CONDITION YOUR SPIRIT WITH THE WORD*PASTOR CHRIS* WEDNESDAY,FEB. 26TH,2014. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Romans 12:2) Man is a spirit. In 1 Peter 3:4, the Apostle Peter refers to mans spirit as the hidden man of the heart. It means you cant find the human spirit with your natural eyes, touch him with your physical hands, or smell him with your nose. Yet, the human spirit is the real person; youre not a physical body. It doesnt matter what you look like on the outside, and by that I mean your physical body, that isnt the real you; youre a spirit being, and your body is the house where you live. Therefore, what character of personality you come up with is dependent on the quality of your spirit. For example, whether youre hot tempered, soft-minded, harsh, impatient, or youre loving, gentle, patient, kind and humble-these vices and virtues are all determined or conditioned by the state of your spirit. Someone might say, Im the way I am because I took after my forebears; my great grandfather was said to be hot- tempered, and I think I got it from him. Not when youre born again! You have a new ancestry. It makes no difference what your grandpa was like, youre to condition your spirit with the Word, and be who God has made you. Youre to mould your character with the Word; its your responsibility! Whether or not youre successful in life depends on the character of your spirit; the quality of your personality. The beautiful thing about it is that your spirit can be developed or trained. Your spirit is malleable; you can change the character of your spirit, and the material with which that can be done is the Word of God. Romans 1:16 shows us that its your spirit thats born again by receiving eternal life through the message of the Gospel. You have the life and nature of God in you now-the nature of righteousness. Therefore, youre expected to produce fruits unto righteousness. Love, joy, peace, long- suffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control as itemized in Galatians 5:22-23, are features or fruits of your recreated human spirit.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 21:47:52 +0000
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