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Originally Posted by aron
Hey! I have a brain too! Can I use mine, also?  (Actually, sometimes my brain doesn't seem so 'good', but the more I use it, the better it gets!)
Remember that song that went, "Get out of your mind, get your spirit in gear, that's the way to get to Jesus from here"? Well, actually, there was some truth to that, I think. It is possible for us to be trapped in our mind. ....I am glad I learned to open my mouth. I was a 'silent christian' before somebody told me to 'exercise my spirit' and open my mouth. So I became a noisy christian. But God still wanted me to use my brain.
God gave us a brain and a spirit. Don't neglect either one.
.........use your brain. Think. Lee was not the only one with a brain. |
Bravo-Bravo Aron!
Not only do I have a brain...but I have the MIND of Christ! So does each and everyone of us here! The Bible tells us we do & God does not lie.
And I also agree there is truth to 'get out of your mind'. The problem I think was, we were not taught to THINK like Christ, to Speak like He does, to WALK like He does.
For me, my early years in the LC was a training camp..a boot camp of sorts.
I did what I was told: Call on the Lord 24/7 alone and with the saints..Pray Read..Read messages..go to meetings..Testify..( I left before the prophesy stuff came in.)
That training was not BAD..but I didn't know what to do with all that training/knowledge. Eventually I ended up at Holy Spirit University where I'm currently working on my PHD.
Then one day & probably while still in the LC, I came across
Colossians 4:4-6
That I may make it manifest,
as I ought to speak.
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt,
that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
WOW!! Wowsee-Wowsee!! I began to pray for Wisdom. Then I pondered on how the Lord Jesus during His ministry here on earth approached people differently. Sometimes He spoke to the masses, sometimes only to His disciples and sometimes only one on one.
Then there was Paul the apostle. Man...here is one Saintly dude who had the mind of Christ! My favorite passage in Acts is
17:22-23 when he is standing on Mars Hill, looking around at all the idols and statues.
He tells them they are too superstitious..and then finds an inscription on one of the statues which has a devotion to 'the Unknown God'. He perceives to tell them about this UNKNOWN GOD!
Then he ends up in the dungeon with Silas after being beaten to a pulp. They're chained & bound..bleeding in pain & suffering, stinking, having knats, flies stick to their bodies & who knows what other ungodly creatures were in torturing them.
So 'they' come up with this BRILLIANT Idea to start singing Praises to the Lord !
There comes the Angel of the Lord to set them captives free!
No wonder Paul was blessed and Highly Favored by the Most High God!! He kept right on truckin'!!! He used the brains God gave him. And the Holy Spirit in his spirit would nudge Paul to use it!!
That's my Brother PAUL for ya!