Reference Scripture: Romans 8:22-27, 'Sure liberation, regeneration
and future glory of Creation'
Key Verse: 'And God
who searches the heart, knows what is the mind of the spirit, because the
Spirit intercedes for the saints, according to the will of God' (Romans 8:27).
Introduction
The Bible declares that in
the perfect will of the Father (Being), the decent and incarnation of Christ (the Begotten
Son) into Jesus Christ
as Messiah,
were facilitated and consummated in the begetting of the Holy
Spirit (Luke 1:30-35). Jesus' conception, birth, growth, spiritual formation,
life and his teaching, liberation and healing ministries here on earth, were guided
and empowered by the propagation of the Holy Spirit (Isaiah 11:2-3, Luke 2:52, 4:14-22). Jesus'
passion, death, resurrection and ascension as LORD, were facilitated, empowered and
culminated by the Being, Begotten, and Begetting of the Holy
Trinity, in the mind of the spirit.
The mystery of Christ's second coming, revelation and manifestation as LORD among men here on earth,
continues to be revealed, facilitated and empowered by the begetting and propagation of the
Holy Spirit, in and through Christ-centered believers, within witnessing paschal faith communities, in all traditions,
religions, cultures, ethnic and secular groups. These true witnesses choose to live their lives
in the mind of the spirit. Kingdom living will be fully revealed, culminated
and manifested here on earth, as true believers steadfastly follow Jesus Christ in
living the Paschal Mystery in the mind of the Spirit (Matthew 6:9-10, Romans
8:12-17, 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17).
Creation waits for deliverance from life in the mind of the flesh
Creation waits for deliverance from life in the mind of the flesh
In today's Epistle, the Apostle
Paul describes how believers who dwell in the mind of the spirit
discern the groaning, suffering, fear, alienation, guilt, incivility, sin and
evil of the inappropriate dominion of the mind of the flesh, throughout all
creation. Jesus Christ has revealed and provided God's methods of forgiveness
of sins, redemption, adoption, sanctification, future glory and eternal life in
the mind of the spirit, for all mankind and all creation (Romans 8:22-23,
Colossians 1:21-29). In the mind of the spirit, believers discern and experience what Jesus Christ meant when he declared, "I came that you man have life and have it abundantly (John 10:10).
Life in the mind of the
spirit
Like Jesus Christ
mankind's universal Savior and LORD, Christ-centered, Holy Spirit-based
believers, in all traditions, religions, cultures, ethnic and secular groups
are iconoclast and intrapreneurs, within their own witnessing paschal faith
communities. They follow Jesus Christ in pleasing God, by laying
down living the lives in the mind of the flesh. They are in faith, humility and
obedience taking up living their lives again and living in the mind of the
spirit (Matthew 13:47-52, John 3:16-17; 10:10, 17-18).
In the mind of the spirit
these believers are no longer living their lives in the pain, frustration,
suffering, spiritual blindness, spiritual deafness and hardheartedness of the
mind of the flesh. In the mind of the spirit, they follow Jesus Christ in
living the Paschal Mystery in the mind of the spirit.
Their lives in the mind of the spirit are filled with patience, compassion, civility
and agape love. In the mind of the spirit they discern and participate in the
casting down and destruction of the Lawless Man, the mind of the flesh, within
their personal lives and relationships (Romans 8: 24-25, 2 Thessalonians
2:1-12).
Witness of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit works in propagating and facilitating God's will and universal redemptive plan for all mankind to lay down
living their lives in the mind of the flesh and take them up again by living
their lives in the mind of the spirit. In begetting, the Holy Spirit
searches human hearts and knows the mind of the spirit. In the midst of
mankind's ignorance about how to pray, the Holy Spirit intercedes for us in our
weakness and infirmities (Romans 8:26-27).
Conclusion
Are you willing to follow
Jesus Christ as Messiah, Way-shower and Lord, in laying down your life in the
mind of the flesh and taking it up again in the mind of the spirit (John 14:6, Romans 6:9-11)?
Are you following Jesus Christ in living the Paschal Mystery in the mind of the
Spirit (1 Corinthians 5:7-8)? Are you willing to wait patiently in prayer, faith, humility and
obedience to discern and be empowered to more fully manifest the mind of the
spirit in your life, within your witnessing paschal faith community and
throughout our planet (Matthew 6:22, Acts 1:8, 1 Corinthians 15:20-22, 2 Corinthians 5:16-21, Colossians 3:1)?
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