The Mind of Christ
Today’s Focus: Operating in the Mind of Christ: Unity
Scripture: Philippians 1:27-2:8
Greetings Kingdom Citizens
As you may see from the scripture we will based this message out of the letter to the church at Philippi. So let’s get right to it.
Philippians 1:27-30:”Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you or else be absent, I may hear your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation and that of God. For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake; Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and no hear to be in me.
The first thing Paul deals with when we look at operating in the Mind of Christ is that our conversations need to of the gospel of Christ. Now if we just think about the type of conversations we have throughout the day, how much of it deals with Christ? How much of it is profitable spiritually? Being sons of God we are always on display at all times for the world. So our conversations need to be of Christ so that no one can say anything against your speech. Paul wrote a letter to Titus and said this: Titus 2:8: “Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed having no evil thing to say of you.” This passage of scripture is about sound doctrine and I encourage every believer to read and get an understanding of what sound doctrine is.
Next in verse 27, Paul admonishes the church to stand fast in one spirit, with one mind and strive together for the faith of the gospel. This requires us getting from beyond our denominations, worldly culture, and ethnicities for all of this to happen. The one thing the church has in common is the Spirit of God which is Son. We are all sons of God and we are all spirits that are united by the Spirit and placed in the Body of Christ to operate as one unit. This is why the revelation of the House of God is so vital to understand because it takes all of our worldly limitations and erases them from being barriers to maturity in the House of God. We are to work together in the unity of faith. Now if we have people perverting the Word of God then of course we cannot work together because it will cause confusion. God is not the author of confusion. When we work together we need to be in the mindset of Spirit-first and be lead by the Spirit of God. When all of us work together in the unity of the Spirit then we will see the power of God move. I can remember when the early church prayed together in Acts 4, the power that was released from heaven to the earth was spectacular and God was to work on our behalf but we must learn to work together. Not everyone is at the same level of maturity but the Spirit of God can use us to talk to one another at any level of maturity but the scripture says God desires us to all mature until we all come in the full stature or exact representation of Christ in the Earth.
In the next message we will continue this discussion and look at Philippians 1:28 and discuss the mindset of fear and the sons of God.
Peace, Love and Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
