Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Keep Saying the Same Thing

Text: 2 Corinthians 1:17
The worldly man who purposes according to the flesh is always saying yes and no. He asks for one thing; changes it tomorrow and on and on. For Jesus Christ who was preached to us was not Yes or Nay, but in Him was always a divine Yes (verse.17 of the Amplified version). All the promises of God in Him are yea and in Him Amen (verse 20).
To live and walk in the Spirit we have to maintain the same word toward one another, toward God and toward ourselves to live , otherwise we are operating in the fleshy realm.
God had already anointed us in Christ to declare yes only (verse.21). It is therefore our choice and watchfulness that determine the result. Any time we change our word, from yes to nay, we move into the flesh and it profits nothing(John 6:63) and we empower the flesh against the spirit man.(Galatians 5:17)
So let us examine our conversation with God and see where we have mingled the seed and change course from today. Let us watch what we say from our mouths always. If it is yea and nay, it is purposed according to the flesh. By faith in Christ (welcome conviction that Jesus is Lord and Savior) we stand and our words should be helpers of our joy (verse.24)
What do we Do Now? Renew your mind. How? Changing your mind is repentance. To renew your mind means to exchange your mind. Replace your mind with the mind of Christ.(1 Corinthians 2:16). How? By storing different materials in there, to create a different image there. We live our lives through Christ (1John 4:9), by the faith of Christ(Galatians 2:20).
Therefore replace the words of men , circumstances and problems with the Word of God.
Your words will begin to align only with the Word of God.

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