The Mind of Christ 4b

The first thing the Scripture tells us concerning the power of the Spirit and the mind is that the carnal mind is at odds with the Spirit. The second is that the spiritual mind is the natural mind of man renewed by the Spirit of God. That brings us to the third:



3. The fate of both the carnal and the spiritual minds.
a. For the carnal mind the fate is death. By this is meant spiritual death – separation from God – forever. While the carnal man lives on this earth his/her soul is dead, it is in a state of separation from God. If man has his/her focus only on the things of the flesh, on this world, after physical death will not be able to focus on God. One cannot choose the flesh today and expect to be saved after their time on this earth ends. Whatever the mind chooses, will continue on, and on, and on, forever without end. God will not violate man’s mind and force him or her to choose Him. The choice is man’s; he/she can choose flesh and death or choose Him and have eternal life. Be alive now and forever.
“The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead” – Proverbs 21:16.
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our lord”- Romans 6:23
“And you were dead in your trespasses and sins”- Ephesians 2:1


b. The fate of the spiritual mind, on the other hand, is life and peace. This is the very opposite of death. The spiritual mind if full of meaning and purpose; of assurance; of joy and rejoicing; of knowing and understanding God. The spiritual mind is at peace with God because he/she knows that their sins are forgiven and they are acceptable to God. The person with a spiritual mind dwells in the the peace of God and has the peace of God experiencing day by day the guidance of God in their lives. The person with the spiritual mind knows of and has the assurance of eternal life with God.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my words, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life” John 5:24.
“These things I have spoken to you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world”- John 16:33.
“In the way of righteousness is life; and in its pathway there is no death” – Proverbs 12:28.
“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You: because he trusts in You” – Isaiah 26:3.
“Trust in the Lord forever, for in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock” – Isaiah 26:4.