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The Holy Spirit's Influence
Many believers think that to be spiritual you must suppress the mind, or at the very least disassociate or disengage it. And as a result, their actions are often strange or confusing, and they become a stumbling block to those around them. The apostle Paul said that your spirituality must be edifying [uplifting] - not embarrassing! Note, your mind plays an important and vital role in your spiritually! It’s one thing to listen to the mind of your flesh [those carnal promptings or selfish influences], but it’s another listening to the mind of the Spirit [taking direction from God’s own Spirit].
Every believer is encouraged to fulfil God’s righteousness by living in the power of the Spirit and according to the Holy Spirit. A life energised by the Spirit will renew your mind and overcome every principle of sin and death. In other words, when you live in harmony with the Holy Spirit’s promptings. you will find that He controls the sinful nature within. “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord” [Zechariah 4:6] Only the Spirit of God within you, who raised Jesus from the dead, is able to lift you up to a new and righteous kind of living. His resurrection power quickens, or gives life, to your mortal body! And this includes your mind! |
Chris Demetriou, 14/07/2009 |
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