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\nschool son, as most of you know.
\nAnd so the children are going to<\/p>\n
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\nsing that to start off study
\nthree. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right.
\nThank you, young people, for <\/p>\n
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\nthat.
\nAnd looking forward to then our <\/p>\n
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\nthird study.
\nWe’ve enjoyed a nice lunch <\/p>\n
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\ntogether.
\nSo thank you again for all those<\/p>\n
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\nwho’ve helped with that.
\nSo this morning, brother and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, we considered them.
\nWe the we considered the <\/p>\n
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\nspiritual mind as seen in our
\nbeloved, the Lord Jesus Christ, <\/p>\n
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\nas we reflected on our own minds
\nand how that battle is going for<\/p>\n
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\neach one of us.
\nWe also last night considered <\/p>\n
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\nthe natural carnal mind, and how
\nthat is the natural mind. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we now, this afternoon, will
\nbe considering the process to go<\/p>\n
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\nfrom the problem to the
\nsolution, as our brother Nathan <\/p>\n
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\nindicated last night, that we,
\nindeed all of us, may desire and<\/p>\n
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\nbe instructed by the Divine
\nInstructor, Our gracious Lord, <\/p>\n
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\nas it says, be thou forever near
\nme, teach me to love thy sacred <\/p>\n
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\nword, and view my Savior there.
\nTo introduce the third study, <\/p>\n
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\nthe renewing of our minds,
\nBrother Nathan’s asked that we <\/p>\n
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\ntake a Bible reading together.
\nThat’s going to be Ephesians <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 4 starting at verse 17
\nthrough to verse 24, and I call <\/p>\n
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\non our brother Ash and Samuel to
\nlead us in this reading. <\/p>\n
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\nReading together, Ephesians
\nchapter four was 17 to 24. <\/p>\n
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\nThis say, this I say therefore,
\nand testify in the Lord that you<\/p>\n
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\nhenceforth walk not as Gentiles
\nwalk in the vanity of their <\/p>\n
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\nmind, having the understanding
\ndarken, being alienated from the<\/p>\n
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\nlife of God, to the ignorance
\nthat is in them, because of the <\/p>\n
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\nblindness of their heart, who
\nbeing past feeling, have given <\/p>\n
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\nthemselves over an unto the
\nseriousness. <\/p>\n
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\nTo work all uncleanness with
\ngreediness, but you not have not<\/p>\n
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\nlearned Christ.
\nIf be that you have heard him <\/p>\n
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\nand have taught by him, as the
\ntruth is in Jesus. <\/p>\n
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\nThat year put off concerning the
\nformer conversation the old man <\/p>\n
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\nwhich is corrupt according to
\nthe deceitfulness, lusts and and<\/p>\n
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\nbe renewed in the spirit of your
\nmind. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that year put on the new
\nman, which after God is created <\/p>\n
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\nin righteousness and true
\nholiness. <\/p>\n
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\nNow then, ask her brother Nathan
\nto give us his third talk <\/p>\n
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\nentitled The Renewing of Our
\nMinds. <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Nathan.
\nThanks, brother Justin, and good<\/p>\n
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\nafternoon, everybody.
\nWelcome back if you can cast <\/p>\n
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\nyour minds back through the
\nvagaries of lunch. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ll remember that we
\ndiscussed the story of Legion <\/p>\n
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\nand the way in which that was a
\npowerful parable, wasn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nOf what God promises to do for
\neach of us to replace our carnal<\/p>\n
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\nmind with, well, the mind of
\nChrist himself? <\/p>\n
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\nIt was really the promise to
\nreplace an evil conscience, <\/p>\n
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\nfear, shame, and concealment
\nwith calm. <\/p>\n
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\nPeace, a covering and openness.
\nThis is the power of Christ to <\/p>\n
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\nchange, radically change, our
\nway of thinking. <\/p>\n
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\nEvil conscience replaced with a
\ngood one. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is God’s promise, his gift
\nto us, if we will but receive <\/p>\n
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\nit.
\nBut last time, and partly, I <\/p>\n
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\nsuppose, because it was that
\nword of exultation this morning.<\/p>\n
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\nWe didn’t have time to examine
\njust how amazing the spiritual <\/p>\n
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\nmind is and how comprehensive
\nGod’s promise and His solution, <\/p>\n
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\nHis gift, really is, how
\nincredible the spiritual mind <\/p>\n
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\nreally is, and how perfect an
\nanswer it is to the carnal mind.<\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s just refresh ourselves
\nwith the problem, the portrait <\/p>\n
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\nof the carnal mind that we
\nlooked at last night. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in case you were wondering,
\nwe will make these slides <\/p>\n
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\navailable on I think, after
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\nAll right, So you don’t need to
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\nabout getting things down, all
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\nBecause we will move through
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\nYou’ll remember these are the OR
\nthe characteristics of the <\/p>\n
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\nportrait of the carnal mind,
\nalienated and isolated, hardened<\/p>\n
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\nand proud, defiled and impure.
\nAngry and hostile, given to <\/p>\n
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\nexcess and greed, progressively
\ncorrupted of the truth, blinded,<\/p>\n
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\nvain and empty, doubtful and
\nanxious, spiteful and cruel, <\/p>\n
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\nforgetful and unmindful and
\nunstable and easily shaken. <\/p>\n
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\nNow look at the portrait of the
\nspiritual mind. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re not going to have time to
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\nbut just let this wash over you.
\nThis is how we naturally think <\/p>\n
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\nthis is legion.
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\nBut do you know what?
\nIf you look up the word mind. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the scriptures and go through
\nevery occurrence of the word <\/p>\n
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\nmind, which I’ve done.
\nYou will find that they very <\/p>\n
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\nvain, faint, clearly, carnal, or
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\nhere it is, a portrait of the <\/p>\n
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\nspiritual mind we’re made nigh
\nwe are joined together, a humble<\/p>\n
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\nand a lowly mind.
\nWe read in Philippians, a mind <\/p>\n
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\nLies I 26 is that will keep him <\/p>\n
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\nin perfect peace whose mind is
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\ntranquil, sober minded and self
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\ntowards the truth.
\nRemember we referred to 1st John<\/p>\n
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\n5 and verse 20.
\nIn our exultation we have been <\/p>\n
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\ngiven a mind to know him who is
\ntrue, to grow towards him to <\/p>\n
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\ngrow towards truth.
\nThe spiritual mind beholds the <\/p>\n
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\nglory of God.
\nIt’s renewed and large. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s trusting and calm,
\ncompassionate and caring, <\/p>\n
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\nconfident. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is a portrait of the
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\nNow you’ll get the references
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\npower of this when we put these
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\ndestined for death, the other
\nfor life and peace. <\/p>\n
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\nAlienated and isolated, you just
\nthink in your mind what the <\/p>\n
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\nopposite of that is made nigh,
\nJoined together, adopted, <\/p>\n
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\nhardened and proud, humble and
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\ncorrupted of the truth, grows <\/p>\n
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\nGod, Vain and empty, renewed and
\nlarge, doubtful and anxious, <\/p>\n
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\nforgetful, forward and ready.
\nUnstable and not easily shaken, <\/p>\n
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\nA steadfast mind.
\nIsn’t that amazing? <\/p>\n
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\nThis is a comprehensive, perfect
\nsolution to the carnal mind. <\/p>\n
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\nGod has the exact answer to all
\nof our problems, to absolutely <\/p>\n
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\nevery part of what we struggle
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\nAnd it’s His gift, as we saw
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\nIt is freely given to us of God.
\nBut you see, it’s not a gift <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s bestowed in a moment of
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\nIt’s a lifetime’s journey.
\nIt is a process from being born <\/p>\n
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\nwith a carnal mind.
\nIt’s about striving each day <\/p>\n
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\nmore and more towards God’s
\npromise. <\/p>\n
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\nFor us, it’s a lifelong journey
\ntowards a spiritual mind. <\/p>\n
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\nSo by what process does God?
\nFreely give us this gift of the <\/p>\n
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\nspiritual mind.
\nExactly how does God replace our<\/p>\n
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\ncarnal mind with a spiritual
\nmind? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, that’s our subject for
\nthis afternoon, The Renewing of <\/p>\n
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\nour minds, The process.
\nAnd I’d like to start and well, <\/p>\n
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\nno surprises really.
\nRomans chapter 12, Romans <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 12.
\nWe just want to survey a few <\/p>\n
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\nreferences this afternoon, most
\nof which we’ll know fairly well.<\/p>\n
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\nAs we look at this topic, the
\nrenewing of our minds and Well, <\/p>\n
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\nRomans chapter 12 is the main
\npassage that we think of when we<\/p>\n
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\ncome to this topic.
\nI beseech you therefore, <\/p>\n
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\nbrethren, verse one, by the
\nmercies of God, that ye present <\/p>\n
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\nyour bodies a living sacrifice
\nwholly acceptable unto God, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich is your reasonable
\nservice, and be not conformed to<\/p>\n
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\nthis world.
\nBe transformed by the renewing <\/p>\n
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\nof your mind that you may prove
\nwhat is that good and acceptable<\/p>\n
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\nand perfect will of God.
\nIt’s pretty clear, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re either going to be
\ntransformed or conformed. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd conformed has the idea,
\ndoesn’t it, of being conformed <\/p>\n
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\nby external influences, but
\nbeing transformed. <\/p>\n
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\ntransformed from within, renewed<\/p>\n
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\nfrom within.
\nWe’ll see whether that’s <\/p>\n
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\nentirely true in a moment of
\ntime. <\/p>\n
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\nRomans chapter 12, however, is
\nthe beginning of the <\/p>\n
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\nexhortational part of the book,
\nand you probably know this <\/p>\n
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\nbreakup of Romans in your own
\nminds. <\/p>\n
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\nBut let’s just run over it
\ntogether. <\/p>\n
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\nPaul is going to deal with the
\njourney of our discovery of the <\/p>\n
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\ntruth.
\nIn chapters 1-2 and three, he’s <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to deal with the concepts
\nof sin and righteousness. <\/p>\n
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\nIn chapter 4, he’s going to talk
\nabout faith in chapter 5, the <\/p>\n
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\natonement in chapter 6, baptism
\nin Chapter 7, the ongoing <\/p>\n
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\nstruggle between the flesh and
\nthe Spirit in chapter 7:00 and <\/p>\n
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\n8:00.
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\nanswer where Israel fits into
\nthis grand and glorious scheme. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd now he comes in chapter 12
\nto the exhortational part of his<\/p>\n
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\nepistle.
\nAnd the very first thing he says<\/p>\n
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\nin chapter 12 and verse one is
\nthat it’s an issue about our <\/p>\n
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\nminds.
\nWe need to make a choice about <\/p>\n
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\nthe fate of our minds.
\nDon’t be conformed, he says. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the Greek word.
\nSuska Matitso. <\/p>\n
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\nIt means same mold or same
\nscheme. <\/p>\n
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\nYou can probably get that out of
\nSuska Matitso, same scheme. <\/p>\n
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\nDon’t be pressed into the mold
\nof the world. <\/p>\n
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\nNow you might remember that
\nright back in Romans chapter one<\/p>\n
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\nand verse 28 Paul had said to
\nthe gentiles or seed of the <\/p>\n
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\nGentiles that God gave them over
\nto a reprobate mind. <\/p>\n
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\nBut if that gospel be hid, it is
\nhid to them that are lost in <\/p>\n
340
\n00:28:47,680 –> 00:28:49,680
\nwhom?
\nThe God of this world. <\/p>\n
341
\n00:28:50,220 –> 00:28:55,300
\nHas blinded the minds of them
\nwhich believe not, lest the <\/p>\n
342
\n00:28:55,300 –> 00:28:58,900
\nlight of the glorious gospel of
\nChrist who is the image of God, <\/p>\n
343
\n00:28:59,020 –> 00:29:02,260
\nshould shine unto them.
\nFor we preach not ourselves, but<\/p>\n
344
\n00:29:02,260 –> 00:29:05,620
\nChrist Jesus the Lord and
\nourselves, your servants. <\/p>\n
345
\n00:29:05,620 –> 00:29:10,580
\nFor Jesus sake, for God who
\ncommanded the light to shine out<\/p>\n
346
\n00:29:10,660 –> 00:29:14,820
\nof darkness, it’s shined in our
\nhearts to give the light of the <\/p>\n
347
\n00:29:14,820 –> 00:29:18,860
\nknowledge of the glory of God in
\nthe face of Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:29:20,050 –> 00:29:24,250
\nWe have this treasure in earthen
\nvessels that the Excellency of <\/p>\n
349
\n00:29:24,250 –> 00:29:27,810
\nthe power may be of God and not
\nof us. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:29:28,810 –> 00:29:37,650
\nSo if Blinded Minds chapter 3
\nverse 14 equals Veiled Hearts <\/p>\n
351
\n00:29:38,210 –> 00:29:44,090
\nchapter 3, verse 15, then
\nEnlightened Hearts Chapter 4, <\/p>\n
352
\n00:29:44,090 –> 00:29:47,430
\nverse 6.
\nMust mean changed minds. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:29:47,430 –> 00:29:50,710
\nIt’s the light of the knowledge
\nof Christ that enlightens our <\/p>\n
354
\n00:29:50,710 –> 00:29:53,350
\nminds.
\nAnd Paul is saying that is <\/p>\n
355
\n00:29:53,350 –> 00:29:56,990
\ndifferent as light is from
\ndarkness, as different as <\/p>\n
356
\n00:29:56,990 –> 00:30:01,430
\nblindness is from seeing as
\ndifferent as the spiritual mind <\/p>\n
357
\n00:30:01,430 –> 00:30:05,630
\nis from the carnal mind.
\nIt is a complete transformation.<\/p>\n
358
\n00:30:07,190 –> 00:30:10,630
\nAnd just on a personal note, Can
\nyou imagine Paul writing? <\/p>\n
359
\n00:30:11,450 –> 00:30:15,770
\nChapter 4 and verse 6.
\nJust imagine where Paul’s mind <\/p>\n
360
\n00:30:15,770 –> 00:30:19,770
\nmight have been when he pins the
\nwords of verse 6. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:30:19,770 –> 00:30:25,290
\nFor God, who commanded the light
\nto shine out of darkness, has <\/p>\n
362
\n00:30:25,290 –> 00:30:29,250
\nshined in our hearts to give the
\nlight of the knowledge of the <\/p>\n
363
\n00:30:29,250 –> 00:30:31,410
\nglory of God in the face of
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:30:31,410 –> 00:30:36,250
\nWhere is his mind except it be
\non the road to Damascus? <\/p>\n
365
\n00:30:36,570 –> 00:30:39,450
\nAnd what he’s saying?
\nIs that his old way of thinking?<\/p>\n
366
\n00:30:39,990 –> 00:30:46,830
\nHis old carnal mind was as black
\nas the pre creation darkness. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:30:47,190 –> 00:30:49,590
\nThat’s how he viewed his old
\ncarnal mind. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:30:49,870 –> 00:30:54,230
\nIt’s just as dark as before
\nGenesis one and verse one. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:30:54,230 –> 00:30:58,750
\nBefore there was light, that’s
\nhow different he used to be. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:31:00,510 –> 00:31:04,910
\nThat’s how much he’s changed.
\nNow he has light and vision and <\/p>\n
371
\n00:31:04,910 –> 00:31:08,430
\na complete and utterly new
\nperspective. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:31:09,390 –> 00:31:11,950
\nThis process is ongoing C verse
\n16. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:31:12,190 –> 00:31:15,470
\nFor which cause we faint not.
\nBut though our outward man <\/p>\n
374
\n00:31:15,470 –> 00:31:19,710
\nperished, yet the inward man is
\nrenewed day by day. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:31:19,990 –> 00:31:22,630
\nIt’s going on every day.
\nIt’s a miracle. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:31:22,990 –> 00:31:26,190
\nIt was a miracle to Paul, it’s a
\nmiracle to us. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:31:26,630 –> 00:31:31,830
\nIt’s a day by day proposition.
\nIsaiah 28 and verse 10 puts it, <\/p>\n
378
\n00:31:31,870 –> 00:31:38,310
\nalbeit satirically, precept upon
\nprecept, line upon line here a <\/p>\n
379
\n00:31:38,310 –> 00:31:40,510
\nlittle.
\nVery little. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:31:40,990 –> 00:31:46,390
\nOne day at a time.
\nWe are imperceptibly changed. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:31:48,190 –> 00:31:53,750
\nSo how does it happen?
\nWell, I think there’s a clue in <\/p>\n
382
\n00:31:54,830 –> 00:31:57,750
\nwhat is probably the most well
\nknown quotation in the <\/p>\n
383
\n00:31:57,750 –> 00:32:01,270
\nBrotherhood about the mind, so
\nwe want to look at that now. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:32:01,750 –> 00:32:05,950
\nIt’s this quotation by Brother
\nJohn Carter from the Leader to <\/p>\n
385
\n00:32:05,950 –> 00:32:13,040
\nthe Ephesians, page 133.
\nThe mind is insensibly affected <\/p>\n
386
\n00:32:13,960 –> 00:32:16,400
\nby the stream of thought passing
\nthrough it. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:32:17,000 –> 00:32:22,040
\nIt is desirable, therefore, to
\nhave that stream as pure as <\/p>\n
388
\n00:32:22,160 –> 00:32:26,040
\npossible.
\nThat’s really saying what <\/p>\n
389
\n00:32:26,040 –> 00:32:28,960
\nProverbs Chapter 23 and verse 7
\nsays. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:32:29,360 –> 00:32:35,400
\nFor just as he had thought in
\nhis own mind, so he is, and <\/p>\n
391
\n00:32:35,400 –> 00:32:39,660
\nminds are insensibly.
\nAffected. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:32:39,660 –> 00:32:46,620
\nWhether we know it or not,
\nwhether we like it or not, <\/p>\n
393
\n00:32:47,620 –> 00:32:54,180
\nwhether we want it to or not,
\nour minds are unconsciously, as <\/p>\n
394
\n00:32:54,180 –> 00:32:58,460
\nthat word insensibly means,
\nunconsciously, affected. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:32:59,380 –> 00:33:03,420
\nNow I want to share with you
\nwhen I first read this quotation<\/p>\n
396
\n00:33:03,540 –> 00:33:05,820
\nyears and years ago when I was a
\nteenager. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:33:07,500 –> 00:33:09,740
\nI always used to think that this
\nwas a curse. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:33:11,860 –> 00:33:14,740
\nWe have all brothers and sisters
\nlooked at. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:33:15,740 –> 00:33:20,060
\nWe have all heard.
\nWe have all said. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:33:21,500 –> 00:33:25,900
\nWe’ve all done.
\nWe’ve all thought things we <\/p>\n
401
\n00:33:25,900 –> 00:33:29,700
\nwould desperately wish to undo
\nif we could. <\/p>\n
402
\n00:33:31,460 –> 00:33:36,140
\nAnd we are the witness, aren’t
\nwe, that our minds are. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:33:36,620 –> 00:33:40,300
\nInsensibly affected by those
\nthings, they become a part of <\/p>\n
404
\n00:33:40,300 –> 00:33:44,820
\nwho we are.
\nAnd it is a curse I used to <\/p>\n
405
\n00:33:44,820 –> 00:33:47,860
\nthink.
\nBut you know what? <\/p>\n
406
\n00:33:48,940 –> 00:33:55,220
\nNow I see this principle is one
\nof the greatest blessings that <\/p>\n
407
\n00:33:55,220 –> 00:33:57,820
\nour Heavenly Father has given
\neach one of us. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:33:58,180 –> 00:34:02,700
\nBecause if our minds are
\ninsensibly affected by evil, <\/p>\n
409
\n00:34:03,100 –> 00:34:11,030
\nwhether we like it or not.
\nThen they are equally insensibly<\/p>\n
410
\n00:34:11,030 –> 00:34:15,030
\naffected by good.
\nNow that brothers and sisters <\/p>\n
411
\n00:34:15,110 –> 00:34:20,190
\nand young people is an immense
\ncomfort to know that we can <\/p>\n
412
\n00:34:20,190 –> 00:34:26,230
\nrenew, we can rewrite our minds.
\nThat if we do the right things <\/p>\n
413
\n00:34:26,830 –> 00:34:30,949
\nthen the change to our mind is
\ninevitable, we will be <\/p>\n
414
\n00:34:31,070 –> 00:34:37,909
\ninsensibly affected.
\nThat’s that’s amazing. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:34:38,790 –> 00:34:43,230
\nI don’t know about you, but I’m
\nvery, very grateful for that <\/p>\n
416
\n00:34:43,230 –> 00:34:45,150
\nnow.
\nWhereas before I used to read <\/p>\n
417
\n00:34:45,150 –> 00:34:48,790
\nthat and feel terrible about the
\nthings that I should never have <\/p>\n
418
\n00:34:48,790 –> 00:34:54,030
\nlooked at or said or done.
\nAnd not to say that we shouldn’t<\/p>\n
419
\n00:34:54,030 –> 00:34:57,550
\nfeel that way, but how grateful
\nought we to be that our minds <\/p>\n
420
\n00:34:57,550 –> 00:35:01,070
\ncan also be insensibly affected
\nfor good? <\/p>\n
421
\n00:35:02,310 –> 00:35:04,230
\nHere’s how it happens.
\nI want to just use a little <\/p>\n
422
\n00:35:04,230 –> 00:35:06,950
\nanalogy to explain how this
\nworks. <\/p>\n
423
\n00:35:07,070 –> 00:35:10,190
\nWe just read, didn’t we, in
\nchapter 4, verse seven, that we <\/p>\n
424
\n00:35:10,190 –> 00:35:12,750
\nhave this treasure in earthen
\nvessels. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:35:13,550 –> 00:35:18,190
\nAnd I want you to imagine that
\nour minds are really like a <\/p>\n
426
\n00:35:18,190 –> 00:35:26,270
\nleaky container into which ideas
\nare dropped like drops of ink <\/p>\n
427
\n00:35:26,910 –> 00:35:30,640
\nwhen we start out in life.
\nOur mind is like an empty an <\/p>\n
428
\n00:35:30,640 –> 00:35:34,600
\nempty canvas, if you will.
\nBut as we go through life, it’s <\/p>\n
429
\n00:35:34,600 –> 00:35:40,240
\nnot long, is it, before we start
\ndropping in drops of sinful <\/p>\n
430
\n00:35:40,240 –> 00:35:42,560
\nthoughts.
\nAnd this is what happens to our <\/p>\n
431
\n00:35:42,560 –> 00:35:46,920
\nminds.
\nImagine if that was the end <\/p>\n
432
\n00:35:46,920 –> 00:35:49,720
\nproduct.
\nBut it’s not. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:35:50,640 –> 00:35:54,680
\nOur minds actually look like
\nthis. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:35:56,280 –> 00:36:00,660
\nWe are leaky.
\nEarthen vessels And out of all <\/p>\n
435
\n00:36:00,660 –> 00:36:04,860
\nof these holes in our head, our
\nmind and memories are faulty. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:36:05,100 –> 00:36:11,780
\nFlow gradually the things that
\nwe’ve put in now it says this in<\/p>\n
437
\n00:36:11,780 –> 00:36:15,140
\nPsalm 31 I am forgotten as a
\ndead man out of mind. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:36:15,300 –> 00:36:18,700
\nI am a broken vessel.
\nIn the margin says a vessel that<\/p>\n
439
\n00:36:18,700 –> 00:36:21,300
\nperishes.
\nI’m not 100% sure that what he <\/p>\n
440
\n00:36:21,300 –> 00:36:24,420
\nmeans is that it’s a leaky
\nvessel, but it gives us the <\/p>\n
441
\n00:36:24,420 –> 00:36:27,820
\nidea, doesn’t it?
\nThis is our minds. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:36:28,450 –> 00:36:31,130
\nAnd what happens is things leak
\nout. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:36:31,530 –> 00:36:35,010
\nWe forget.
\nAnd now what happens is if we <\/p>\n
444
\n00:36:35,010 –> 00:36:41,210
\nstart pouring in the good things
\nof the word, we start thinking <\/p>\n
445
\n00:36:41,370 –> 00:36:44,530
\ndifferently.
\nWe pour in a different colored <\/p>\n
446
\n00:36:44,530 –> 00:36:46,970
\nink.
\nWe suddenly see that this is <\/p>\n
447
\n00:36:46,970 –> 00:36:51,090
\nwhat happens.
\nOur minds are slowly being <\/p>\n
448
\n00:36:51,090 –> 00:36:55,040
\ntransformed.
\nAnd it’s true, isn’t it, that if<\/p>\n
449
\n00:36:55,120 –> 00:36:59,720
\nthe bad thoughts are capable of
\nleaking out, then the good <\/p>\n
450
\n00:36:59,720 –> 00:37:04,120
\nthoughts are equally as capable
\nas leak of leaking out. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:37:04,440 –> 00:37:09,280
\nBut if all we keep doing is
\ndropping in the blue ink, our <\/p>\n
452
\n00:37:09,280 –> 00:37:16,440
\nminds will gradually with time
\nbecome more and more spiritual. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:37:16,440 –> 00:37:20,000
\nIt’s just an analogy.
\nIt’s just a diagram, but <\/p>\n
454
\n00:37:20,000 –> 00:37:24,600
\nhopefully by seeing this we can
\nunderstand how metamorphosis <\/p>\n
455
\n00:37:24,600 –> 00:37:27,000
\nhappens in our minds.
\nDo you know, I used to think <\/p>\n
456
\n00:37:27,760 –> 00:37:31,280
\nthat having a photographic
\nmemory would be so amazing for <\/p>\n
457
\n00:37:31,280 –> 00:37:37,040
\nBible study, and I used to be
\nvery envious, by the way, kind <\/p>\n
458
\n00:37:37,040 –> 00:37:40,280
\nof mind of people who did have a
\nphotographic memory. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:37:42,080 –> 00:37:46,520
\nThat was before I realized how
\nawful it would be. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:37:47,720 –> 00:37:54,320
\nTo have a photographic memory
\nfor the rest of my life, not <\/p>\n
461
\n00:37:54,320 –> 00:37:57,240
\njust Bible study.
\nWell, how terrible it would be <\/p>\n
462
\n00:37:57,240 –> 00:38:00,160
\nto have a photographic memory
\nfor all the things I desperately<\/p>\n
463
\n00:38:00,160 –> 00:38:04,280
\nwanted to forget but couldn’t.
\nAnd our Heavenly Father knows <\/p>\n
464
\n00:38:04,280 –> 00:38:07,600
\nour frame.
\nWe are fearfully and wonderfully<\/p>\n
465
\n00:38:07,600 –> 00:38:10,800
\nmade, and our faulty memories,
\nbrothers and sisters, are <\/p>\n
466
\n00:38:10,920 –> 00:38:15,520
\nactually his mercy and his
\ncompassion and his love. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:38:15,950 –> 00:38:19,790
\nThis enables renewal.
\nYes, we have to keep pouring in <\/p>\n
468
\n00:38:19,790 –> 00:38:23,870
\nthe blue ink at the top, but
\nthat’s how we are changed. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:38:23,870 –> 00:38:25,990
\nDo you know?
\nScientists call this <\/p>\n
470
\n00:38:26,270 –> 00:38:32,790
\nneuroplasticity, the ability to
\nforget and to form new neural <\/p>\n
471
\n00:38:32,790 –> 00:38:39,390
\npathways to change the way we
\nthink, change the way we think <\/p>\n
472
\n00:38:40,510 –> 00:38:44,510
\nso.
\nSo what do the Scriptures have <\/p>\n
473
\n00:38:44,510 –> 00:38:47,670
\nto say about this renewal and
\nhow this renewal happens? <\/p>\n
474
\n00:38:47,910 –> 00:38:51,630
\nScientists have no idea how it
\nhappens to caterpillars, but <\/p>\n
475
\n00:38:51,630 –> 00:38:54,190
\nwhat do the Scriptures have to
\nsay about what happens in our <\/p>\n
476
\n00:38:54,190 –> 00:38:57,750
\nminds?
\nWell, the Greek word for <\/p>\n
477
\n00:38:57,750 –> 00:39:01,270
\nrenewing that we have here in
\nSecond of Corinthians, chapter 4<\/p>\n
478
\n00:39:01,350 –> 00:39:06,590
\nand verse 16, occurs four times
\nin the New Testament. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:39:06,750 –> 00:39:09,110
\nOnce is in Romans 12.
\nWe’ve already been there. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:39:09,670 –> 00:39:11,750
\nOnce is here in 2nd Corinthians
\n4. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:39:12,380 –> 00:39:15,700
\nOnce is in Colossians, we’ll go
\nthere in a moment, and the other<\/p>\n
482
\n00:39:15,700 –> 00:39:20,100
\ntime is in Titus chapter 3, and
\nI’d like you to come to Titus <\/p>\n
483
\n00:39:20,100 –> 00:39:22,900
\nchapter 3.
\nHow does this happen? <\/p>\n
484
\n00:39:24,220 –> 00:39:42,050
\nHow are our minds renewed?
\nTitus chapter 3? <\/p>\n
485
\n00:39:42,050 –> 00:39:44,570
\nAnd let’s just read a few
\nverses, verses 3:00 to 7:00. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:39:45,080 –> 00:39:52,720
\nFor we ourselves also were
\nsometimes foolish, disobedient, <\/p>\n
487
\n00:39:52,880 –> 00:39:57,600
\ndeceived, serving divers, lusts
\nand pleasures, living in malice <\/p>\n
488
\n00:39:57,600 –> 00:39:59,960
\nand envy, hateful, hating one
\nanother. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:39:59,960 –> 00:40:04,640
\nThis is the carnal mind.
\nBut after that the kindness and <\/p>\n
490
\n00:40:04,640 –> 00:40:09,200
\nlove of God, our Savior toward
\nman, appeared not by works of <\/p>\n
491
\n00:40:09,200 –> 00:40:11,320
\nrighteousness, which we have
\ndone. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:40:12,310 –> 00:40:17,110
\nAccording to His mercy, He saved
\nus by the washing of <\/p>\n
493
\n00:40:17,110 –> 00:40:24,030
\nregeneration and renewing of the
\nHoly Spirit, which He shed on us<\/p>\n
494
\n00:40:24,030 –> 00:40:26,630
\nabundantly through Jesus Christ
\nour Savior. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:40:26,910 –> 00:40:31,230
\nThat being justified by His
\ngrace, we should be made ears <\/p>\n
496
\n00:40:31,230 –> 00:40:33,990
\naccording to the hope of eternal
\nlife. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:40:34,590 –> 00:40:39,190
\nSee the complete transformation.
\nFrom foolish, disobedient, and <\/p>\n
498
\n00:40:39,190 –> 00:40:44,150
\ndeceived verse 3 to justified
\nears of eternal life, verse 7 by<\/p>\n
499
\n00:40:44,150 –> 00:40:49,070
\nthe renewing of the Holy Spirit,
\nnow we know that the process of <\/p>\n
500
\n00:40:49,070 –> 00:40:51,590
\nmetamorphosis in our minds is a
\nmiracle. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:40:51,590 –> 00:40:54,230
\nWe can’t understand it or
\nexplain it. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:40:54,390 –> 00:40:56,310
\nWe’re changed in the way we
\nthink. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:40:57,630 –> 00:41:02,270
\nBut is this power of the Holy
\nSpirit some well, some <\/p>\n
504
\n00:41:02,270 –> 00:41:10,840
\nmiraculous mysterious?
\nOperation of the Holy Spirit on <\/p>\n
505
\n00:41:10,840 –> 00:41:17,880
\nour minds renewed by the Holy
\nSpirit, a mysterious, <\/p>\n
506
\n00:41:18,360 –> 00:41:23,280
\nunexplainable indwelling of
\nGod’s Spirit in our minds. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:41:25,400 –> 00:41:34,200
\nAnd the answer is absolutely
\nyes, absolutely yes. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:41:35,310 –> 00:41:42,630
\nBut the means The method that
\nGod uses is not mysterious or <\/p>\n
509
\n00:41:42,630 –> 00:41:48,750
\nmiraculous at all.
\nThe effect is miraculous, but <\/p>\n
510
\n00:41:48,750 –> 00:41:52,270
\nthe method is not.
\nIt’s the same method that <\/p>\n
511
\n00:41:52,270 –> 00:41:59,150
\ncaterpillars use.
\nWe have to eat, eat, eat. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:41:59,580 –> 00:42:06,300
\nWe are transformed miraculously
\nby simply and steadily digesting<\/p>\n
513
\n00:42:06,300 –> 00:42:08,420
\nthe Holy Spirit Word, the Word
\nof God. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:42:08,420 –> 00:42:10,340
\nIt might be a miracle how it
\nhappens. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:42:10,540 –> 00:42:13,740
\nHow our minds are changed into
\nthe mind of Christ might be <\/p>\n
516
\n00:42:13,740 –> 00:42:16,660
\nmysterious, we might never
\nunderstand it, but there is <\/p>\n
517
\n00:42:16,660 –> 00:42:19,900
\nnothing in the world that’s
\nmagical. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:42:20,670 –> 00:42:24,710
\nNothing supernatural, nothing
\nmystical, happening by smoke and<\/p>\n
519
\n00:42:24,710 –> 00:42:26,990
\nmirrors.
\nIt’s not our father magically <\/p>\n
520
\n00:42:27,030 –> 00:42:29,390
\naltering our thinking against
\ntheir free will. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:42:29,590 –> 00:42:34,830
\nIt’s as simple as eating the
\nword of God, and the change is <\/p>\n
522
\n00:42:35,150 –> 00:42:39,030
\ninevitable.
\nWe are insensibly affected. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:42:39,790 –> 00:42:44,270
\nWe are conformed inevitably to a
\nfamily likeness. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:42:44,630 –> 00:42:48,950
\nNow just look how these three
\nphrases in Titus chapter three <\/p>\n
525
\n00:42:48,950 –> 00:42:53,400
\nare used.
\nBy the washing of regeneration <\/p>\n
526
\n00:42:53,400 –> 00:42:59,080
\nand renewing of the Holy Spirit.
\nThis is not a magical spirit <\/p>\n
527
\n00:42:59,160 –> 00:43:03,400
\nindwelling experience where we
\nare once saved, always saved. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:43:03,680 –> 00:43:08,080
\nIt’s the inevitable result of
\ndigesting his spirit word. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:43:09,000 –> 00:43:11,720
\nHow about the word washing?
\nDo you know that word washing? <\/p>\n
530
\n00:43:13,080 –> 00:43:17,880
\nOnly occurs twice, and the other
\ntime is in Ephesians chapter 5. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:43:17,880 –> 00:43:22,240
\nHusbands, love your wives.
\nEven as Christ also loved the <\/p>\n
532
\n00:43:22,240 –> 00:43:26,600
\nEcclesia and gave himself for
\nit, that he might sanctify and <\/p>\n
533
\n00:43:26,600 –> 00:43:31,680
\ncleanse it with the washing of
\nwater by the word. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:43:32,640 –> 00:43:36,600
\nSo how does washing come about
\nby the word of God. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:43:36,600 –> 00:43:40,240
\nThat’s the only two places that
\nthat word is used in the entire <\/p>\n
536
\n00:43:40,240 –> 00:43:43,040
\nNew Testament.
\nWhat about regeneration? <\/p>\n
537
\n00:43:43,280 –> 00:43:47,320
\nIt’s the Greek word, new birth.
\nThis is what Peter says in first<\/p>\n
538
\n00:43:47,320 –> 00:43:49,640
\nof Peter.
\nOne which according to his <\/p>\n
539
\n00:43:49,640 –> 00:43:53,920
\nabundant mercy, hath begotten us
\nagain, being born again. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:43:53,920 –> 00:43:57,680
\nA new birth, not of corruptible
\nseed, not of, but of <\/p>\n
541
\n00:43:57,680 –> 00:44:03,080
\nincorruptible by the word of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:44:04,900 –> 00:44:06,780
\nAnd what about this word
\nrenewing? <\/p>\n
543
\n00:44:06,900 –> 00:44:10,700
\nIt’s used four times, as we’ve
\nseen, and the last one, which we<\/p>\n
544
\n00:44:10,700 –> 00:44:14,060
\nhaven’t been to yet, says in
\nColossians 3 and have put on the<\/p>\n
545
\n00:44:14,060 –> 00:44:17,780
\nNewman, which is renewed in
\nknowledge. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:44:18,860 –> 00:44:22,700
\nThis is not a mysterious
\nmystical spirit, power that <\/p>\n
547
\n00:44:22,780 –> 00:44:26,060
\nenters our broad bodies and
\nbrains and changes us against <\/p>\n
548
\n00:44:26,060 –> 00:44:30,380
\nour will.
\nThis is the inevitable result of<\/p>\n
549
\n00:44:30,380 –> 00:44:34,880
\nabsorbing.
\nThe Holy Spirit word, Holy <\/p>\n
550
\n00:44:34,880 –> 00:44:38,720
\nSpirit Renewal is from the
\nSpirit word of God. <\/p>\n
551
\n00:44:38,720 –> 00:44:42,320
\nMy words are Spirit and they are
\nlife. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:44:43,920 –> 00:44:47,640
\nEverywhere this these ideas are
\nused consistently. <\/p>\n
553
\n00:44:47,920 –> 00:44:50,720
\nWe have the same consistent
\nanswer. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:44:50,720 –> 00:44:54,640
\nRenewing comes from absorbing
\ndivine ideas and divine <\/p>\n
555
\n00:44:54,640 –> 00:44:58,560
\nprinciples.
\nBy reading we are slowly changed<\/p>\n
556
\n00:44:58,560 –> 00:45:01,590
\nby its influence.
\nWe go from caterpillars crawling<\/p>\n
557
\n00:45:01,590 –> 00:45:05,350
\naround bound to the earth,
\nearthly things, to butterfly <\/p>\n
558
\n00:45:05,350 –> 00:45:08,790
\nsoaring in the heavens with
\nChrist and all we need to do <\/p>\n
559
\n00:45:08,790 –> 00:45:12,990
\nbrothers and sisters, Young
\npeople is just keep eating. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:45:13,790 –> 00:45:17,750
\nMaybe not 30,000 times their own
\nweight, but you get the idea. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:45:17,990 –> 00:45:22,270
\nThat’s to to illustrate the
\nprinciple, eat voraciously. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:45:23,240 –> 00:45:27,480
\nConsume the word of God and we
\nwill be changed. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:45:27,680 –> 00:45:31,360
\nTrust God that a remarkable
\ntransformation, the renewing of <\/p>\n
564
\n00:45:31,360 –> 00:45:34,960
\nour minds, will occur.
\nWe’ll come to Colossians in <\/p>\n
565
\n00:45:34,960 –> 00:45:38,280
\nchapter 3.
\nThis is the last of the four <\/p>\n
566
\n00:45:38,280 –> 00:45:42,280
\ntimes that the word renewing
\noccurs in the New Testament. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:45:43,920 –> 00:45:49,360
\nColossians chapter 3 and verse
\none If ye then be risen with <\/p>\n
568
\n00:45:49,360 –> 00:45:52,570
\nChrist.
\nSeek those things which are <\/p>\n
569
\n00:45:52,570 –> 00:45:56,210
\nabove where Christ sitteth on
\nthe right hand of God. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:45:57,290 –> 00:46:02,330
\nSet your affections on things
\nabove, not on things on the <\/p>\n
571
\n00:46:02,370 –> 00:46:03,850
\nearth.
\nThese are lovely words. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:46:04,250 –> 00:46:09,210
\nYou know the word seek way Mouth
\ntranslates that word seek as <\/p>\n
573
\n00:46:09,210 –> 00:46:12,250
\nGive your minds, give your
\nminds. <\/p>\n
574
\n00:46:12,690 –> 00:46:16,330
\nAnd the word affections you’ll
\nsee in the margin is the word <\/p>\n
575
\n00:46:16,330 –> 00:46:21,210
\nminds so.
\nHe’s saying it’s all about our <\/p>\n
576
\n00:46:21,210 –> 00:46:24,410
\nminds.
\nGive your minds to those things <\/p>\n
577
\n00:46:24,410 –> 00:46:27,730
\nwhich are above.
\nSet your minds on things above. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:46:27,970 –> 00:46:32,610
\nPaul’s instructions are clear.
\nWe’ve got to identify with Jesus<\/p>\n
579
\n00:46:32,610 –> 00:46:37,890
\nChrist in all aspects of His
\nsacrifice and victory. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:46:38,890 –> 00:46:43,170
\nIf we share Christ’s death when
\nwe were buried with Him in <\/p>\n
581
\n00:46:43,170 –> 00:46:48,050
\nBaptism chapter 2, verse 12, and
\nwe share Christ’s resurrection <\/p>\n
582
\n00:46:48,050 –> 00:46:52,310
\nwhen we arisen with Him.
\nChapter 3 Verse One Then we <\/p>\n
583
\n00:46:52,350 –> 00:46:56,750
\nought also to share his
\nascension to the right hand of <\/p>\n
584
\n00:46:56,750 –> 00:47:02,030
\nGod by setting our minds, giving
\nour minds to heavenly things. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:47:03,070 –> 00:47:06,870
\nIf we go from being the
\ncaterpillars of this world bound<\/p>\n
586
\n00:47:06,870 –> 00:47:11,030
\nto the earth, or as Paul says
\nand Philippians who mind earthly<\/p>\n
587
\n00:47:11,030 –> 00:47:14,790
\nthings and we want to be
\ntransformed into butterflies, we<\/p>\n
588
\n00:47:14,790 –> 00:47:17,590
\nneed to mind heavenly things.
\nPractice. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:47:18,060 –> 00:47:21,140
\nNot occupying your minds on
\nthings above, Paul says. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:47:21,500 –> 00:47:25,220
\nAnd he says when we do that we
\ncomplete the victory of Jesus <\/p>\n
591
\n00:47:25,220 –> 00:47:28,900
\nChrist.
\nWe share in the ascension of <\/p>\n
592
\n00:47:28,900 –> 00:47:31,100
\nJesus Christ into the heavens
\nabove. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:47:31,100 –> 00:47:33,820
\nWhat an argument.
\nWhat an argument for the <\/p>\n
594
\n00:47:33,820 –> 00:47:38,980
\nmetamorphosis of our minds.
\nIf baptism is partaking in the <\/p>\n
595
\n00:47:38,980 –> 00:47:42,500
\ndeath and resurrection of
\nChrist, then the renewing of our<\/p>\n
596
\n00:47:42,500 –> 00:47:46,100
\nminds is us sharing in His
\nascension. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:47:46,740 –> 00:47:49,380
\nInto the heavenly places.
\nIt’s the same power, isn’t it, <\/p>\n
598
\n00:47:49,580 –> 00:47:53,100
\nthat raised Christ from the dead
\nand elevated him into heaven, <\/p>\n
599
\n00:47:53,100 –> 00:47:57,260
\nThat is slowly resurrecting our
\nminds from the dust. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:47:58,300 –> 00:48:02,660
\nAnd Paul is going to go on to
\nsay in verses 9 and 10, lie not <\/p>\n
601
\n00:48:02,660 –> 00:48:05,700
\none to another, seeing that you
\nhave put off the old man with <\/p>\n
602
\n00:48:05,700 –> 00:48:10,260
\nhis deeds and have put on the
\nnew man which is renewed in <\/p>\n
603
\n00:48:10,260 –> 00:48:15,860
\nknowledge after the image of him
\nthat created him. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:48:16,570 –> 00:48:20,210
\nIt’s an ongoing process of
\nputting off and putting on. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:48:20,810 –> 00:48:23,890
\nYes, we do this as we see it
\nconstitutionally when we’re <\/p>\n
606
\n00:48:23,890 –> 00:48:26,930
\nbaptized.
\nBut this is the regeneration by <\/p>\n
607
\n00:48:26,930 –> 00:48:31,450
\nconstant washing, the renewal
\nday by day after the image of <\/p>\n
608
\n00:48:31,610 –> 00:48:34,250
\nhim who created him.
\nIt’s a miracle. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:48:35,050 –> 00:48:40,290
\nAnd notice by knowledge, by
\nreading the word, we conformed <\/p>\n
610
\n00:48:40,730 –> 00:48:44,210
\nto his image, to the image of
\nChrist, so. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:48:44,980 –> 00:48:46,900
\nBecause we’re new creatures in
\nhim. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:48:49,740 –> 00:48:52,340
\nAll right, so how does reading
\nchange us? <\/p>\n
613
\n00:48:53,540 –> 00:48:57,620
\nWe say to ourselves.
\nAll right, so we, our minds are <\/p>\n
614
\n00:48:57,620 –> 00:48:59,980
\ngoing to change because we
\nvoraciously read. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:48:59,980 –> 00:49:04,140
\nWell, how will that change us?
\nWell, just a thought. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:49:06,140 –> 00:49:08,420
\nWe have what’s called our
\nconsciousness. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:49:11,190 –> 00:49:15,350
\nAnd our consciousness is going
\nto affect our conduct. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:49:16,590 –> 00:49:20,270
\nWe can’t do things without first
\nbeing conscious of what’s going <\/p>\n
619
\n00:49:20,270 –> 00:49:24,790
\non around us.
\nAnd our conduct ultimately, is <\/p>\n
620
\n00:49:24,790 –> 00:49:30,470
\ngoing to affect our character.
\nConsciousness leads to conduct <\/p>\n
621
\n00:49:30,670 –> 00:49:33,390
\nand conduct to character.
\nNow we know what character we’re<\/p>\n
622
\n00:49:33,390 –> 00:49:36,910
\nseeking.
\nA family likeness, The mind of <\/p>\n
623
\n00:49:36,910 –> 00:49:39,230
\nChrist.
\nThis is where we’re all heading.<\/p>\n
624
\n00:49:39,810 –> 00:49:44,730
\nAnd we know, don’t we, that this
\nis where in the in the lives of <\/p>\n
625
\n00:49:44,730 –> 00:49:49,170
\nthe Saints, the angels and the
\nwork of Providence is able to <\/p>\n
626
\n00:49:49,170 –> 00:49:53,370
\nact.
\nIt’s able to intervene, if you <\/p>\n
627
\n00:49:53,370 –> 00:49:57,970
\nlike, in the our experiences to
\nchange who we are. <\/p>\n
628
\n00:49:58,690 –> 00:50:00,650
\nSo what’s reading we’re just
\nreading fit in. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:50:00,650 –> 00:50:04,250
\nWell, he’s reading here.
\nIt’s our part. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:50:05,050 –> 00:50:09,040
\nThis is the work of the angels.
\nTo conform us to the mind of <\/p>\n
631
\n00:50:09,040 –> 00:50:13,200
\nChrist.
\nBut we firstly need to be able <\/p>\n
632
\n00:50:13,200 –> 00:50:16,520
\nto read, because reading alters
\nour consciousness. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:50:16,920 –> 00:50:19,680
\nIt gives the angels something to
\nwork with in their minds. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:50:20,120 –> 00:50:21,640
\nIt gives them something to work
\non. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:50:22,440 –> 00:50:26,440
\nThis is what Paul means when he
\nsays the renewing of our minds. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:50:27,000 –> 00:50:31,040
\nWe can’t expect a Damascus Rd.
\nexperience to dramatically alter<\/p>\n
637
\n00:50:31,040 –> 00:50:34,880
\nour lives without reading.
\nIt doesn’t happen. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:50:35,780 –> 00:50:39,220
\nIt’s a combination of both that
\nchanges us. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:50:39,580 –> 00:50:42,740
\nWe’re in partnership with our
\nHeavenly Father now. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:50:42,740 –> 00:50:46,580
\nSometimes experience can teach
\nus a great deal, but it can <\/p>\n
641
\n00:50:46,580 –> 00:50:51,980
\nteach us a great deal more if
\nour minds are being exercised in<\/p>\n
642
\n00:50:51,980 –> 00:50:57,100
\nspiritual things.
\nIf we read, then the angels have<\/p>\n
643
\n00:50:57,100 –> 00:51:00,140
\nsomething to work with in our
\nminds. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:51:01,460 –> 00:51:06,020
\nCome to Ephesians Chapter 4.
\nJust back a few pages. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:51:11,760 –> 00:51:14,640
\nWe’ve been here before, but
\nlet’s just read these words <\/p>\n
646
\n00:51:14,680 –> 00:51:20,960
\nagain.
\nSee the transformation, verse <\/p>\n
647
\n00:51:20,960 –> 00:51:23,360
\n17.
\nThis I say therefore, and <\/p>\n
648
\n00:51:23,360 –> 00:51:27,600
\ntestify in the Lord that ye
\nhenceforth walk not as other <\/p>\n
649
\n00:51:27,600 –> 00:51:31,200
\nGentiles walk in the vanity of
\ntheir mind, having the <\/p>\n
650
\n00:51:31,200 –> 00:51:35,240
\nunderstanding darkened, being
\nalienated from the life of God <\/p>\n
651
\n00:51:35,240 –> 00:51:36,720
\nthrough the ignorance that is in
\nthem. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:51:37,200 –> 00:51:40,240
\nBecause of the blindness of
\ntheir heart, who being past <\/p>\n
653
\n00:51:40,240 –> 00:51:44,880
\nfeeling, have given themselves
\nover unto lasciviousness to work<\/p>\n
654
\n00:51:45,000 –> 00:51:52,520
\nall uncleanness with greediness,
\nBut we have not so learned <\/p>\n
655
\n00:51:52,520 –> 00:51:57,480
\nChrist, if so be that ye have
\nheard him, and have been taught <\/p>\n
656
\n00:51:57,480 –> 00:52:01,560
\nby him, as the truth is in
\nJesus, that ye put off <\/p>\n
657
\n00:52:01,560 –> 00:52:04,800
\nconcerning the former
\nconversation, the old man which <\/p>\n
658
\n00:52:04,800 –> 00:52:07,810
\nis corrupt.
\nAccording to the deceitful Luss,<\/p>\n
659
\n00:52:08,170 –> 00:52:12,450
\nand be renewed in the spirit of
\nyour mind that you put on the <\/p>\n
660
\n00:52:12,450 –> 00:52:17,290
\nnew man, which after God is
\ncreated in righteousness and <\/p>\n
661
\n00:52:17,290 –> 00:52:20,130
\ntrue holiness.
\nIt’s the same story, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
662
\n00:52:20,250 –> 00:52:24,330
\nThe old man, the carnal mind has
\ngot to be put off and the new <\/p>\n
663
\n00:52:24,330 –> 00:52:29,490
\nman put on by a process, the
\nrenewing of our minds. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:52:30,730 –> 00:52:34,010
\nDo you know verse 15 calls that
\nprocess? <\/p>\n
665
\n00:52:35,570 –> 00:52:39,890
\nGrowing up, it’s not going to
\nhappen quickly, is it? <\/p>\n
666
\n00:52:39,890 –> 00:52:43,450
\nBrothers and sisters, I don’t
\nthink it ever ends, unless maybe<\/p>\n
667
\n00:52:43,450 –> 00:52:45,690
\nyou feel like you’ve grown up
\ninto Christ. <\/p>\n
668
\n00:52:47,610 –> 00:52:51,290
\nIt’s an ongoing journey for the
\nrest of our lives. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:52:52,770 –> 00:52:56,530
\nThis is how JB Phillips
\ntranslates a few verses, these <\/p>\n
670
\n00:52:56,530 –> 00:52:58,490
\nfew verses.
\nAnd Ephesians, just read this <\/p>\n
671
\n00:52:58,490 –> 00:53:03,010
\nwith me, see if you can see how.
\nSlightly different language <\/p>\n
672
\n00:53:03,010 –> 00:53:05,530
\ngives us a sense of what Paul’s
\ntrying to say. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:53:06,690 –> 00:53:09,810
\nBut you have learned nothing
\nlike that from Christ. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:53:09,850 –> 00:53:13,170
\nIf you have really heard His
\nvoice and understood the truth <\/p>\n
675
\n00:53:13,170 –> 00:53:14,650
\nthat he has taught you.
\nNo. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:53:15,010 –> 00:53:19,410
\nWhat you learned was to fling
\noff The Dirty clothes of the old<\/p>\n
677
\n00:53:19,410 –> 00:53:22,570
\nway of living, which were rotted
\nthrough and through with lusts, <\/p>\n
678
\n00:53:22,570 –> 00:53:30,450
\nillusions, and with yourselves
\nmentally and spiritually remade.<\/p>\n
679
\n00:53:31,080 –> 00:53:34,680
\nTo put on the clean, fresh
\nclothes of the new life which <\/p>\n
680
\n00:53:34,680 –> 00:53:39,200
\nwas made by God’s design for
\nrighteousness and the holiness <\/p>\n
681
\n00:53:39,360 –> 00:53:44,280
\nwhich is no illusion, we’re
\nremade, reconstituted. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:53:44,760 –> 00:53:50,800
\nIt’s a miracle happening in our
\nminds, a new creation created in<\/p>\n
683
\n00:53:50,800 –> 00:53:54,360
\nrighteousness.
\nWhat I comfort, brothers and <\/p>\n
684
\n00:53:54,360 –> 00:53:58,920
\nsisters, to think is we’ve
\nremembered this day that if we <\/p>\n
685
\n00:53:58,920 –> 00:54:03,840
\nwere to graph our lives.
\nAnd bodies kind of look like <\/p>\n
686
\n00:54:03,840 –> 00:54:07,680
\nthis in terms of performance.
\nIt doesn’t take very long. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:54:07,680 –> 00:54:11,880
\nMaybe by the time we’re 18 or 19
\nor 20, we’re almost at the peak <\/p>\n
688
\n00:54:11,880 –> 00:54:14,480
\nof our powers.
\nAnd for the rest of our lives, <\/p>\n
689
\n00:54:15,520 –> 00:54:20,800
\nit’s a downhill slide.
\nBut think about our minds. <\/p>\n
690
\n00:54:21,960 –> 00:54:25,240
\nThink about our minds on this
\nsame graph. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:54:26,560 –> 00:54:30,010
\nIt looks kind of like this.
\nThis is kind of where Judah <\/p>\n
692
\n00:54:30,010 –> 00:54:34,050
\nMartin is right now, about
\nteenage years. <\/p>\n
693
\n00:54:34,610 –> 00:54:37,250
\nOur brains switched off for a
\nlittle while, but apart from <\/p>\n
694
\n00:54:37,250 –> 00:54:40,650
\nthat you can see the trend.
\nIt’s going all the way up. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:54:40,890 –> 00:54:44,330
\nWhat a comfort to know that is
\neverything else is getting <\/p>\n
696
\n00:54:44,330 –> 00:54:50,490
\nworse.
\nWe can be renewed, remade in our<\/p>\n
697
\n00:54:50,490 –> 00:54:54,490
\nminds.
\nThis is what brother Dennis <\/p>\n
698
\n00:54:54,610 –> 00:54:57,930
\nGillett has to say in his book
\nDiseases of the Soul. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:54:58,980 –> 00:55:03,380
\nThe truth is not just an
\narrangement whereby men who <\/p>\n
700
\n00:55:03,380 –> 00:55:09,580
\nought to die can escape.
\nIt is a superlative declaration <\/p>\n
701
\n00:55:09,580 –> 00:55:16,380
\nthat ruined men can be remade at
\nthe spiritual center of their <\/p>\n
702
\n00:55:16,380 –> 00:55:22,420
\nlife, now and hereafter, not
\njust deliverance from a penalty,<\/p>\n
703
\n00:55:22,820 –> 00:55:26,660
\nbut the revelation of divine
\nrighteousness at the disposal of<\/p>\n
704
\n00:55:26,660 –> 00:55:29,640
\nman.
\nNot just amelioration, but <\/p>\n
705
\n00:55:29,840 –> 00:55:34,280
\naltogether renewal.
\nSalvation is not only <\/p>\n
706
\n00:55:34,280 –> 00:55:37,800
\ndeliverance from death, not only
\nforgiveness of sin. <\/p>\n
707
\n00:55:38,360 –> 00:55:43,720
\nAt last it is the power to do
\nright to master the antagonistic<\/p>\n
708
\n00:55:43,720 –> 00:55:46,400
\nforces of heredity and
\nenvironment. <\/p>\n
709
\n00:55:46,920 –> 00:55:50,480
\nThe enfeebled will is empowered,
\nthe paralysis is healed. <\/p>\n
710
\n00:55:50,680 –> 00:55:53,280
\nThe bound soul is set at
\nliberty. <\/p>\n
711
\n00:55:53,400 –> 00:55:55,240
\nWhat an amazing thing, brothers
\nand sisters. <\/p>\n
712
\n00:55:55,240 –> 00:55:58,430
\nWhat a hope.
\nWhat a healing from this hideous<\/p>\n
713
\n00:55:58,430 –> 00:56:01,990
\ndeformity as Brother Thomas
\ndescribes the carnal mind. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:56:02,950 –> 00:56:07,230
\nDeliverance, forgiveness, the
\npower to do right. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:56:07,390 –> 00:56:10,230
\nThis is what we all long for.
\nLiberty. <\/p>\n
716
\n00:56:10,790 –> 00:56:14,470
\nFreedom in Christ.
\nA complete and comprehensive <\/p>\n
717
\n00:56:14,790 –> 00:56:19,950
\nanswer to the carnal mind.
\nEvery hideous part replaced. <\/p>\n
718
\n00:56:20,350 –> 00:56:22,390
\nWho wouldn’t want this, brothers
\nand sisters? <\/p>\n
719
\n00:56:22,950 –> 00:56:26,290
\nWho of us?
\nWhen we honestly look inside, <\/p>\n
720
\n00:56:26,290 –> 00:56:30,810
\nour hearts and minds wouldn’t
\nwant to be remade at the <\/p>\n
721
\n00:56:30,810 –> 00:56:36,610
\nspiritual center of our life.
\nWhat would people pay for that? <\/p>\n
722
\n00:56:39,210 –> 00:56:46,530
\nIt’s not for sale, can’t be
\nbought, can only be received as <\/p>\n
723
\n00:56:46,530 –> 00:56:51,250
\na gift.
\nBut you know there is a catch. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:56:52,610 –> 00:56:57,380
\nBecause.
\nWhilst it’s a free gift and it’s<\/p>\n
725
\n00:56:57,580 –> 00:57:02,820
\nfreely given, to delude
\nourselves, brothers and sisters <\/p>\n
726
\n00:57:02,820 –> 00:57:07,900
\ninto thinking that there are no
\nconditions would be absolute <\/p>\n
727
\n00:57:07,900 –> 00:57:10,700
\nfoolishness, there is a
\ncondition. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:57:10,700 –> 00:57:13,940
\nThere is one essential thing
\nthat we must have for this <\/p>\n
729
\n00:57:13,940 –> 00:57:16,420
\nastonishing renewal to take
\nplace. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:57:18,420 –> 00:57:22,060
\nI was going to go to Psalm 51,
\nbut we don’t really have time. <\/p>\n
731
\n00:57:22,930 –> 00:57:27,890
\nBut if we want renewal, you’ll
\nremember Psalm 51, the change <\/p>\n
732
\n00:57:27,890 –> 00:57:30,290
\nthat comes over David from his
\ngreat sin. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:57:30,610 –> 00:57:35,370
\nIf we want metamorphosis, if we
\nwant transformation, Psalm 51 <\/p>\n
734
\n00:57:35,370 –> 00:57:40,890
\nand verse 12 says in the English
\nStandard version, uphold me with<\/p>\n
735
\n00:57:41,050 –> 00:57:44,890
\na willing spirit.
\nAll we have to be brothers and <\/p>\n
736
\n00:57:44,890 –> 00:57:48,370
\nsisters is have a willing and
\nready mind. <\/p>\n
737
\n00:57:49,010 –> 00:57:53,550
\nFirst of Chronicles 28, Solomon.
\nServe him with a willing mind. <\/p>\n
738
\n00:57:53,990 –> 00:57:56,190
\nThe Bereans with all readiness
\nof mind. <\/p>\n
739
\n00:57:56,270 –> 00:57:58,830
\nWhat did they do?
\nThey searched the scriptures <\/p>\n
740
\n00:57:58,830 –> 00:58:03,830
\ndaily and 2nd of Corinthians 8.
\nIf they be first a willing mind.<\/p>\n
741
\n00:58:03,830 –> 00:58:07,870
\nThis is God’s promise.
\nHis will for us is an amazing <\/p>\n
742
\n00:58:07,870 –> 00:58:12,230
\ntransformation.
\nHe’s offered for us to leave <\/p>\n
743
\n00:58:12,230 –> 00:58:17,270
\nthese Caterpillar suits behind
\nand to soar into heavenly places<\/p>\n
744
\n00:58:17,750 –> 00:58:20,750
\nto have our minds miraculously
\nchanged over time. <\/p>\n
745
\n00:58:21,100 –> 00:58:24,340
\nSlowly but surely, to be like
\nour Lords. <\/p>\n
746
\n00:58:24,340 –> 00:58:29,620
\nIt’s a miracle, and all he asks
\nus to do is keep eating, keep <\/p>\n
747
\n00:58:29,620 –> 00:58:33,540
\neating, keep eating and be
\nwilling, willing to watch a <\/p>\n
748
\n00:58:33,540 –> 00:58:36,980
\nmiracle happen in our lives and
\nin our minds. <\/p>\n
749
\n00:58:38,460 –> 00:58:41,620
\nI just want to detour back to
\nthe Gospels for a couple of <\/p>\n
750
\n00:58:41,620 –> 00:58:44,940
\nminutes because I said we’d do
\nthat for each of our sessions. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:58:44,940 –> 00:58:53,600
\nAnd let’s go to John Chapter 6.
\nJust a few more minutes, <\/p>\n
752
\n00:58:53,840 –> 00:58:56,400
\nbrothers and sisters, and we’ll
\nbe done. <\/p>\n
753
\n00:58:58,960 –> 00:59:02,600
\nLet’s see the wonderful process
\nof this at work in the lives of <\/p>\n
754
\n00:59:02,600 –> 00:59:05,000
\nthe disciples, the renewing of
\ntheir minds. <\/p>\n
755
\n00:59:06,280 –> 00:59:10,680
\nJohn chapter 6 and verse 16.
\nAnd when even was now come, his <\/p>\n
756
\n00:59:10,680 –> 00:59:14,200
\ndisciples went down into the sea
\nand entered into a ship and went<\/p>\n
757
\n00:59:14,200 –> 00:59:17,640
\nover the sea toward Copernium,
\nand it was now dark. <\/p>\n
758
\n00:59:17,900 –> 00:59:19,780
\nAnd Jesus was not come unto
\nthem. <\/p>\n
759
\n00:59:20,620 –> 00:59:24,540
\nAnd the sea arose by reason of a
\ngreat wind that blew. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:59:24,540 –> 00:59:29,100
\nAnd when they had rode about 5
\nand 20 or 30 furlongs, they see <\/p>\n
761
\n00:59:29,100 –> 00:59:32,940
\nJesus walking on the sea, and
\ndrawing nigh unto the ship. <\/p>\n
762
\n00:59:32,940 –> 00:59:36,500
\nAnd they were afraid.
\nAnd he saith unto them at his <\/p>\n
763
\n00:59:36,500 –> 00:59:40,060
\neye, be not afraid.
\nThen they willingly received him<\/p>\n
764
\n00:59:40,060 –> 00:59:44,300
\ninto the ship, and immediately
\nthe ship was at the land whither<\/p>\n
765
\n00:59:44,300 –> 00:59:49,100
\nthey went.
\nIn this parable, the parable of <\/p>\n
766
\n00:59:49,100 –> 00:59:53,900
\nthis story, Christ was on a high
\nmountain in heaven, watching <\/p>\n
767
\n00:59:53,900 –> 00:59:57,860
\nthem toil on the chaotic waves
\nof life waiting for his return. <\/p>\n
768
\n00:59:58,580 –> 01:00:02,180
\nTheir experience is a picture of
\nthe carnal mind, doubtful, <\/p>\n
769
\n01:00:02,580 –> 01:00:08,180
\nanxious, afraid, alone,
\ndesperate, vainly rowing by <\/p>\n
770
\n01:00:08,180 –> 01:00:10,860
\ntheir own strength and getting
\nnowhere. <\/p>\n
771
\n01:00:11,100 –> 01:00:14,820
\nIt’s our lives, brothers and
\nsisters, without Christ, wave <\/p>\n
772
\n01:00:14,860 –> 01:00:18,910
\nafter wave of trouble.
\nAlmost overwhelmed. <\/p>\n
773
\n01:00:19,150 –> 01:00:25,030
\nAnd then he comes and Mark
\nchapter 6 verse 48 says he would<\/p>\n
774
\n01:00:25,030 –> 01:00:29,910
\nhave passed them by.
\nHe would have passed them by. <\/p>\n
775
\n01:00:29,910 –> 01:00:33,590
\nSee the point?
\nSalvation and renewal is never <\/p>\n
776
\n01:00:33,590 –> 01:00:38,510
\nforced.
\nWe have to willingly receive him<\/p>\n
777
\n01:00:38,990 –> 01:00:42,350
\ninto our ship.
\nInto our lives, into our minds. <\/p>\n
778
\n01:00:42,550 –> 01:00:45,870
\nAnd as soon as we do, a miracle
\nhappens. <\/p>\n
779
\n01:00:45,870 –> 01:00:51,790
\nImmediately there is calm trust.
\nThey receive peace. <\/p>\n
780
\n01:00:52,430 –> 01:00:56,550
\nThis is the effect that Christ
\ncan have on us when we are <\/p>\n
781
\n01:00:56,550 –> 01:01:00,070
\nwilling to let him renew our
\nminds. <\/p>\n
782
\n01:01:01,310 –> 01:01:03,830
\nOf course, in real life it’s
\nnever immediate, is it? <\/p>\n
783
\n01:01:04,630 –> 01:01:09,510
\nBut the principle is there when
\nwe invite Christ into our minds.<\/p>\n
784
\n01:01:09,970 –> 01:01:15,450
\nMiraculous things can happen.
\nDo you know what the most <\/p>\n
785
\n01:01:15,490 –> 01:01:19,410
\nmarvelous thing is?
\nBrothers and sisters, just <\/p>\n
786
\n01:01:19,410 –> 01:01:21,410
\nquickly come in conclusion to
\nPhilippians. <\/p>\n
787
\n01:01:21,410 –> 01:01:36,490
\nIn Chapter 3, we’ve been talking
\nabout renewal, transformation. <\/p>\n
788
\n01:01:38,180 –> 01:01:42,660
\nAnd look what it says in
\nPhilippians chapter 3, verse 18.<\/p>\n
789
\n01:01:43,140 –> 01:01:47,420
\nFor many walk, of whom I have
\ntold you often, and now tell you<\/p>\n
790
\n01:01:47,420 –> 01:01:51,740
\neven weeping, that they are the
\nenemies of the cross of Christ, <\/p>\n
791
\n01:01:52,220 –> 01:01:58,300
\nwhose end destruction, Whose God
\ntheir belly, whose glory, their <\/p>\n
792
\n01:01:58,300 –> 01:02:04,060
\nshame, who mind earthly things.
\nThese are the caterpillars of <\/p>\n
793
\n01:02:04,060 –> 01:02:07,100
\nthe world, for our conversation
\nis in heaven. <\/p>\n
794
\n01:02:07,500 –> 01:02:11,340
\nCitizenship is above, from
\nwhence also we look for the <\/p>\n
795
\n01:02:11,340 –> 01:02:16,700
\nSavior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
\nwho shall change our vile body, <\/p>\n
796
\n01:02:17,500 –> 01:02:21,700
\nthat it may be fashioned like
\nunto His glorious body, <\/p>\n
797
\n01:02:21,860 –> 01:02:25,260
\naccording to the working,
\nwhereby he is able even to <\/p>\n
798
\n01:02:25,260 –> 01:02:29,860
\nsubdue all things unto himself.
\nOne day, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
799
\n01:02:29,860 –> 01:02:32,060
\nit won’t be just their minds
\nthat are renewed. <\/p>\n
800
\n01:02:32,800 –> 01:02:37,560
\nHe will transform our bodies.
\nDo you know that word change <\/p>\n
801
\n01:02:38,080 –> 01:02:41,600
\nmeans to transform shape and the
\nword fashioned? <\/p>\n
802
\n01:02:42,040 –> 01:02:45,600
\nWell, it’s the same word as
\nverse 10 conformed. <\/p>\n
803
\n01:02:45,600 –> 01:02:49,480
\nThis is our hope.
\nIf we are conformed to the same <\/p>\n
804
\n01:02:49,480 –> 01:02:54,720
\nform mentally in our minds now
\nto the image of our Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
805
\n01:02:54,720 –> 01:03:00,080
\nChrist, we can totally and
\nabsolutely trust in God that he <\/p>\n
806
\n01:03:00,080 –> 01:03:04,950
\nwill one day.
\nCan form our bodies to be like <\/p>\n
807
\n01:03:04,950 –> 01:03:14,830
\nChrist’s glorious immortal body
\none day if we just keep eating. <\/p>\n
808
\n01:03:15,470 –> 01:03:17,110
\nJust keep eating, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
809
\n01:03:18,510 –> 01:03:24,430
\nLet’s just keep eating,
\nabsorbing the mind of our Lord <\/p>\n
810
\n01:03:24,430 –> 01:03:28,470
\nJesus Christ.
\nJust see how God is able to work<\/p>\n
811
\n01:03:28,470 –> 01:03:31,430
\nin our lives to transform us
\nfrom ourselves. <\/p>\n
812
\n01:03:33,180 –> 01:03:38,580
\nSo what does this new renewed
\nmind, the mind of Christ, look <\/p>\n
813
\n01:03:38,580 –> 01:03:42,380
\nlike?
\nWhat’s the essence, the <\/p>\n
814
\n01:03:42,380 –> 01:03:48,100
\nembodiment of this mind in us?
\nWell, that’s the subject of our <\/p>\n
815
\n01:03:48,100 –> 01:03:51,340
\nnext class, the mind of Christ,
\nthe principle. <\/p>\n
816
\n01:03:55,380 –> 01:03:58,460
\nOh my dear brother and sisters,
\nwe’ve been considering together,<\/p>\n
817
\n01:03:58,460 –> 01:03:59,860
\nhaven’t we?
\nAnd been encouraged. <\/p>\n
818
\n01:04:00,610 –> 01:04:04,690
\nThat lifelong process of being
\ntransformed, choosing to be <\/p>\n
819
\n01:04:04,690 –> 01:04:10,170
\nconformed to the image of his
\nSon of the Lord Jesus Christ, <\/p>\n
820
\n01:04:11,370 –> 01:04:15,370
\nconstantly to be digesting the
\nword of God, which is living an <\/p>\n
821
\n01:04:15,370 –> 01:04:18,090
\nactive in the discerner of the
\nthoughts and the intents of our <\/p>\n
822
\n01:04:18,090 –> 01:04:22,930
\nhearts.
\nAnd it’s possible And each one <\/p>\n
823
\n01:04:22,930 –> 01:04:28,650
\nof us here, if we have that
\nwilling attitude, and then we <\/p>\n
824
\n01:04:28,650 –> 01:04:31,910
\ncan then have that certain hope.
\nBy his grace to have life <\/p>\n
825
\n01:04:31,910 –> 01:04:32,390
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