All human beings were created by God as spirit beings. As such, we are all thinkers. Proverbs 23:7 declares, “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:…” Before Christ, we were natural thinkers; our thoughts being tied to the natural world with its fears. However, when we are “Born Again” by the Spirit of God, we become totally new creatures. We are given a new spirit which is not of the world, but of God and is linked to His blessings. I Corinthians 2:12 declares, “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.”
Our new spirit is inside Christ, God’s Son; therefore, we are made spiritual sons of God. I John 3:1-2 declares, “Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” God has given us a “Son” Image to embrace and out of which we must daily think. Faith is simply correctly thinking from God’s perspective. We must think of ourselves as His children because He made us such in Christ, nothing different. To think differently would not be in Faith. As God’s children, we must also think that we are His heirs. Romans 8:16-17 declare, “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”
We are to be jointly glorified with Christ and reign with Him; however, only after suffering with Him. After Christ suffered the death of the cross, He was resurrected from the dead, raised and ascended back to Heaven. Today, He sits at the right hand of God ruling all the forces operating in the earth realm. (I Peter 3:22)
The mystery is that our spirit is to be raised up inside the Holy Spirit to reign with Christ. (Ephesians 2:5-6) We obviously do not physically leave the earth; we are to be raised up spiritually in our thinking- spiritual thinking over natural thinking. It is accomplished by our continuously thinking God’s Thoughts which are given to us by the Holy Spirit. We are to think them through suffering difficulties we must encounter that challenge God’s Thoughts. God’s Thoughts are already higher than all natural thoughts. Isaiah 55:9 declares, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” As we maintain a disciplined focus on God’s Thoughts through difficulties, overcoming every one; we are raised up in His Thoughts. They will become more natural for us to think than our old natural thinking. When we reach the place of thinking only God’s Thoughts for life, we reign. God Bless.
From Pastor Leroy Rankin
http://www.christabundantlifeministries.org
Our new spirit is inside Christ, God’s Son; therefore, we are made spiritual sons of God. I John 3:1-2 declares, “Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” God has given us a “Son” Image to embrace and out of which we must daily think. Faith is simply correctly thinking from God’s perspective. We must think of ourselves as His children because He made us such in Christ, nothing different. To think differently would not be in Faith. As God’s children, we must also think that we are His heirs. Romans 8:16-17 declare, “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God. And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.”
We are to be jointly glorified with Christ and reign with Him; however, only after suffering with Him. After Christ suffered the death of the cross, He was resurrected from the dead, raised and ascended back to Heaven. Today, He sits at the right hand of God ruling all the forces operating in the earth realm. (I Peter 3:22)
The mystery is that our spirit is to be raised up inside the Holy Spirit to reign with Christ. (Ephesians 2:5-6) We obviously do not physically leave the earth; we are to be raised up spiritually in our thinking- spiritual thinking over natural thinking. It is accomplished by our continuously thinking God’s Thoughts which are given to us by the Holy Spirit. We are to think them through suffering difficulties we must encounter that challenge God’s Thoughts. God’s Thoughts are already higher than all natural thoughts. Isaiah 55:9 declares, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” As we maintain a disciplined focus on God’s Thoughts through difficulties, overcoming every one; we are raised up in His Thoughts. They will become more natural for us to think than our old natural thinking. When we reach the place of thinking only God’s Thoughts for life, we reign. God Bless.
From Pastor Leroy Rankin
http://www.christabundantlifeministries.org
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