2-7-2016 weekly message

Meditation of the week: psalms 15:1-5

Main scripture: Philippians 2:1-10

Subject: The mind of man and of God

The heart of man is full of all kings of thoughts as well as imagination. Long time ago, the LORD God made up his mind to judge the world with the flood seeing that wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. It repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. Finally, the LORD swept all men away from the face of the earth with the flood except Noah and hid family.

           Afterwards, the LORD chose Abraham and called him, and also chose twelve sons of Jacob the grandson of Abraham to be his people. But they also forsake the LORD God to trusted the nations of the Gentiles as their husband; it also grieved the LORD at his heart as the time of Noah. The LORD God sent Jeremiah his prophet to judge them, and judged them using Assyria, Babylon and Egypt that they served. God spoke unto them of what is the heart of man:

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.”(Jer. 17:

             Yeah! God is still searching the heart of men to pay them according to what they do. When the LORD God made the first man, Adam and Eve in his image and in his likeness, anything evil couldn’t be in their heart. In their heart, anything other than the knowledge of God couldn’t occupy. But when the devil visited them, and put the different thoughts, they received the thoughts of the devil ended up with sinning against God. Since then, their heart had been filled with the evil thoughts from the devil/

              The scripture testified of the evil thoughts that came in their heart:

“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.“(Gen. 3:6)

Since then, all men have been born from the first man with such kinds of thoughts in their heart. Apostle John testified of the three kinds of evil thoughts inherited from the first man:

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”(1John 2:15-17)

             When the woman saw the forbidden tree was good for food, the lust of the flesh came in her heart; when it was pleasant to the eyes, the lust of eyes came in; when it was desired to make one wise, the pride of life occupied her heart. Since then, all men have been inherited with these three evil things, and have been busy to satisfy with those.

              The lust of the flesh is manifested in the form of self-preservation; the lust of eyes self-reproduction; the pride of life self-satisfaction; and the heart of man has been full of selfishness. The scriptures are full of the message of judgment spoken by the prophets as well as the apostles to be done at the time set by the LORD God.

              King David understood of the lust of man, and testified of it:

“From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.”(Ps. 17:14)

              God had known of the descendants of Adam to be born with such kinds of lust within them so that they couldn’t help living in the midst of the lust. God has been longsuffering for thousands of years as several days until he destroy the devil that brought such kinds of evil thoughts. To take away the evil thoughts rooted in the heart of man, the LORD God had to kill his only begotten Son for the sin of the world. Finally, after four thousands of years had passed by, he was manifested in flesh in the form of man in this earth.

            The Christ appeared in the name of Jesus , and he proclaimed the gospel before he raise Lazarus from the dead saying,

“I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”(john 11:25-26)

It was the good news toward the world that had been in death four thousand years as the corrupted body of Lazarus before the Lord Jesus appeared to the world.

Jesus testified of the way to cleanse all kinds of sin rooted in the heart of man is only with his blood only though believing in his death and resurrection. Jesus spoke unto his disciples of this:

“I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”(john 14:6)

           Apostle Paul encouraged the saint of Ephesians that were saved through believing in the Lord Jesus Christ to make their conscience purified:

“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.”(Eph. 4:22-24)

             Yeah! Even born again Christians of the Spirit have to dwell in the sinful body of the lust until they put off the body of sin. The only way to put off the old man to please God is to be clothed by the new man the Lord Jesus Christ. And to be clothed with the new man is to be clothed with the whole armor of God that is the words of God to be led by the Holy Ghost. We have to speak according to the utterance by the Holy Ghost; and also have to walk in the way of righteousness by the Spirit.

              In the main passage, Apostle Paul testifies of being clothed with the new man in more details unto the Philippians saying not live only for themselves, but with live with consolation for others, and comforting of love in Christ, in the fellowship of the Spirit, to be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind, nothing to be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. He also encouraged them not to look every man on his own things of others. He urged them to let the mind of Christ be in them to live being clothed with the new man. The Holy Ghost is still encouraging toward us with the same message.

            He also testifies of the mind in Christ Jesus:

Christ Jesus is in the form of God, but he made himself of no reputation. he doesn’t have to come down to the earth forsaking glorious dwelling in heaven. He forsake the thoughts of self-preservation to be a man to preserve the sinners, and he humbled himself and obeyed the Father to die on the cross of curse. He forsake self-reproduction, he was full of in his heart to bring forth eternal reproduction of man in heaven and earth, and has saved their souls through his death. Wherefore God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

            Jesus spoke unto his disciple to follow with the thoughts in him. In other word, they couldn’t follow Jesus without the mind of Christ within them:

“If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me…..  And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.”(matt. 10:38;p16:24, Mark 8:34, Luke 9:23)

             Yeah! The thoughts of the Lord Jesus was self-denial instead of self-preservation; and not self-reproduction, but reproduction of the children of God giving them eternal life through his death; his another thoughts was not the self-satisfaction, but forsaking his reputation of King of Kings and Lord of Lords to save the world from the hands of the devil instead of the pride of life. This is the reason why the Father God exalted him to the highest glory.

              What is Christian? He is the one that walk in the world with the thoughts as he walked. Christian has to put down self-preservation, self-reproduction and self-satisfaction, but to preserve others, and bring forth reproduction of the children of God through preaching the gospel, and tries to satisfy God who wants to save all men and let them come unto the knowledge of God through preaching the gospel of salvation as well as the knowledge in the wards of God. The Lord Jesus will reward crown unto them that walk with his thoughts at the judgment seat of Christ to make them reign with him forever as the royal priests. Apostle John testified of the Lord Jesus coming to reward:

“And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.”(Rev. 22:12)

Amen! Hallelujah!