With all of your mind
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30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
(NASB95)
30 and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
I want to deal with jesus’ statement to love God will all your mind.
The question become
1. What is the mind?
2. Where is the mind?
The mind is the house of reasoning
It is the place that we come to conclusions.
Our thoughts and feelings our emotions
It is the place that our senses are processed
1. Touch (was that hot or cold)
2. Smell (did that stink)
3. Hearing (did that sound good)
4. Sight (was she pretty)
5. Taste (was that delicious)
You could have very strong senses but if you don’t have a mind they are worthless.
I preach often about the mind
Why?
Because The enemy is trying to bring Condemnation into the mind about thing that where done many years ago, feller, loses, pain, breakup, mistakes, sin, abandonment, and regrets.
So here we find life’s greatest battle and that is the battle in the mind and in the thoughts.
Because “whatever control the mind controls you.”
You may not have taken a drink in 30 years but if you think about it everyday….
It is in the mind that man form his opinions for what is possible and logical
Ill say it like this. If a thing were not assumed possible there would be no purpose or need for believing and therefore one has no energy.
If one believes a thing is out of the realm of possibility than believing is not necessary.
So if the devil is going to confine or limit a person. He will first confine or limit them in their mind
Love the Lord your God will all your mind
The 2nd question is “where is the mind?”
We must first understand that we are made up of 3 parts
Man is:
1. Body
2. soul
3. and spirit
Watchman Nee in his book the spiritual man says,
The body is the "world-consciousness," the soul is the "self-consciousness," and the spirit is the "God-consciousness." There are five organs in the body which afford man the five senses. This physical body enables man to communicate with the physical world. This is why it is called the "world- consciousness." The soul comprises that part in man known as the intellect, which makes man's existence possible. The part of love generates affections toward other human beings or objects. Affections originate from the senses. All these are parts of man himself; they form the personality of man. Hence, they are called the "self-consciousness." The spirit is the part with which man communicates with God. With this part man worships God, serves Him, and understands his relationship with God. Hence, it is called "God-consciousness." Just as God dwells in the spirit, the self dwells in the soul, and the senses dwell in the body.
So with the
· Body we connect to the world
· Spirit we connect to God
· Soul we connect to ourselves
My body is what you see.
My soul is who I am
And my spirit is the thing that will make me eternal.
So about the soul,
Stephan Charnock says, “that the soul the greatest glory of this lower world.”
Watchman also adds
“The soul served as the linking chain, the seat of man's personality, making it possible for man to exist independently. The soul is the consummation of the spirit and the body, the totality of the elements within man.” Watchman
So The soul houses ones emotion and desires. One thoughts and reasoning. And house ours all of the senses.
So The soul houses ones emotion and desires. One thoughts and reasoning. And house ours all of the senses.
The soul is the place of reasoning.. Where we collect information.
The place where we process thoughts.
It is from there that we communicate with man and with God.
So what is the soul made up of?
The soul is made of
Our MIND – THOUGHTS
WILL – DESIRES
EMOTION – THE WAY WE FEEL
The desire of the devil is pollute the soul by attacking you in each part of your life.
He attacks you thought… (example) what you think about yourself (negative attitudes)
Your will… attracts your desire and purpose (Loss of hope and purpose)
Your Emotions… depression, anxiety, fear
The devil desire is pollute the soul.
11 so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
(NASB95)
(NASB95)
11 so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
He does this through our
1. Our Past (lost and failures.)
2. Through bitterness
3. And forgiveness.
Making our experiences cause us doubt the truth of the bible
Making us doubt if we even have a future when the bible says,
11 ‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
(NASB95)
Now God wants us to love Him in our minds, with all our mind and He is saying to us..
11 ‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.
Now God wants us to love Him in our minds, with all our mind and He is saying to us..
This is not impossible. You can love me with your though. On the inside.
Well God if I am going to love you with ALL my mind/though you have to help me.
You have to heal my thoughts
Deliverer me from my past. Break chain and addiction. Remove failure and loneness and save me from deception.
Let me say this 1st quickly. Jesus cannot lie and if He says you shall love me guess what he will give you the grace to do so
What’s God Solution
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
14 Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
(NASB95)
I wanna focus on 3 of these
The Armor of God
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
14 Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
I wanna focus on 3 of these
1. Helmet of Salvation
2. Girdle of truth
3. Sword of Spirit
Where do you wear a helmet? Head. Mind
Girdle of truth or Gird yourself with truth.
13 “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
says,
Remember acts 1 you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.
"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
Remember acts 1 you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.
Power.. the ability to do.
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth. We need the Holy Spirit to come to our minds
Why?
23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
(NASB95)
When we gird ourselves with truth and do not grieve the Holy Spirit he gives us power to walk in a renewed mind
23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind,
When we gird ourselves with truth and do not grieve the Holy Spirit he gives us power to walk in a renewed mind
The Sword of the spirit, which is the word of God
Now this all leads to the question
Why do you preach so much about the mind?
Because experience from the past can rest in the mind (man's thought) and can cause restlessness and bitterness.
You can tell the most intellectual kids all of their lives that they are nothing and never will be anything.
If they start believing it were true, where would limitation to be set? Where is the place that believing happen?
Now they are smart. They are gifted.
Now I was told I would never be anything but black and die…
Now that word only has power if I believe it but my mamma and Jessie Jackson always told me, that “I am somebody”
Now I'm going to Argentina. I'm leaving today.
And we went to a zoo where they trained Lions with the dogs. The dogs were fully in control the lions submitted to the dogs.
At one point I wanted to tell the lions, Hey lion you’re a lion stop letting that dog boss you around.
Listen the lion was always a lion he could always rip that dog into pieces. The problem wasn’t with the lion’s ability the problem was in his mind because of how he was trained.
Greater is he that is in me. Once I get that in my mind I won't let life boss me around.
I wont let the dog of bitterness bully me around.
I wont let the dog of fear and shame bully me around.
I won’t let depression bully me around.
The truth comes to dispel lies and the truth has to get into our heads
The truth has got to get in my mind (put my helmet on)
35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
I'm going through all kind of things. Now look at the next verse. What’s it say? As it is written:
(NASB95)
35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
I'm going through all kind of things. Now look at the next verse. What’s it say? As it is written:
He goes to the word
He goes to the word. He girded myself with truth
36 Just as it is written,
“For Your sake we are being put to death all day long;
We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
(NASB95)
“For Your sake we are being put to death all day long;
We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
I discovered and this gives me confidence. And he says
37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.
(NASB95)
37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.
That's the truth; this is the truth about me
Now this is my sword against any enemy
38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(NASB95)
38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
It's only the word of God can set us free in our mind.
It is our weapon against the enemy
If you are struggling with addictive behavior guess what? You need the word to be a sword.
How did Jesus fight the temptation of the devil in the wilderness?
He used the word
Now I am going to park here today and ill finish this next time
Look at we all know it
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
we all know it
(NASB95)
(NASB95)
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
1. The believer is responsible to renew Him mind
of course everything we need for that process Christ has given us
2. We must examine the source of our thoughts
3. Bring every though into obedience
4. And we must learn to let repentance have it perfect word
To have a mind renewed is to arrive at the highest possibility which God has ordained for ones mind.