall gain the whole world and
\nlose his own soul? <\/p>\n
648
\n00:47:48,290 –> 00:47:52,290
\nWell, what shall a man give in
\nexchange for his soul? <\/p>\n
649
\n00:47:52,330 –> 00:47:55,130
\nDo you know?
\nThe word savorest? <\/p>\n
650
\n00:47:55,170 –> 00:47:59,530
\nThere in verse 23 literally
\nmeans mindest. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:48:00,090 –> 00:48:03,090
\nYoung’s literal translation puts
\nit this way. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:48:03,250 –> 00:48:07,010
\nThat does not mind.
\nThe things of God, it’s so <\/p>\n
653
\n00:48:07,010 –> 00:48:11,170
\nclear, we’re either minding the
\nthings of God or of men of <\/p>\n
654
\n00:48:11,170 –> 00:48:17,050
\nourselves self here Peter was
\nfrustrating the purpose of <\/p>\n
655
\n00:48:17,050 –> 00:48:19,850
\nChrist’s mind to go through with
\nthe cross. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:48:20,890 –> 00:48:23,170
\nChrist was determined to put
\nself to death. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:48:23,330 –> 00:48:26,970
\nAnd Peter was saying no, no, no,
\nno, no, no, you don’t have to do<\/p>\n
658
\n00:48:26,970 –> 00:48:31,490
\nthat.
\nBut putting self to death was an<\/p>\n
659
\n00:48:31,490 –> 00:48:34,570
\nimmutable principle of Christ’s
\nmind. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:48:36,410 –> 00:48:42,050
\nPeter was going to be taken on
\nthat journey by his Lord as his <\/p>\n
661
\n00:48:42,050 –> 00:48:47,970
\nmaster relentlessly impressed
\nupon his good friend’s mind the <\/p>\n
662
\n00:48:48,130 –> 00:48:50,730
\nunchangeability of this
\nprinciple. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:48:50,810 –> 00:48:54,650
\nDeath to self.
\nDo you know in Luke 22, in the <\/p>\n
664
\n00:48:54,650 –> 00:48:59,530
\nupper room, Peter was going to
\nloudly proclaim I’m ready to die<\/p>\n
665
\n00:48:59,530 –> 00:49:04,250
\nwith you, Lord, only for Christ
\nto declare. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:49:04,700 –> 00:49:09,300
\nBut not not only would he not
\ndie for him, but he would run <\/p>\n
667
\n00:49:09,300 –> 00:49:14,980
\naway and fail miserably three
\ntimes in one night in the garden<\/p>\n
668
\n00:49:15,020 –> 00:49:17,900
\njust hours later it was Peter
\nwho drew out his sword in <\/p>\n
669
\n00:49:17,900 –> 00:49:23,060
\nself-defense, only for Christ to
\ngently put it back in the <\/p>\n
670
\n00:49:23,060 –> 00:49:28,460
\nscabbard with a reproving look
\nand heal the man’s ear. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:49:28,700 –> 00:49:32,260
\nPeter, we’re not here for
\nself-defense. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:49:33,590 –> 00:49:37,590
\nBe here to put self to death in
\nthe courtyard. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:49:37,710 –> 00:49:40,910
\nPeter was going to save his own
\nskin before admitting he knew <\/p>\n
674
\n00:49:40,950 –> 00:49:44,550
\nanything about the Galilean
\npreacher, only for Christ to <\/p>\n
675
\n00:49:44,550 –> 00:49:48,670
\ngive him a look that would haunt
\nhis dreams for the rest of his <\/p>\n
676
\n00:49:48,670 –> 00:49:53,190
\nlife as he willingly went to his
\nown death. <\/p>\n
677
\n00:49:53,390 –> 00:49:58,110
\nOh yes, Peter, he would learn
\nthis letter, this lesson by and <\/p>\n
678
\n00:49:58,110 –> 00:50:01,110
\nby and by his own death, his own
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:50:01,710 –> 00:50:07,380
\nGlorify God.
\nAnd so verse 24 is going to be <\/p>\n
680
\n00:50:07,380 –> 00:50:11,540
\nChrist’s answer to Peter.
\nDeny self. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:50:12,540 –> 00:50:15,500
\nTake up the cross.
\nTake up the cross. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:50:16,380 –> 00:50:20,620
\nThis is language of crucifixion.
\nIt’s not just a metaphor. <\/p>\n
683
\n00:50:20,980 –> 00:50:24,260
\nLike a nice way of speaking.
\nChrist knew. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:50:24,590 –> 00:50:27,750
\nHe knew he would die by
\ncrucifixion because later on, <\/p>\n
685
\n00:50:27,750 –> 00:50:30,990
\njust a few chapters later in
\nchapter 20 and verse 19, he <\/p>\n
686
\n00:50:30,990 –> 00:50:35,110
\nmakes that abundantly clear.
\nThis was not just a metaphor or <\/p>\n
687
\n00:50:35,110 –> 00:50:38,310
\nmanner of speaking.
\nTaking up the cross meant one <\/p>\n
688
\n00:50:38,310 –> 00:50:42,470
\nthing in the mind of Christ,
\nDeath, Death. <\/p>\n
689
\n00:50:43,070 –> 00:50:50,270
\nLuke 9 verse 23 adds, as we
\nknow, take up the cross daily to<\/p>\n
690
\n00:50:50,270 –> 00:50:54,180
\nthe point verse 25.
\nWhere we lose our life. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:50:54,740 –> 00:50:58,140
\nSee the point?
\nNow it’s clear that there are <\/p>\n
692
\n00:50:58,140 –> 00:51:03,260
\ntwo parts to these instructions
\nby Christ in verse 24. <\/p>\n
693
\n00:51:03,260 –> 00:51:08,020
\nAnd this is like a well, kind of
\nlike a chiasmus ABBA. <\/p>\n
694
\n00:51:08,140 –> 00:51:11,780
\nFirstly, we have those things
\nthat are negative. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:51:12,220 –> 00:51:15,460
\nPut off the old man.
\nIt’s the things in the middle. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:51:15,460 –> 00:51:20,060
\nDeny himself, take up his cross.
\nThat’s death to self. <\/p>\n
697
\n00:51:20,810 –> 00:51:24,130
\nAnd secondarily, on the outside,
\nwe have what’s positive. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:51:24,130 –> 00:51:28,410
\nPut on the Newman come after me,
\nfollow me, Life to Christ. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:51:28,570 –> 00:51:32,450
\nAnd clearly both are necessary.
\nWe’ll talk about this a little <\/p>\n
700
\n00:51:32,450 –> 00:51:38,130
\nmore later in our last study.
\nBut it is also powerfully true <\/p>\n
701
\n00:51:39,170 –> 00:51:46,450
\nthat we cannot truly follow if
\nwe’re not holding a cross, if we<\/p>\n
702
\n00:51:46,450 –> 00:51:49,890
\nwish to be a disciple.
\nDeath to self is not. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:51:50,500 –> 00:51:53,580
\nAn optional step.
\nIt’s not something that’s just <\/p>\n
704
\n00:51:54,020 –> 00:51:57,620
\nadvisable.
\nIt’s not something we’re not at <\/p>\n
705
\n00:51:57,620 –> 00:52:00,260
\nliberty to choose.
\nThis step or not putting <\/p>\n
706
\n00:52:00,260 –> 00:52:04,420
\nourselves to death is an
\nimmutable principle of having <\/p>\n
707
\n00:52:04,420 –> 00:52:07,260
\nHis mind.
\nIt’s at the very core of who we <\/p>\n
708
\n00:52:07,260 –> 00:52:13,580
\nare as followers of Him.
\nWe are His disciples only if we <\/p>\n
709
\n00:52:13,580 –> 00:52:19,140
\ncarry crosses on which we have
\ncrucified ourselves. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:52:20,870 –> 00:52:27,390
\nAnd what he did in crucifixion,
\nIn fact, we his followers do in <\/p>\n
711
\n00:52:27,390 –> 00:52:30,070
\nprinciple.
\nDo you know when Paul came to <\/p>\n
712
\n00:52:30,070 –> 00:52:34,390
\nCorinth in first of Corinthians
\n2IN verse two he said, I’m <\/p>\n
713
\n00:52:34,390 –> 00:52:41,710
\ndetermined to know nothing among
\nyou save Jesus Christ and him <\/p>\n
714
\n00:52:42,030 –> 00:52:46,190
\ncrucified.
\nIt was the essence of everything<\/p>\n
715
\n00:52:46,630 –> 00:52:50,850
\nputting self to death.
\nThis central principle is at the<\/p>\n
716
\n00:52:50,850 –> 00:52:55,370
\nvery heart, the core, the center
\nof what we describe as the mind <\/p>\n
717
\n00:52:55,370 –> 00:52:58,850
\nof Christ.
\nIt’s the key to discipleship, <\/p>\n
718
\n00:52:59,370 –> 00:53:03,970
\nhappiness, freedom.
\nIt’s God’s way to freedom from <\/p>\n
719
\n00:53:03,970 –> 00:53:07,610
\nourselves, death to self.
\nThis is how Brother Dennis <\/p>\n
720
\n00:53:07,770 –> 00:53:13,170
\nGillett puts it in his book,
\njust on the second page of <\/p>\n
721
\n00:53:13,290 –> 00:53:21,080
\nGenius of Discipleship.
\nA central thing is the denial of<\/p>\n
722
\n00:53:21,080 –> 00:53:25,560
\nself.
\nIt is utterly radical. <\/p>\n
723
\n00:53:26,560 –> 00:53:29,320
\nDenial of self is the inward
\nthing. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:53:30,440 –> 00:53:35,240
\nTaking up the cross daily is an
\nexternal manifestation of the <\/p>\n
725
\n00:53:35,400 –> 00:53:40,320
\ninward condition.
\nTo talk of it is not to realize <\/p>\n
726
\n00:53:40,320 –> 00:53:42,800
\nit.
\nTo write about it is not to <\/p>\n
727
\n00:53:42,800 –> 00:53:45,520
\nachieve it.
\nThe use of the word daily <\/p>\n
728
\n00:53:45,800 –> 00:53:49,120
\nemphasizes that it is not just a
\ntheory, but something that is <\/p>\n
729
\n00:53:49,120 –> 00:53:53,920
\nreal and practical.
\nIn practice it means giving <\/p>\n
730
\n00:53:54,000 –> 00:53:59,240
\nunhindered access to the master
\ninto every chamber and <\/p>\n
731
\n00:53:59,240 –> 00:54:02,400
\nespecially into every dark
\ncorner. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:54:04,360 –> 00:54:07,920
\nTo think of that possibility
\nmight make some of us feel <\/p>\n
733
\n00:54:07,920 –> 00:54:17,070
\nashamed, but at the same time.
\nMay do us some good beautiful <\/p>\n
734
\n00:54:17,070 –> 00:54:20,470
\nwords.
\nWe started our class in Romans <\/p>\n
735
\n00:54:20,470 –> 00:54:23,550
\nchapter 8 and before we conclude
\nin Philippians, I’d like you <\/p>\n
736
\n00:54:23,550 –> 00:54:27,910
\njust to come back through Romans
\nchapter 8 and see how clear this<\/p>\n
737
\n00:54:27,910 –> 00:54:42,480
\nis now
\nin Romans chapter 8 in verse 29 <\/p>\n
738
\n00:54:42,480 –> 00:54:47,040
\nwe saw, didn’t we, that it was
\nGod’s will to conform us. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:54:47,620 –> 00:54:53,220
\nGently but relentlessly into the
\nshape, the image, the family <\/p>\n
740
\n00:54:53,220 –> 00:54:58,340
\nlikeness, the mind of his Son,
\nHe desperately wants all his <\/p>\n
741
\n00:54:58,340 –> 00:55:01,660
\nchildren in the Kingdom.
\nHe wants to give us the mind of <\/p>\n
742
\n00:55:01,660 –> 00:55:05,140
\nChrist.
\nAnd so verse 31 to 39, if we <\/p>\n
743
\n00:55:05,140 –> 00:55:08,220
\njust paraphrase it together,
\nwhat should we say to these <\/p>\n
744
\n00:55:08,220 –> 00:55:11,940
\nthings?
\nIf God’s for us, who will be <\/p>\n
745
\n00:55:11,940 –> 00:55:15,420
\nagainst us?
\nHe didn’t even spare his own <\/p>\n
746
\n00:55:15,420 –> 00:55:17,810
\nSon.
\nNobody offered him up. <\/p>\n
747
\n00:55:18,050 –> 00:55:23,410
\nHe’ll freely give us all things.
\nWho’s going to accuse us? <\/p>\n
748
\n00:55:24,290 –> 00:55:27,810
\nGod that justifies us?
\nWho’s going to condemn us? <\/p>\n
749
\n00:55:27,930 –> 00:55:30,890
\nChrist that died?
\nYeah, rather that’s risen and <\/p>\n
750
\n00:55:30,890 –> 00:55:34,090
\nsits at the right hand of God,
\nthe one that makes intercession <\/p>\n
751
\n00:55:34,090 –> 00:55:37,690
\nfor us.
\nWho will separate us from the <\/p>\n
752
\n00:55:37,690 –> 00:55:41,330
\nlove of Christ.
\nNot tribulation or distress or <\/p>\n
753
\n00:55:41,450 –> 00:55:44,610
\npersecution or nakedness or
\nanything of these outside <\/p>\n
754
\n00:55:44,610 –> 00:55:48,130
\ncircumstances, No.
\nI’m persuaded, verse 38. <\/p>\n
755
\n00:55:48,370 –> 00:55:51,490
\nNothing, neither death, nor
\nlife, nor angels, <\/p>\n
756
\n00:55:51,490 –> 00:55:55,530
\nprincipalities, powers, things
\npresent, things to come, high <\/p>\n
757
\n00:55:55,530 –> 00:56:00,090
\ndepth, nor any other creature
\nshall be able to separate us <\/p>\n
758
\n00:56:00,290 –> 00:56:04,690
\nfrom the love of God which is in
\nChrist Jesus our Lord. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:56:06,210 –> 00:56:12,570
\nThere’s only one thing, one
\nthing that stands in the way of <\/p>\n
760
\n00:56:12,570 –> 00:56:14,450
\nGod’s purpose with us, brothers
\nand sisters. <\/p>\n
761
\n00:56:16,700 –> 00:56:20,500
\nAnd it’s not another creature.
\nIt’s ourselves. <\/p>\n
762
\n00:56:23,180 –> 00:56:28,460
\nWe need to get rid of ourselves.
\nThe only solution is to put <\/p>\n
763
\n00:56:28,460 –> 00:56:31,700
\nourselves to death.
\nThat’s Paul’s plea right here in<\/p>\n
764
\n00:56:31,700 –> 00:56:35,620
\nRomans chapter 8.
\nGet yourself out of the way of <\/p>\n
765
\n00:56:35,620 –> 00:56:39,820
\nGod’s transforming power, and he
\nwill do great things in our <\/p>\n
766
\n00:56:39,820 –> 00:56:42,760
\nlives.
\nYou know, it’s exactly the same <\/p>\n
767
\n00:56:42,880 –> 00:56:45,800
\nwhen we that we looked at in our
\nlast session back in Romans <\/p>\n
768
\n00:56:45,800 –> 00:56:48,840
\nchapter 12.
\nIf we want to be transformed, if<\/p>\n
769
\n00:56:48,840 –> 00:56:51,800
\nwe want to have our minds
\nrenewed, then the very next <\/p>\n
770
\n00:56:51,800 –> 00:56:55,040
\nverse in Romans 12 says don’t
\nthink of yourself more highly <\/p>\n
771
\n00:56:55,040 –> 00:57:03,120
\nthan you ought to think, Get
\nourselves out of God’s way, you <\/p>\n
772
\n00:57:03,120 –> 00:57:06,640
\nknow, This is a wonderful quote
\nfrom Brother John Marshall in <\/p>\n
773
\n00:57:06,640 –> 00:57:10,790
\nhis book Portrait of the Saint.
\nThere is always the danger that <\/p>\n
774
\n00:57:11,030 –> 00:57:16,790
\nour ego, the eye, the self in
\neach of us will continue to <\/p>\n
775
\n00:57:16,790 –> 00:57:22,150
\nassert itself and so frustrate
\nour spiritual purposes as to <\/p>\n
776
\n00:57:22,150 –> 00:57:27,430
\ndestroy our hope of life
\neverlasting. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:57:29,430 –> 00:57:32,630
\nWhilst it’s true, brothers and
\nsisters, that we need to put off<\/p>\n
778
\n00:57:32,870 –> 00:57:37,350
\nthe old man and we need to be
\nclothed with the Newman. <\/p>\n
779
\n00:57:38,250 –> 00:57:41,250
\nYou know what the reality is for
\nus? <\/p>\n
780
\n00:57:41,810 –> 00:57:48,650
\nThe reality is that our part is
\njust simply to put the old man <\/p>\n
781
\n00:57:48,850 –> 00:57:52,610
\nto death.
\nThe new man in us, the mind of <\/p>\n
782
\n00:57:52,610 –> 00:57:56,850
\nChrist, is God’s work.
\nHe creates that in us. <\/p>\n
783
\n00:57:56,850 –> 00:58:00,890
\nWe become a new creature in him.
\nIt’s like the Caterpillar that <\/p>\n
784
\n00:58:00,890 –> 00:58:06,450
\nwe looked at on Sunday.
\nOur job is just to eat, eat, <\/p>\n
785
\n00:58:07,210 –> 00:58:09,460
\neat.
\nAnd then we hang upside down. <\/p>\n
786
\n00:58:09,460 –> 00:58:14,540
\nWe put ourselves to death, and
\nGod changes us into a butterfly.<\/p>\n
787
\n00:58:15,060 –> 00:58:20,420
\nHe creates something new in us.
\nWe are transformed by His power,<\/p>\n
788
\n00:58:20,620 –> 00:58:25,180
\nnot our own.
\nOur job is just to put ourselves<\/p>\n
789
\n00:58:25,180 –> 00:58:30,140
\nto death, get ourselves out of
\nthe way so that Christ can be <\/p>\n
790
\n00:58:30,140 –> 00:58:33,740
\nformed in us.
\nAnd if we asked ourselves <\/p>\n
791
\n00:58:33,740 –> 00:58:37,500
\nhonestly, honestly, what will
\nstop us? <\/p>\n
792
\n00:58:38,040 –> 00:58:40,160
\nFrom developing the mind of
\nChrist? <\/p>\n
793
\n00:58:41,400 –> 00:58:43,800
\nWhat’s going to hinder our
\nspiritual progress? <\/p>\n
794
\n00:58:44,440 –> 00:58:48,280
\nWhat’s going to prevent us from
\ngetting into God’s Kingdom? <\/p>\n
795
\n00:58:49,600 –> 00:58:55,960
\nThe answer is not a lack of love
\nor mercy or willingness to <\/p>\n
796
\n00:58:55,960 –> 00:59:01,400
\ntransform from God.
\nThe answer is not a lack of <\/p>\n
797
\n00:59:01,400 –> 00:59:04,160
\nempathy or compassion or
\nintercession from Christ. <\/p>\n
798
\n00:59:04,280 –> 00:59:06,530
\nIt’s us.
\nIt’s ourselves. <\/p>\n
799
\n00:59:06,530 –> 00:59:09,930
\nWe are the problem, not the
\nsolution. <\/p>\n
800
\n00:59:09,930 –> 00:59:14,570
\nIf we want transformation, if we
\nwant life and peace, we need to <\/p>\n
801
\n00:59:14,570 –> 00:59:18,810
\nget ourselves out of the way,
\nput ourselves to death. <\/p>\n
802
\n00:59:19,410 –> 00:59:21,410
\nAnd do you know what the ironic
\nthing is? <\/p>\n
803
\n00:59:22,330 –> 00:59:27,930
\nThe irony of it is, is that if
\nwe put ourselves to death, we <\/p>\n
804
\n00:59:27,930 –> 00:59:32,970
\nare actually only doing what
\nGod. <\/p>\n
805
\n00:59:33,530 –> 00:59:38,930
\nHas determined to ultimately do
\nto our carnal minds anyway. <\/p>\n
806
\n00:59:40,090 –> 00:59:41,490
\nWe’re not doing anything
\nspecial. <\/p>\n
807
\n00:59:42,290 –> 00:59:46,050
\nGod was already going to destroy
\nthe carnal mind in us. <\/p>\n
808
\n00:59:46,970 –> 00:59:50,730
\nThat’s his promise.
\nWe’re not doing anything special<\/p>\n
809
\n00:59:50,730 –> 00:59:55,530
\nof ourselves.
\nWe’re just being asked to put <\/p>\n
810
\n00:59:55,530 –> 00:59:59,530
\nourselves to death.
\nYou know, It’s beautifully <\/p>\n
811
\n00:59:59,530 –> 01:00:02,740
\nsummarized actually, in.
\nChapter 8 of Romans and verse <\/p>\n
812
\n01:00:02,740 –> 01:00:06,340
\n13.
\nFor if ye live after the flesh, <\/p>\n
813
\n01:00:06,340 –> 01:00:11,260
\nye shall die, but if ye through
\nthe Spirit, do mortify the deeds<\/p>\n
814
\n01:00:11,260 –> 01:00:15,900
\nof the body, put to death the
\ndeeds of the body, ye shall <\/p>\n
815
\n01:00:15,900 –> 01:00:21,140
\nlive.
\nSo simple lucky to come. <\/p>\n
816
\n01:00:21,140 –> 01:00:24,380
\nIn conclusion to our reading in
\nPhilippines 2 where Paul is <\/p>\n
817
\n01:00:24,380 –> 01:00:29,100
\ngoing to lay this out in
\nunblinking clarity. <\/p>\n
818
\n01:00:34,170 –> 01:00:38,130
\nIf it wasn’t clear before what
\nthe central defining <\/p>\n
819
\n01:00:38,130 –> 01:00:42,490
\ncharacteristic of the mind of
\nChrist was, this really, I <\/p>\n
820
\n01:00:42,490 –> 01:00:45,450
\nsuppose, is the quintessential
\nsection in the New Testament <\/p>\n
821
\n01:00:45,450 –> 01:00:48,250
\nabout the mind of Christ.
\nAnd see how wonderfully simple <\/p>\n
822
\n01:00:48,610 –> 01:00:52,290
\nand consistent these things are
\nwith what we’ve already seen <\/p>\n
823
\n01:00:52,290 –> 01:00:55,730
\nthis evening.
\nPhilippians Chapter 2 and verse <\/p>\n
824
\n01:00:55,730 –> 01:00:59,190
\none.
\nIf there be there for any <\/p>\n
825
\n01:00:59,190 –> 01:01:04,070
\nconsolation in Christ, if any
\ncomfort of love, if any <\/p>\n
826
\n01:01:04,070 –> 01:01:08,510
\nfellowship of the Spirit, if any
\nbells and mercies, fulfill ye my<\/p>\n
827
\n01:01:08,510 –> 01:01:14,110
\njoy, that ye be like minded
\nhaving the same love, being of 1<\/p>\n
828
\n01:01:14,110 –> 01:01:20,230
\naccord of 1 mind, let nothing be
\ndone through strife or vain <\/p>\n
829
\n01:01:20,230 –> 01:01:27,070
\nglory, but in lowliness of mind
\nlet each esteem other. <\/p>\n
830
\n01:01:27,680 –> 01:01:32,960
\nBetter than themselves.
\nLook, not every man on his own <\/p>\n
831
\n01:01:32,960 –> 01:01:36,160
\nthings, but every man also on
\nthe things of others. <\/p>\n
832
\n01:01:36,320 –> 01:01:41,560
\nLet this mind be in you, which
\nwas also in Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n
833
\n01:01:42,760 –> 01:01:47,000
\nAnd if we were to ask ourselves
\nwhat mind the answer is, well, <\/p>\n
834
\n01:01:47,000 –> 01:01:49,400
\nit’s the mind at the end of
\nverse 3. <\/p>\n
835
\n01:01:49,560 –> 01:01:55,760
\nIt’s a mind that esteems other
\nbetter than ourselves. <\/p>\n
836
\n01:01:56,540 –> 01:02:00,420
\nNow you might not know this, but
\nthe word better in verse three <\/p>\n
837
\n01:02:00,500 –> 01:02:04,620
\nactually is a very interesting
\nword and it actually means hyper<\/p>\n
838
\n01:02:05,140 –> 01:02:08,420
\nbetter.
\nIn fact, it’s used three times <\/p>\n
839
\n01:02:08,500 –> 01:02:12,700
\nin Philippians.
\nIt’s translated in chapter 3 and<\/p>\n
840
\n01:02:12,700 –> 01:02:18,540
\nverse eight as Excellency, and
\nit’s translated in chapter 4 and<\/p>\n
841
\n01:02:18,540 –> 01:02:23,970
\nverse seven as passive.
\nAll understanding, it has the <\/p>\n
842
\n01:02:23,970 –> 01:02:28,850
\nidea of beyond value.
\nThis is the key When we esteem <\/p>\n
843
\n01:02:28,850 –> 01:02:32,530
\neverybody else better than
\nourselves, it’s not just a shade<\/p>\n
844
\n01:02:32,530 –> 01:02:36,330
\nbetter.
\nIt’s not just a touch better. <\/p>\n
845
\n01:02:38,130 –> 01:02:41,210
\nIt’s not just a smidgen better
\nthan ourselves. <\/p>\n
846
\n01:02:41,650 –> 01:02:45,250
\nIt’s passing all excellence for
\nvalue. <\/p>\n
847
\n01:02:45,250 –> 01:02:48,810
\nThis is a complete change of
\nmindset. <\/p>\n
848
\n01:02:50,120 –> 01:02:51,320
\nDo you know why, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n
849
\n01:02:51,520 –> 01:02:58,040
\nBecause if we have put ourselves
\nto death, there is not a single <\/p>\n
850
\n01:02:58,040 –> 01:03:06,840
\nperson who’s alive who’s not of
\ninfinitely more value because <\/p>\n
851
\n01:03:06,840 –> 01:03:11,880
\nwe’re dead and they’re alive.
\nSee Paul’s point? <\/p>\n
852
\n01:03:14,080 –> 01:03:18,040
\nThis is a complete change of
\nmindset. <\/p>\n
853
\n01:03:19,660 –> 01:03:24,300
\nNow, you might think that verse
\n5 is an impossibility. <\/p>\n
854
\n01:03:25,420 –> 01:03:31,740
\nI mean, how could Christ
\nhonestly think that others were <\/p>\n
855
\n01:03:32,140 –> 01:03:35,860
\nbetter than himself when, well,
\nhe knew the truth about men? <\/p>\n
856
\n01:03:35,860 –> 01:03:40,140
\nHe knew what was in men.
\nHow could Christ think, honestly<\/p>\n
857
\n01:03:40,140 –> 01:03:41,780
\nthat other people were better
\nthan himself? <\/p>\n
858
\n01:03:41,780 –> 01:03:45,260
\nDid he just have to pretend that
\nothers were better than himself?<\/p>\n
859
\n01:03:45,860 –> 01:03:51,370
\nHow was this mind in Christ?
\nAnd the answer is that the Greek<\/p>\n
860
\n01:03:51,370 –> 01:03:57,010
\nword for mind is the word
\nfronio, and it means thinking. <\/p>\n
861
\n01:03:58,010 –> 01:04:02,530
\nBut the diaglot translates it as
\ndisposition. <\/p>\n
862
\n01:04:03,530 –> 01:04:07,050
\nDisposition.
\nIt’s an attitude. <\/p>\n
863
\n01:04:08,210 –> 01:04:14,690
\nIt’s an A disposition that
\nimplies a choice, and Christ <\/p>\n
864
\n01:04:14,690 –> 01:04:17,950
\nchose.
\nTo think a certain way, look at <\/p>\n
865
\n01:04:17,950 –> 01:04:19,670
\nall the words that speak of
\nchoice. <\/p>\n
866
\n01:04:19,870 –> 01:04:24,670
\nHe made himself of no
\nreputation. <\/p>\n
867
\n01:04:24,990 –> 01:04:28,950
\nHe took upon himself the form of
\na servant. <\/p>\n
868
\n01:04:28,990 –> 01:04:33,830
\nHe humbled himself.
\nHe became obedient. <\/p>\n
869
\n01:04:33,830 –> 01:04:37,430
\nIt was all his choice.
\nHe volunteered to have this <\/p>\n
870
\n01:04:37,430 –> 01:04:40,670
\nmind.
\nHe chose to have this <\/p>\n
871
\n01:04:40,670 –> 01:04:44,670
\ndisposition, Despite his
\ngreatness he chose. <\/p>\n
872
\n01:04:45,090 –> 01:04:49,770
\nTo think like this verse seven
\nHe made himself of no <\/p>\n
873
\n01:04:49,770 –> 01:04:54,570
\nreputation, and took upon him
\nthe form of a servant was made <\/p>\n
874
\n01:04:54,570 –> 01:04:57,690
\nin the likeness of men, and
\nbeing found in fashion as a man,<\/p>\n
875
\n01:04:57,850 –> 01:05:03,290
\nhe humbled himself, became
\nobedient unto death, even the <\/p>\n
876
\n01:05:03,290 –> 01:05:08,010
\ndeath of the cross.
\nHe made himself of no <\/p>\n
877
\n01:05:08,010 –> 01:05:10,690
\nreputation.
\nDo you know literally those <\/p>\n
878
\n01:05:10,690 –> 01:05:17,120
\nwords mean he emptied himself.
\nHe voluntarily stripped himself <\/p>\n
879
\n01:05:17,520 –> 01:05:21,720
\nof self importance.
\nDo you know Isaiah puts it this <\/p>\n
880
\n01:05:21,720 –> 01:05:24,600
\nway?
\nHe poured out his soul. <\/p>\n
881
\n01:05:25,440 –> 01:05:30,480
\nHe emptied his soul unto death.
\nIsaiah 53 and verse 12. <\/p>\n
882
\n01:05:30,760 –> 01:05:35,680
\nThis was his disposition, his
\nunique attitude in the history <\/p>\n
883
\n01:05:35,680 –> 01:05:39,000
\nof the world, filled with
\nbillions of people obsessed <\/p>\n
884
\n01:05:39,000 –> 01:05:43,920
\nabout themselves.
\nAnd he emptied himself of self. <\/p>\n
885
\n01:05:44,790 –> 01:05:51,470
\nHe put himself to death, and
\nPhilippians chapter 2 is going <\/p>\n
886
\n01:05:51,470 –> 01:05:57,390
\nto outline the deepening levels
\nof Christ’s humility. <\/p>\n
887
\n01:05:58,790 –> 01:06:05,510
\nHe could have enjoyed a divine
\nstatus above every other human <\/p>\n
888
\n01:06:05,510 –> 01:06:11,510
\nbeing because he was God’s son.
\nVerse 6 But he acknowledged. <\/p>\n
889
\n01:06:12,240 –> 01:06:18,960
\nThat his humanity made him just
\nlike every other man. <\/p>\n
890
\n01:06:19,080 –> 01:06:23,800
\nVerse 7.
\nBut he chose to volunteer to be <\/p>\n
891
\n01:06:23,800 –> 01:06:31,720
\nnot just like every other man,
\nbut the bond slave of everyone. <\/p>\n
892
\n01:06:31,720 –> 01:06:36,520
\nVerse 7 And more than that, he
\nhumbled himself further, not <\/p>\n
893
\n01:06:36,520 –> 01:06:41,000
\njust to be lower than everybody
\nelse, but to. <\/p>\n
894
\n01:06:41,460 –> 01:06:48,180
\nDie for them, verse 8.
\nBut not to Not just to die. <\/p>\n
895
\n01:06:48,300 –> 01:06:49,940
\nIt was not to be an honorable
\ndeath. <\/p>\n
896
\n01:06:50,140 –> 01:06:54,980
\nThe death of a hero, a legend, a
\nmartyr with a grand monument to <\/p>\n
897
\n01:06:55,060 –> 01:06:58,140
\nhonor his great deeds.
\nThis man volunteered to die. <\/p>\n
898
\n01:06:58,140 –> 01:07:03,540
\nThe death of an abject criminal
\noutside the rubbish dump of <\/p>\n
899
\n01:07:03,540 –> 01:07:09,700
\nJerusalem.
\nRejected, Despised, Lonely. <\/p>\n
900
\n01:07:10,690 –> 01:07:21,330
\nAbandoned, ridiculed, spat on.
\nLet that mind be in. <\/p>\n
901
\n01:07:21,330 –> 01:07:27,090
\nYou see the point here is a man
\nwho willingly put himself to <\/p>\n
902
\n01:07:27,090 –> 01:07:34,650
\ndeath in the most humiliating,
\nembarrassing, painful way, so <\/p>\n
903
\n01:07:34,650 –> 01:07:39,130
\nthat everyone coming after could
\nbe an absolutely no doubt. <\/p>\n
904
\n01:07:39,560 –> 01:07:43,520
\nAs to what was deserving to self
\nand the only way he could go <\/p>\n
905
\n01:07:43,520 –> 01:07:49,400
\nthrough with such a humiliating
\nexperience is because self was <\/p>\n
906
\n01:07:49,440 –> 01:07:54,000
\nalready dead.
\nSo Philippians chapter 2 is very<\/p>\n
907
\n01:07:54,000 –> 01:07:56,640
\nclear.
\nThe mind of Christ is <\/p>\n
908
\n01:07:56,640 –> 01:08:01,960
\ncharacterized by a lifelong
\njourney in which we slowly <\/p>\n
909
\n01:08:01,960 –> 01:08:06,480
\nprogress in our thinking.
\nWe esteem others better than <\/p>\n
910
\n01:08:06,480 –> 01:08:07,800
\nourselves.
\nVerse 3. <\/p>\n
911
\n01:08:09,670 –> 01:08:15,030
\nTo the point that we don’t even
\nlook to our own interests <\/p>\n
912
\n01:08:15,230 –> 01:08:22,550
\nanymore, verse 4.
\nTo the point that we abandon our<\/p>\n
913
\n01:08:22,670 –> 01:08:26,910
\nown reputation and importance.
\nVerse 7. <\/p>\n
914
\n01:08:28,109 –> 01:08:33,189
\nTo the point that we volunteer
\nto become the slaves of <\/p>\n
915
\n01:08:33,229 –> 01:08:40,670
\neverybody else, Verse 7.
\nTo the point that we put <\/p>\n
916
\n01:08:40,670 –> 01:08:45,750
\nourselves to death in order to
\nhelp others. <\/p>\n
917
\n01:08:46,310 –> 01:08:50,590
\nThis is the essence of having
\nHis mind in us. <\/p>\n
918
\n01:08:50,790 –> 01:08:53,710
\nThis is being conformed to His
\nimage. <\/p>\n
919
\n01:08:53,870 –> 01:08:55,950
\nThis is following in his
\nfootsteps. <\/p>\n
920
\n01:08:56,270 –> 01:08:58,990
\nThis is the great calling of
\ndiscipleship. <\/p>\n
921
\n01:08:58,990 –> 01:09:03,990
\nThis is the secret to the truth
\nbeing prepared to be conformed <\/p>\n
922
\n01:09:04,670 –> 01:09:10,000
\nto his example of death to self.
\nThis is the glorious liberty, <\/p>\n
923
\n01:09:10,200 –> 01:09:13,279
\nthe immense freedom of the mind
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n
924
\n01:09:13,279 –> 01:09:17,200
\nHave you ever asked yourself or
\nwondered, how could he <\/p>\n
925
\n01:09:17,200 –> 01:09:23,200
\nconcentrate enough to do just
\nhis father’s will and never once<\/p>\n
926
\n01:09:23,640 –> 01:09:27,200
\nrebel?
\nHow could he go without sleep <\/p>\n
927
\n01:09:27,200 –> 01:09:31,560
\nfor an entire night in prayer
\nand didn’t carry on the next day<\/p>\n
928
\n01:09:31,600 –> 01:09:34,920
\nwithout being grumpy or easily
\nirritated? <\/p>\n
929
\n01:09:36,090 –> 01:09:39,770
\nHow could he just keep giving
\nand giving and giving to the <\/p>\n
930
\n01:09:39,770 –> 01:09:43,529
\ncrowds, endlessly teaching,
\nhealing the sick? <\/p>\n
931
\n01:09:45,290 –> 01:09:48,330
\nWell, he’d learned the secret
\nbrothers and sisters of being <\/p>\n
932
\n01:09:48,330 –> 01:09:52,930
\ndead to himself, of not pleasing
\nhimself. <\/p>\n
933
\n01:09:53,330 –> 01:09:57,730
\nThis is the essential
\ncharacteristic of his mind, and <\/p>\n
934
\n01:09:57,730 –> 01:10:04,790
\nit’s our inevitable destination.
\nAs we submit to God’s mighty <\/p>\n
935
\n01:10:04,790 –> 01:10:09,950
\nhand, patiently conforming us
\nall to His image, as hard as it <\/p>\n
936
\n01:10:09,950 –> 01:10:14,070
\nis brothers and sisters and
\nyoung people on our own egos, <\/p>\n
937
\n01:10:15,470 –> 01:10:17,750
\nthis is the standard He is set
\nfor us. <\/p>\n
938
\n01:10:18,430 –> 01:10:23,270
\nLet this mind be in you that was
\nin Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n
939
\n01:10:26,150 –> 01:10:28,270
\nWell, what a fantastic night
\ntonight. <\/p>\n
940
\n01:10:28,270 –> 01:10:31,470
\nThanks Brother Nathan.
\nVery simple message. <\/p>\n
941
\n01:10:32,050 –> 01:10:37,410
\nIn the end, a a clear change, a
\ncomplete change of our mindset. <\/p>\n
942
\n01:10:38,290 –> 01:10:41,250
\nLots to think about, lots to
\nchat about over supper and over <\/p>\n
943
\n01:10:41,250 –> 01:10:45,450
\nthe next few days, over the the
\nthe course of the special effort<\/p>\n
944
\n01:10:46,530 –> 01:10:48,210
\nand actually by the Nathan just
\nfinished. <\/p>\n
945
\n01:10:48,250 –> 01:10:50,610
\nAs I was thinking during
\ntonight, what would the world <\/p>\n
946
\n01:10:50,610 –> 01:10:54,530
\nthink if they came in tonight
\nand listened to this message? <\/p>\n
947
\n01:10:55,690 –> 01:10:56,730
\nThey would think.
\nThey would think. <\/p>\n
948
\n01:10:56,730 –> 01:10:57,970
\nYou’re a bit of a loony, I
\nthink. <\/p>\n
949
\n01:10:58,810 –> 01:11:01,450
\nJust it’s not it’s not about us.
\nIt’s about everyone else. <\/p>\n
950
\n01:11:01,450 –> 01:11:05,410
\nAnd I think that’s the power and
\nand I guess it’s a simple <\/p>\n
951
\n01:11:05,410 –> 01:11:08,850
\nmessage but it’s really hard
\nsometimes to put into practice. <\/p>\n
952
\n01:11:08,850 –> 01:11:12,170
\nSo completely opposite to what
\nwe get bombarded to out there in<\/p>\n
953
\n01:11:12,170 –> 01:11:14,450
\nthe world.
\nBut it’s a very important <\/p>\n
954
\n01:11:14,450 –> 01:11:18,130
\nmessage and of course as we
\nconclude there how much freedom <\/p>\n
955
\n01:11:18,130 –> 01:11:20,530
\nthat we have in Christ because
\nof this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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