
MENTAL DISTINCTION.
Now you are one with the Father (as we have seen), and one of the proofs of that identification is mental distinction. That is the pattern that Jesus set for us, so take advantage of it.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17
All things have been affected by reason of your redemption – your spirit, soul and body. Your hitherto reprobate mind has become a new mind – life has been fired into it.
When you are born again, a vital force penetrates your mental faculty, the Spirit of God gives you a new way of thinking. This goes to affect your taste, the things you used to love before just drop off, because a new life has penetrated your mental region.
Up to the moment you got born again, you had a dead mind, which the Bible calls “a reprobate mind” (Romans 1:28), programmed to do silly things-a corrupted mind that cannot deliver excellence.
But the spirit of wisdom and power was what penetrated your mental region when you gave your life to Christ:
“But unto them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:24
You are not an ordinary man anymore. That’s why He called you a peculiar people, a royal priesthood (1 Peter 2:9). Now you have surpassing intelligence! You have access to mental dignity!
“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing…” John 6:63
This quickening affects your entire being. Salvation brings you into a class above the human level. When you are saved, another mind is transplanted into you.
“…But we have the mind of Christ.” 1 Corinthians 2:16
The mind of Christ is the epitome of soundness and excellence! Once you Spiritually it mind is no longer in the natural realm. Spiritually, it has ascended into the divine realm, where you are seated with Christ. You now carry divinity in your mentality! This is a great asset! But you need to know it is there.
Among the benefits loaded in redemption is an excellent mind. There is an invasion of divinity into your mental region, which gives you a superior mentality! You now have the capacity to operate in the class of God’s wisdom.
“And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears” Isaiah 11:1-3
This is a strange level, where you no longer judge by what you hear and what you see naturally. Therefore, it is not just enough for you to be saved, your salvation must be added to, in order for you to experience the things that accompany it.
There is a deposit inside you crying for expression. The mind you have now is the same one that created the world we live in, why must you die in your little corner?
Listen to me, our generation is going to witness explosive inventions that could be compared to original creations, and these will come from people who were no-people before, people who know how to stir up the gift of God inside them. You have a sound mind. It is the gift of God. It’s time to stir it up!
It is your time to reign. And “by wisdom kings reign and princes decree justice.“
Go for knowledge, and you will walk in wisdom. Your mind came alive when you came in contact with Jesus. Now you have a responsibility to renew that mind through encounters with knowledge. It has to be updated. Romans 12:2 says:
“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Your mind has to be constantly renewed for it to remain current in any system.”
What a joy to know that we are all privileged to possess the mind of Christ, and when you start to walk in the covenant, your mind begins to blossom, and it becomes increasingly fertile, until the world begins to recognise you.
I see the veil on your mind torn, and the sunlight of God dawn upon it! I see curtains open and every closed destiny released!
Potentially, you carry inside of you divine explosives! To be a dull-head is an abuse of redemption. When you are saved, your brain is not suspended, it’s upgraded! Your being a dull-head makes you a misfit in the kingdom.
There is something inside you! You don’t have an ordinary mind, but a sound one; a mind after the order of the mind of Christ; you possess the creator’s ability in your mind….
This text is an extract from the book “EXPLORING THE RICHES OF REDEMPTION” written by David O. Oyedepo.
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