The Everlasting Father
Today’s Focus: Mentality of the Sons of God
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:11-16; Isaiah 11:1,2
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
How should a son of God think when it comes to the mind of Christ? Believe it or not the scriptures clearly lay it out for us but it is so hard for many to come into that place in their life because they do not want to let go of the world. Now let’s set this up.
The first place one must start with understanding how to think like a son of God is with oneself and your soul. One must kill our souls when it comes to the mind of Christ. Our soul is where we express our emotions, and where we think and work things out. Our souls have emotions, a will and an intellect. If we can suppress our souls then we can overcome the world. This effectively is called self-denial. This is where the demonic attack and try to get you to go against God. Why? Your soul is where you have free-will. It is your free-will center. God was so wonderful when He created man because He gave us a choice to choose Him or not. Of course this decision comes with consequences. God did not desire robots and no true parent wants their children to be robots. However, the Father wants us to freely choose Him and choose to worship Him. Now the spiritual mind is completely different.
The spiritual mind has emotions, which is worship, a will which is to do the Father’s Will and an intellect, which is wisdom. We know that wisdom is one of the seven spirits of Christ (Isaiah 11:1,2). So the spirit has a mind and it is called the Mind of Christ. Let’s look at this for a better understanding.
1 Corinthians 2:11-16: For what man knoweth the things of man, save the spirit of man which is in him? EVEN SO THE THINGS OF GOD KNOWETH NO MAN, BUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD. Now we have received , NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD, BUT THE SPIRIT WHICH IS OF GOD; THAT WE MAY KNOW THE THINGS THAT ARE FREELY GIVEN TO US OF GOD. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but WHICH THE HOLY GHOST TEACHETH COMPARING SPIRITUAL THINGS WITH SPIRITUAL. BUT THE NATURAL MAN RECIEVETH NOT THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned, But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM? BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.
This scripture sums up this entire message a carnal man cannot receive the things of the Spirit because they are only revealed Spirit to spirit. Now if you have not submitted to the rulership of Christ and you claim to be a believer, you cannot receive revelation because you are soul-lead and not Spirit-lead.
In the next message we will start looking at the Mind of Christ and how He operates within us to bring us into maturity.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
