We have perfect sanctification of the Spirit when we are born again and then continued sanctification In our bodies/mind when we are trying to renew our minds to match the new creation we have become.
Romans 12:1-2
King James Version
1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
“we are trying to renew our minds to match the new creation we have become.”
amen hearing this renews the mind
“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
John 6:63 KJV
Jesus word of we accept and believe him renews our knowledge of God and ourselves and even e world around us it’s not really something we’re doing but is a fruit and gift when we come to Christ and hear his gospel it renews our
knowledge
“and have put on the
new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:”
Colossians 3:10 KJV
Christ came to renew our understanding of the things that matter for eternal life to change our minds from earth to the things he spoke forth me said are there where we can’t see it but we heard Jesus and believe him more than the world we see , we’re walking by that faith
Just doing this changes our mind and heart our thoughts and conscience hat guides us through life
“For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
John 5:22, 24
if we are willing to accept the lords word and believe what he himself said , that’s how faith comes into our mind what happens is we start thinking along the ones of the gospel and stop thinking along the lines of the world
it doesn’t win a lot of friends because people will definately pull away when they see you don’t want to join in the thkngs you used to , but that’s the point the word can change us from a sinner at heart and in mknd which is why we commit sin at all because of this problem inside us
“For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.”
Mark 7:21-23 KJV
the issue is the corrupt heart and mknd of man ot always has been e issue since the fall
“And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.”
Genesis 6:5-6 KJV
see how thier wockedness is within their mind and heart ? and so because of that they are acting out and filling up the word with evil coming out of mans heart and mind ? Rather than Gods Will ?
“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”
Jeremiah 17:9
That’s why the fruit of the
knowledge was forbidden the good and evil knowledge conflicts in us and it became a struggle for us to do good because the knowledge of evil was always there tempting us our minds we’re corrupted and this corrupted our hearts they way we perceive God was corrupted so we became afraid to hear his word
after corruption
“And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said,
I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?
Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?”
Genesis 3:9-11 KJV
It lasted
“Now therefore
why should we die? for this great fire will consume us:
if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.”
Deuteronomy 5:25 KJV
the message that brings us back to life is this concerning Gods word “not that we’ll surely die if we hear his word “ but the opposite we’ll live if we hear and believe his word
“Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
John 5:24 KJV
that’s the difference in the old and new testaments each testament creates perception of God d what he’s saying they saw “ if we hear his word anymore we’re going to certainly die “
Jesus came to change our mind to “ of I will hear and accept his word and trust him I will have life everlasting and will not be condemned “
No one who is afraid to hear what Jesus is saying can be saved , anyone homie willing to accept who he said he is and what his word teaches , will be saved because that’s what changes us from thy owe bound to obey sin , to those pursuing righteousness and truth following after our shepherd and lord Jesus and walking along the paths he set before us in the everlasting gospel
if we can let the gospel fill up our minds and hearts it teaches us Gods judgement and discernment meant for us
“For
the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and
is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12
that’s what fixes that corrupt heart through the wrong knowledge adam partook of , by speaking Tony’s the rig he knowledge of Christ that saves us and redeems us through our mknd and heart ( where we here and accept the word ) and tv t is what leads to repentance and righteousness in truth when our heart isn’t wicked like Jesus is saying when we take captive our thoughts tonthe obedience of Christ which is what pulls down the strongholds in us
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds
casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; and having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.”
2 Corinthians 10:3-6 KJV
what I’m saying is God is working in our mknd and heart to change the issues our only part is to dwell within his word and keep it alive in us the rest is what he does for us changing us through and through from what once was a sinner who sinned without care and guilt to someone who’s focus and goal is the pursuit of Jesus Christ and his living word