The Mind of Christ vs The Reprobate Mind
1 Corinthians 2:16
…But we have the mind of Christ.
Then Philippians 2:5 says,Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: (a mind that completely embraces God). However,Romans 12:2 advises us, “And be not conformed to this world: but be all of you transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God”.
The Mind of Christ is the same as the Mind of God. It’s a Mind that is connected to the Mind of God through the Holy Spirit. It only thinks to do the will of God in Love, Faith, righteousness, Holiness, obedience and submission.
In contrast, The Reprobate Mind is an ungodly mind. A mind without God in it. This mind is anti-God in thoughts, words and action. The Reprobate Mind openly challenges and rebels against God’s authority, righteousness, holiness and Christ Himself. Romans 1:18-32 specifically Says,” For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things. Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them”.
Note this is the word of God. Those with a Reprobate Mind brings death and the eternal judgement of God upon themselves.
2 Timothy 3:1-7. But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! For of this sort are those who creep into households and make captives of gullible women loaded down with sins, led away by various lusts, always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
John 8:32 And all of you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
DO YOU CRAVE SUCCESS
Success begins with God and ends with God.
Matthew 6:33 says to seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and He will add the things you need unto you. Jeremiah 17:7, 8 says, “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord and whose hope is the Lord, for he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit.”
Now for all those who trust in people, their education and connections, Jeremiah 17:5 says, “Cursed be the man that trusteth in man and maketh flesh His arm, and whose heart departs from the Lord.”
Success ends with God because in 3 John 2 He says, “Beloved I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health as your soul prospers.” If you give your heart, soul and mind to God He promises to prosper you. Jeremiah 17:10 says that the Lord searches the heart and tests the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings. Psalm 84:11b says that God will not withhold anything good from those who walk uprightly.
You can’t use His blessings to disobey and dishonor Him.
Do you desire to live in success and prosperity while you are alive on earth?
Have you commited your life to Jesus?
The first step to accomplishing the first question is to do the second question; commit your life to Jesus, call upon Him and confess that He is Lord. Then reread what was shared in this post and trust the Lord!
All glory, praise, thanks and honor be to the most high God who reigns over all the earth and over all powers. May this word reach to everyone who it is intended for, because Lord I know that Your word does not return to you void but it goes and accomplishes all that you have sent it to do. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
GOD WILL MAKE A WAY
Jeremiah 32.27
“Behold, I am the Lord , the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me? p style=”text-align:justify;”>It doesn’t matter how impossible or difficult something looks to us, God always makes a way out of no way; He opens doors that are closed, and closes the ones that we shouldn’t have opened, plus He even removes people and things that are insignificant to us. Sometimes we forget that He is the God of the impossible, miraculous and the supernatural. Have we forgotten that He parted the Red Sea {Exodus 14}, closed the lions mouth for Daniel {Daniel 6}, didn’t allow the fire to burn the three Hebrew boys {Daniel 3}, and much more. With men, many things are impossible, but with God all things are possible, Mark 10:27 reminds us of this fact.
It really doesn’t matter what your problem is or how big it is, our God is bigger, our God can fix it or remedy it, sometimes He chooses to eliminate it. However, the bottom line is He can fix it. In Genesis 18:14, God said to Abraham, “Is there anything too hard for the Lord?” And, He is asking us the same thing. We serve a God who is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, as Ephesians 3:20 tells us. Therefore, does it really matter what you are facing when you serve the God who owns and controls everything.
It does not matter what happens, God tells us in 2 Corinthians 12:9 that His grace is sufficient for us and His strength is made perfect in weakness. Then in 1 Corinthians 10:13 we are told that “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man; But God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” Whatever situation we find ourselves in it doesn’t matter because our God is able to and will deliver us out of them all.
“The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near unto those who are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.” Psalm 34:17-19
Then Psalm 37:4-5 tells us, to delight ourselves in the Lord, and He shall give us the desires of our heart, commit thy way unto the Lord; trust in Him, and He shall bring it to pass. King David’s personal testimony seals it when he said in Psalm 37:25, “I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.”
The only way things will matter to you is if you are not a child of God and you refuse to accept God’s gift of His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. As of now, you can change all that by going to the top of this blog, clicking on to the salvation page, and following the instructions, so that the problems and crises of this world will not matter to you or stress your mind, because you gave them to God. In Psalm 55:22 and 1 Peter 5:7 God tells us to give Him our burdens. Are you ready to turn it all over to Him?
All glory, honor, praise and thanks go to God for using me to deliver this message. I pray that He will give all who read this message the spiritual gifts necessary to comprehend and act upon His word. I exercise my power and authority in the name of Jesus to bind every tactic of the enemy that will try to stop, hinder, or prevent this word from reaching its intended people. I ask the Lord to loose the Holy Spirit and the Heavenly angels to secure this word so that it reaches its intended people, according to Matthew 16:19 and Luke 10:19 in the omnipotent name of Jesus, Amen.
CONFIDENCE BUILDE
And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us; and if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him (1 John 5:14-15).
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will give him astone? or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good gifts to them that ask him? Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even to them; for this is the law and the prophets(Matthew 7:7-12).
Be careful for nothing;but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God (Philippians 4:6). Feed your confidence with the word.
James 4:2
…all of you have not, because all of you ask not.
John 16:24
Until now have all of you asked nothing in my name: ask, and all of you shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Psalm 2:8
Ask of me, and I shall give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession.
Psalms 24:1
The earth is the Lords, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
•You can ask God for anything in the world as long as it is holy, righteous and good.
•Remember it is just as important to ask God for things for others as it is to ask God for things for yourself.
+++Blessed you are and blessed you will always be and to God be all the glory. Amen!
VICTORY IS YOURS
No matter how things look,don’t give up,nor quit,just stand still and watch God turn your circumstances around ,by turning your messes into messages, your tests into a testimonies, your trials into triumphs and turn yourself from being a victim to becoming a victor. How? Well you have to accept a few things and the first being Gods gift of his only begotten son, Jesus Christ. You have to believe that God sent Him to save us (John 3:16) and Jesus is our way to God. Jesus told us the truth about God and granted us eternal life (John 14:6; John 6:40) and because of him we are more than conquerors ( Romans 8:37).
In Matthew 16:19 Jesus said,”I will give unto you the keys of the kingdom of heaven and what you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven and what you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven”. 1 John 4:4 says that “You, little children, are of God and have overcome them; because greater is He (God) who is in you than he that is in the world.” In Luke 10:19 God says: Behold, I give unto you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy. With this power nothing shall, by any means, hurt you.”
Now go unto Him, he who is able to do exceedingly abundant things above all that we ask or think of, according to the power that works in us (Ephesians 3:20). Come on children of God, you need to exercise your power and activate your strength. Philippians 4:13 tells us that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us which means victory is ours! If you feel left out of Gods promises it’s because you know and feel that you are not one of His children. be strong and change that today! Go to the top of this blog, click on to the salvation page and follow the simple instructions. To God be the glory now and forever more. Angels are celebrating your acceptance into the kingdom of heaven as well as your choice to accept Gods gift of His son Jesus Christ.
ALL OR NONE
People fail to realize that God does not settle for sloppy seconds, He requires your first in everything. You either give your all or nothing, you have to be totally committed to Him, before you can call yourself a Christian. You can’t do wrong or evil and expect Him to be happy, because He hates sin but loves the sinner. Unfortunately, most people conveniently forget Him when everything is going good in their life;they’ve acquired or accomplished all they wanted on their own now they don’t want anything from God. Sadly, that’s the time they are vulnerable to sin, and if they are not careful they will fall.
Most people are like the rich man or ruler in Luke 18:18-25. They obey most of the commandments, yet forget the most important one which says, “You shall have no other god besides the God of the universe,” our Creator and Heavenly Father. The rich man failed to realize that he was so attracted to his earthly possession it became his god. So when Jesus told Him in verse 22, to give it all away to come and follow Him, the rich man had a problem with that. God is not against us having wealth or fortune, just don’t let it replace Him and consume you to death. This is why in Luke 18:25 Jesus said, “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” That’s why Romans 12:1-2 tells us not to conform to this world and it’s greed but to be transformed by renewing our mind; because if you sincerely give it all up for God, like Job did, we may receive double just as Job received or we will receive many times now and in eternity as is confirmed in Luke 18:29-30.
Yes, it is true. What is impossible to us, is possible with God. Remember, He does not lie and He is faithful to His promises. Luke 18:27-30 shows us that when we put God first, above everyone and everything, we will be blessed on earth and in heaven with all of life’s necessities met. 1 Peter 1:7 reminds us that if we are sincere with our faith in God it is more valuable than gold because gold cannot save us but God can.
Don’t allow earthly treasures to keep you from God and your heavenly treasures. This is why Jesus tells us to follow Him, because He owns the world, yet did not allow it to deter Him from the will of His heavenly Father. 1 Timothy 6:10 points out that the love of money is the root of all evil. However, when you love God and seek Him over earthly things and people Hebrews 11:6 and Matthew 6:33 tells us that he rewards us and adds to us all the things we need.
Are you ready to give your all to God? Are you ready to leave everything else to live the life God has purposed for you? It is a hard decision but if you are ready head on up to the top of this blog, click on to the Salvation page and follow the instructions.
All glory, honor, praise and thanks go to God for using me to deliver this message. I pray that He will give all who read this message the spiritual gifts necessary to comprehend and act upon His word. I exercise my power and authority in the name of Jesus to bind every tactic of the enemy that will try to stop, hinder, or prevent this word from reaching its intended people. I ask the Lord to loose the Holy Spirit and the Heavenly angels to secure this word so that it reaches its intended people, according to Matthew 16:19 and Luke 10:19 in the Omnipotent name of Jesus, Amen.
GODLY LIVING
Most people who call themselves Christians, refuse to give up their old lifestyle and Psalm 1:1 says, “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly.” Then to make it clear we go to 1 Corinthians 15:33-34, “Be not deceived, evil company corrupts good morals. Awake to righteousness and sin not, for some have not the knowledge of God.” 1 Corinthians 5:11 says, “But now I have written unto you, not to keep company, if any man that is called a fornicator or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such a one no not to eat.”
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 tells us that, “Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away, behold all things are become new, and all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ.” But when we look at 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 it tells us not to be unequally yoked together with unbelievers, “for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Beliel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore, come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing and I will receive you. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.”
Ephesians 5:15-17 tells us to see that we walk circumspectly not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore, be ye not unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Therefore, as a Christian we must put off concerning the former manner of life the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lust; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind; and that you put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:22-24. And Romans 12:1-2 tells us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice that is Holy and acceptable to God which is our reasonable service and be not conformed to this world but be ye transformed by the renewing of our minds.
Try to live a lifestyle that shows that you are committed to God and that you love Him. If you love Him you would strive to live as He wants His people to live. On our own this kind of living isn’t easy, but with God and His Spirit we can do all things, including living for Him. Invite jesus into your live today by saying a prayer. There’s an example of a prayer in the salvation page above. I encourage you to visit that page and read it.
Hebrews 12:14-17
Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.
All glory, honor, praise and thanks go to God for using me to deliver this message. I pray that He will give all who read this message the spiritual gifts necessary to comprehend and act upon His word. I exercise my power and authority in the name of Jesus to bind every tactic of the enemy that will try to stop, hinder, or prevent this word from reaching its intended people. And I ask the Lord to loose the Holy Spirit and the heavenly angels to secure this word so that it reaches its intended people, according to Matthew 16:19 and Luke 10:19 in the Omnipotent name of Jesus, Amen.
LOVE NOT THE WORLD
The song says, “I would rather have Jesus than silver or gold and anything this world has.” When you get to that stage in your life where nothing matters but God and His Son Jesus Christ, then you know without a doubt that God abides in you and you in Him. The world with all its lust and lure cannot captivate you because it’s useless and worthless when you realize that you can’t take it with you as 1 Timothy 6:7 tells us.
1 Timothy 6:9-11: When your main and only desire is to be rich then you will fall into temptation and a snare; for the love of money is the root of all evil and those who covet it have erred from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. However, as children of God the Lord advises us to flee from greed, lust of the flesh and the eyes and the pride of life and follow after righteousness, Godliness, faith, love, patience, and meekness. Why settle for the unsatisfying things of this world when you can have better in heaven. Fight the good fight of faith and lay claim to eternal life.
1 Timothy 6:6 tells us that Godliness with contentment is great gain. The Bible tells us in Matthew 6:33 to seek God first. 1 Timothy 6:11 tells us to follow after righteousness, Godliness, faith, and love, and not after the things of the world that leads to death. What profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world and loses his soul? Or what will a man gain in exchange for his soul (Matthew 16:26). Then Hebrews 2:3 asks, “How shall you escape fire and brimstone (hell) if you neglect so great a salvation?
The world will pass away with its lust, but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever (1 John 2:17).
When you really know God, you will become an overcomer, and when you accept Jesus you become more than a conqueror.
If you don’t know God or His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ of Nazareth then go to the top of this blog, click on to the salvation page, then follow the instructions, it will be the greatest thing you ever do.
All glory, honor, praise and thanks go to God for using me to deliver this message. I pray that He will give all who read this message the spiritual gifts necessary to comprehend and act upon His word. I exercise my power and authority in the name of Jesus to bind every tactic of the enemy that will try to stop, hinder, or prevent this word from reaching its intended people. I loose the Holy Spirit and the heavenly angels to secure this word so that it reaches its intended people, according to Matthew 16:19 and Luke 10:19 in the omnipotent name of Jesus, Amen.
JEALOUSY
Most people, especially Christians, love to say that they are jealous like their heavenly Father, because God said, He is a jealous God in Exodus 20:5. But they fail to realize that God’s jealousy does not have hatred, bitterness, strife or anything evil attached to it. Because if He did, He would have wiped everyone out instead of sending His only begotten son Jesus Christ to redeem us. Jealousy is defined as an emotion that stimulates intolerance of unfaithfulness. However, we serve a merciful God whose jealousy has unconditional and unfailing love attach to us.
God’s jealousy does not have malice or contention attached to it, only forgiveness with a clause that says, “If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”(1 John 1:9). God, when He gets jealous, once we confess our sin, He will forgive us and apply the soap called the Blood of Jesus to clean us and make us as white as snow. He does not hold it against us and add it every mistake we’ve made. It is so easy to use the Bible to justify our faults, but we don’t use it to do the right things that He requires us to do in the ten commandments. God’s jealousy is unlike ours in many ways;God’s jealousy has the fruit of the Spirit attached to it in Galatians 5:22-23.
“BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONG-SUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS AND SELF-CONTROL.” When you are jealous and you portray these Godly characteristics, then you are behaving like your heavenly Father. However, if you portray the opposite then you are like your earthly father. So lets portray Godly jealousy that leads to happiness for everyone.
Nahum 1:2-7
God is jealous, and the Lord avenges; The Lord avenges and is furious. The Lord will take vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies; The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked. The Lord has His way In the whirlwind and in the storm, And the clouds are the dust of His feet. Who can stand before His indignation? And who can endure the fierceness of His anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are thrown down by Him. The Lord is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.
GODLY QUALITIES
“To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness of our God and savior Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and Godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escape the corruption that is in the world through lust.
But also for this very reason ,giving all diligence,add to your faith virtue,to virtue knowledge,to knowledge self-control,to self-control perseverance,to perseverance Godliness,to Godliness brotherly kindness,and to brotherly kindness love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure,they will keep you from being ineffective,and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them,he is nearsighted and blind,and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins
Therefore, my brothers be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure.For if you do these things,you will never fall,and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 1:1-11).
If you are not saved(through Jesus) it means you are not entitled to God’s promises. So take this opportunity to do so, by going to the top of this blog. Click on to the salvation page and follow the instructions. Trust me it will be the best thing that you ever did.
All praises, glory, honor, and thanks go to God for using me to get His message out to His children.
Hope and Enlightenment 