We Are Called To Be Spiritually Minded
May 19, 2022It has been said that often as Christians, we want to elevate the importance of our spirit and we devalue the importance of our soul or our mind. But they are on the same field, they are on the same level of importance. Let that soak in, soak that in because I am one of those that previously thought and I’m born again. I understand the power of the new birth and what happens when my spirit is born again, but I’m here to tell you something you need to hear, along with the new birth and the change that took place in that moment… SOMETHING POWERFUL took place in your mind.
I want you to go back to Genesis, God breathed into Adam and Adam because this, living, God-breathed mind. Think about that moment, what did Adam accomplish. It says he named every single creature. Do you ever think about the fact that there was an ocean at that time. Way. Down. Deep. In. The. Ocean. How did he name them? Have you ever thought about that? HOW did he name them? How was he able to mentally assess and know that there were these creatures way down in the deepest parts of the ocean? THAT is how powerful this God breathed mind was, there were no limitations.
One time I was praying and it was for someone we had lost in the family many, many years ago. And I’ve always made it a habit of praying through each of my family members, but typically you don’t pray for dead people, right? But I was thinking, Hey Lord, would you mind telling so-and-so hello for me? There’s nothing theologically wrong with that, right?
And I remember one time that I did that and then the Lord gave me a vision. He goes Bill, before you finish praying, I want to show you one thing in heaven. This was all happening in my spirit and I was thinking, cool, because I had heard of people going to heaven and seeing these great and glorious things. And. I. Had. Never. Seen. That. At that moment, I was like, Let’s go. And just like that, we went. We were above one of the most beautiful lakes I have ever imagined. It was the most beautiful blue crystal lake. MASSIVE. And we were standing above it and He told me to pick a depth and I picked 30.2 feet, not sure why, but I did and in less than a millisecond I could see down 30.2 feet. There I saw the most beautiful fish. This was just a glimpse of what our eyes have not seen, no ear has heard, nor entered into the heart of man the things He has in store for us.
But imagine Adam with no limitations, he was breathing, living soul. God breathed into Adam the ability to think more clearly, see things in a way that was unlimited. And then what happened? Sin happened, there was never a carnal thought before the moment when sin entered the world, then the fall happened.
Romans 8: 5-7
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
To have a carnally driven mind is death and to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Now I am going to unveil or unravel a little bit of the mystique around this and I’ve told you before I grew up holiness pentecostal. I learned a lot about the Holy Spirit, but there was this long laundry list of things you just didn’t do including bowling, going to the movies, swimming and a bunch of stuff like that. And as far as what you could do, well that was a little tiny list. And what you did on the list was Holy. And then the other stuff; bowling, dancing, going to the movies was carnally minded.
The word carnal just means physically minded. It is contrary to the mindset that God has for us. And even when my mind is in fear, that is not of God, that is carnal. And we have a list, right of the big sins versust the not so big sins. So when start thinking carnally minded; we think bad, bad sexual stuff, going out, partying, going crazy… all of that stuff. When the Bible talks in Revelations about those that are not thrown into the lake of fire, who does he throw in first?
THE FEARFUL. The fearful isn’t something we have on this list of what is considered really bad stuff… so carnally minded in thinking of the really bad stuff… NO. It is really allowing my mind to think contrary to the way God thinks. So when God says, I’m for you, who can be against you… and if you are fearful and worried-your mind is being carnal. So it is not this elaborate list of really bad things.
And when we start thinking about spiritually minded… we start thinking about floating into heaven, playing little harps, angels and all that type of stuff, but we also think of spiritually minded as when we are at church, thinking about the Bible, speaking tongues… I love what Kenneth Copeland says, Saint Jesus did not come for the sweet by-and-by, he came for the nasty now. And don’t you just love that? He didn’t come for some sweet by-and-by angels playing harps and some spiritual thing. He came in power, He came in might, He came for right now.
To be spiritually minded is not this way out there mystic type of idea. It is right now, thinking about whether God thinks that your thoughts are lined up with His thoughts. Where are your thoughts? Are they lined up with His?
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