Love With All Your Mind
Love with all your mind.
Wisdom strengthens a wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.
Indeed, there is not a Righteous man on earth who does good and who never sins.
Ecclesiastes 7:19-20.
But by The Grace Of GOD through faith in HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST our LORD, though we will most certainly get it wrong along the way, we may now recognise whenever we are sinning before GOD, so that we may indeed overcome.
We may recognise it, but yet still, not all shall recognise it.
Overcoming is our dying to sin as is The Will and Purpose Of GOD in HIS SON for all; being Made Free (John 8:31-36) in any iniquitous thought, word or deed; according to The Purpose Of GOD In CHRIST JESUS our LORD.
It is for our not remaining living as slaves to sin, but our being Conformed to The Image Of HIS SON (Hebrews 3:12-14, Romans 6:6-14, Ephesians 6:13-18, Romans 13:12-14, 1 Peter 4:1-2, Philippians 2:5, Galatians 2:19-20, Ephesians 1:4);
because of HIS SPIRIT WHO Indwells us (2 Thessalonians 2:13-14, 2 Corinthians 3:17-18);
to Guide us into all Truth (John 14:15-16, John 14:26, John 15:26-27, John 16:7-15, Romans 8:2);
through our obedience of faith (Acts 5:32, Deuteronomy 7:12, Galatians 5:5);
growing from faith and living towards faith (Romans 1:16-17).
But the one who looks intently at The Perfect Law, The Law Of Liberty, and abides by It, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man shall be Blessed in what he does.
James 1:25.
As Paul writes by and of his Gift by The Grace Of JESUS CHRIST (Ephesians 4:7-8, Galatians 2:7-10, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11) of his work of service,
... through WHOM we have Received Grace and Apostleship to bring about obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, for HIS Name's Sake, among whom you also are the Called of CHRIST...
Romans 1:5-6.
Iniquitous: characterized by injustice, wickedness; wicked; sinful.
Now to HIM WHO Is Able to Establish you according to my Gospel and the preaching of JESUS CHRIST, according to the Revelation Of The Mystery which has been Kept Secret for long ages past, but now is Manifested, and by The Scriptures of the Prophets, according to The Commandment Of The Eternal GOD, has been Made Known to all the nations, to obedience of faith;
To The Only Wise GOD, Through JESUS CHRIST, be The Glory forever. Amen.
Romans 16:25-26.
Seek The LORD while HE may be found;
Call upon HIM while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to The LORD and HE will have Compassion on him;
And to our GOD, for HE Will Abundantly Pardon.
"For MY Thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways MY Ways," Declares The LORD.
"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are MY Ways higher than your ways and MY Thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:6-9.
'These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with Truth and judgement for peace in your gates.
'Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these things are what I Hate,' Declares The LORD."
Zechariah 8:16-17.
GOD will reject all those who depart from HIS Statutes; for their inner thoughts are unrighteousness; and for professing followers of GOD; Christians, who are known by HIM to do this, they are known and shown according to GOD'S Word as being double-minded.
(Job 27:4, Psalm 119:113-120, James 1:5-8, James 4:1-10, Matthew 6:22, Isaiah 29:13-16).
It is The Will Of GOD that our lips shall not speak evil words; neither shall our spirit meditate unrighteous thoughts; as The Truth Of CHRIST is in us.
And this, more and more; proves to be, shall be and is, the nature of those who will truly live by faith in CHRIST JESUS The LORD.
And a Christian who stands in The Truth as a child Of GOD will know to learn to walk with discretion and speak with flavour.
That is, as The LORD JESUS CHRIST Says to and of HIS Disciples,
"You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how will it be made salty?
It is good for nothing anymore, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.
"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
"Nor do men light a lamp, and put it under the peck-measure, but on the lampstand; and it gives light to all who are in the house...
Matthew 5:13-15.
This is meaning, that as a disciple Of JESUS CHRIST, learning by listening to and The Example of JESUS CHRIST and HIS Holy Apostles, and by Grace through faith The Anointing Of The HOLY SPIRIT (1 John 2:25-29, 2 Corinthians 1:20-22, 2 Corinthians 5:1-5), just as HE HIMSELF walked in The Power Of The SPIRIT in the days of HIS Flesh, when HE had emptied HIMSELF and taking the Form of a Bond-Servant (Philippians 2:1-8).
And, as The LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF Is The Light Of The world (John 8:12-36) we now walk as imitators of HIM (1 Corinthians 11:1); walking as HE Says here, to be the light of the world shining to all and just as a city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
We are not to be as hidden or deceivers before others in who we are as Christians; but In CHRIST standing in The Truth and to The Glory Of GOD now having The Mind Of CHRIST (1 Corinthians 2:15-16), in all of our conduct before and towards any.
That is, either in their presence and being regardless of distance, or our being with them face to face; as a lamp giving it's light to all who are in the house.
Nothing can be hidden from GOD.
This all means, that as a man Of GOD, for example, such as Daniel (Daniel 2:14), and regardless of situation and circumstance, in our being the salt of the earth we will always look to speak and reply with discretion and discernment.
Discernment being with prudence, The Counsel Of The LORD.
Discretion being with Godly Wisdom, in Righteous judgement with regard and taste.
And not being as flavourless.
We who belong to CHRIST, and our spirit being alive because of Righteousness (Romans 8:9-11) are, as HE HIMSELF Says and is The Will Of The FATHER, the salt of the earth.
...Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your Good works, and Glorify your FATHER WHO Is In Heaven.
"Do not think that I Came to abolish The Law or the Prophets; I did not Come to abolish, but to Fulfill...
Matthew 5:16-17.
To the pure, all things are pure.
..."Therefore, however you want people to treat you, so treat them, for this Is The Law and the Prophets.
"Enter by The Narrow Gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it.
"For The Gate is small, and The Way is narrow that leads to Life, and few are those who find It...
Matthew 7:12-14.
The words of the wise heard in quietness are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom, honour.
A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left (Matthew 25:33).
Even when the fool walks along the road his sense is lacking, and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool...
Ecclesiastes 9:17 - 10:3.
Serve The LORD with gladness;
Come before HIM with joyful singing.
Know that The LORD HIMSELF Is GOD;
It Is HE WHO Has Made us, and not we ourselves;
HIS people and The sheep Of HIS Pasture.
Psalm 100 (v 2-3).
For we do not preach ourselves but CHRIST JESUS As LORD, and ourselves as your bond-servants for JESUS' Sake.
For GOD, WHO Said,
"Light shall shine out of darkness," is The ONE WHO has Shone in our hearts to Give The Light Of The Knowledge of The Glory Of GOD in The Face Of CHRIST.
2 Corinthians 4:5-6.
The LORD Knows the thoughts of man, that they are a mere breath.
Blessed is the man whom THOU Dost Chasten, O LORD, and Dost Teach out of THY Law;
That THOU Mayest Grant him relief from the days of adversity, until a pit is dug for the wicked.
For The LORD will not abandon HIS people, nor will HE forsake HIS Inheritance.
For judgement will again be Righteous;
And all the upright in heart will follow It...
Psalm 94:11-15.
In HIM we have Redemption Through HIS Blood, the Forgiveness of our trespasses, according to The Riches Of HIS Grace, which HE Lavished upon us in all Wisdom and Insight.
HE Made Known to us The Mystery of HIS Will, according to HIS Kind Intention which HE Purposed In HIM with a view to An Administration suitable to the fullness of the times, the summing up of all things In CHRIST, things in The Heavens and things upon the earth.
In HIM also we have obtained an Inheritance, having been Predestined according to HIS Purpose WHO Works all things after The Counsel Of HIS Will...
Ephesians 1:7-11.
...that The GOD Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, The FATHER Of Glory, may Give to you a spirit of wisdom and of Revelation in The Knowledge Of HIM.
The eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is The Hope Of your Calling, what are The Riches of The Glory Of HIS Inheritance in the Saints.
Ephesians 1:18.
...but sanctify CHRIST as LORD in your hearts, always ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for The Hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behaviour In CHRIST may be put to shame.
For it is better, if GOD should Will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.
For CHRIST also died for sins once for all, The Just for the unjust, in order that HE might bring us to GOD, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
1 Peter 3:15-18.
...For The Law Of The SPIRIT Of Life In CHRIST JESUS has set me Free from The Law of sin and death.
For what The Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, GOD: Sending HIS Own SON in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, HE Condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the requirement of The Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to The SPIRIT...
Romans 8:2-4.
"Truly, truly, I Say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see (perceive) The Kingdom Of GOD."
John 3:3.
Just as Prophecy and The Word Speaks:
"Pay attention to ME, O MY people;
And give ear to ME, O MY nation;
For a Law will Go Forth from ME, and I Will Set MY Justice for a Light of the peoples.
"MY Righteousness is near, MY Salvation has Gone Forth, and MY Arms Will Judge the peoples;
The coastlands will wait for ME, and for MY Arm they will wait expectantly.
"Lift up your eyes to the sky, then look to the earth beneath;
For the sky will vanish like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a garment, and its inhabitants will die in like manner, but MY Salvation shall be forever, and MY Righteousness shall not wane.
"Listen to ME, you who know Righteousness, a people in whose heart is MY Law;
Do not fear the reproach of man, neither be dismayed at their revillings.
"For the moth will eat them like a garment, and the grub will eat them like wool.
But MY Righteousness shall be forever, and MY Salvation to all generations."
Isaiah 51:4-8.
And GOD'S Grace Is Sufficient through The faith that is in CHRIST JESUS; to the ones who have heard The Word in an honest and good heart; who hold it fast, and do indeed bear fruit (Galatians 5:22-23) with perseverance. Luke 8:4-21.
"Truly, truly, I Say to you, unless one is born of water and The SPIRIT, he cannot enter into The Kingdom Of GOD.
"That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born Of The SPIRIT is Spirit.
"Do not marvel that I Said to you,
'You must be born again.'
"The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born Of The SPIRIT."
John 3:5-8.
The mind, our mind, is the seat of reflective consciousness, comprising the faculties of perception and understanding, and those of feeling, judging, determining.
The Greek word we know as, Nous.
Not all who will profess The Name will hear this or will want to hear this.
Not all have faith.
And just as The Risen LORD JESUS did for HIS Disciples, written in Luke 24:45, HE Does for all who will truly live believing in HIM; who will live by faith in HIM to follow HIM (John 12:26, 2 Corinthians 5:6-11);
...Then HE Opened their minds to understand The Scriptures,
and HE Said to them,
"Thus It Is Written, that The CHRIST should suffer and Rise again from the dead the Third Day; and that repentance for Forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed In HIS Name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
"You are witnesses of these things.
"And behold, I AM Sending forth The Promise Of MY FATHER Upon you; but you are to stay in this city until you are Clothed with Power from On High."
Luke 24:45-49.
The Promise of The FATHER; this Power from On High The LORD JESUS Speaks of is of GOD Giving HIS HOLY SPIRIT to those who live believing in HIM.
But not all like to live to retain GOD in their knowledge as they sojourn in their time here on earth, and shall fall away, also following after strange and varied teachings and being puffed up in their fleshly mind toward their maintaining the deeds of the flesh, rather than knowing to live to die to them so that they may indeed live on Eternally.
...he is conceited, understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of The Truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain.
But Godliness is a means of great gain, when accompanied by contentment.
1 Timothy 6:4-6.
Whereas,
To the pure, all things are pure;
but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled.
They profess to know GOD, but by their deeds they deny HIM, being detestable and disobedient, and worthless for any Good deed.
But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for Sound Doctrine.
Titus 1:15 - 2:1.
Oh, The Depth of The Riches both of The Wisdom and Knowledge Of GOD!
How unsearchable are HIS Judgements and unfathomable HIS Ways!
For who has known The Mind Of The LORD, or who became HIS counselor?
Or who has first given to HIM that it might be paid back to HIM again?
For from HIM and Through HIM and To HIM are all things.
To HIM The Glory forever. Amen.
I urge you therefore, Brethren, by The Mercies Of GOD, to present your bodies a living and Holy sacrifice, acceptable to GOD, which is your Spiritual service of worship.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the Renewing of your mind, that you may prove what The Will Of GOD is, that which is Good and Acceptable and Perfect.
For through The Grace Given to me I say to every man among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have Sound judgement, as GOD has Allotted to each a measure of faith.
Romans 11:33 - 12:3.
...For who has known The Mind Of The LORD, that he should instruct HIM?
But we have The Mind Of CHRIST.
1 Corinthians 2:16.
The thoughts of the Righteous are just, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Proverbs 12:5.
Our thoughts determine who and what we are, along with and having as much gravitas before GOD as our words and deeds; which show to all the truth of the heart within us.
Gravitas: seriousness or sobriety, as of conduct or speech.
Sobriety: solemnity; the state or character of being solemn; earnestness; gravity; impressiveness.
Evil plans are an abomination to The LORD, but pleasant words are pure.
Proverbs 15:26.
Now I exhort you, Brethren, by The Name Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, that you all agree, and there be no divisions among you, but you be Made Complete (Perfect) in the same mind and in the same judgement.
1 Corinthians 1:10.
If we are not of the same mind and seeking always to agree, that there be no divisions among us as as followers of CHRIST JESUS (this requires the humility that the arrogance in hypocrisy does not and cannot posses), then we are not walking The Narrow Path to being Made Complete in the same mind and in the same judgement.
And The Word Of GOD is final in all matters; which humility and zeal for GOD permits to be heard, and which pride and arrogance refuses, even blindly.
...and that you be Renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the New self, which In GOD has been Created in Righteousness and Holiness Of The Truth.
Therefore, laying aside falsehood, speak Truth, each one, with his neighbour, for we are members Of one another.
Ephesians 4:23-25.
Just as the Apostle Paul writes to Timothy, and which applies to all; meaning every single one of us who will profess The Name JESUS CHRIST as LORD:
...and that from childhood you have known The Sacred Writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to Salvation through faith which is in CHRIST JESUS.
All Scripture is inspired By GOD and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in Righteousness; that the man Of GOD may be adequate, equipped for every Good work.
I solemnly charge in The Presence Of GOD and Of CHRIST JESUS, WHO Is to Judge the living and the dead, and by HIS Appearing and HIS Kingdom:
Preach The Word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.
For the time will come when they will not endure Sound Doctrine; but to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires; and will turn away their ears from The Truth, and will turn aside to myths.
But you, be sober (self-restrained of spirit) in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
2 Timothy 3:15 - 4:5.
Consequently, our thoughts equally so, shall determine our final and eternal abode.
And this Proverb, always in the Spiritual sense of riches and honour;
The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, but everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapour, the pursuit of death.
Proverbs 21:5-6.
It is why we are, as Christians, to have a mind that thinks over things, to meditate and reflect in all we will come across in our walk, and it is not to have a mind as we did before in our ignorance to The Truth Of GOD, which we all once had when we were dead in our transgressions and without hope in the world, being in our fleshly mind, as it is in all the ways according to the flesh; and shall indeed remain so, to death, if we will live remaining in them.
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
Ephesians 2:1-3.
But now we are to have an acquired ability in Godly Knowledge; the Spiritual; in our mind being Renewed By The HOLY SPIRIT. And we will have; if indeed we do walk in a manner so as to know The Washing of Regeneration And Renewing By The HOLY SPIRIT;
..."For this is The Covenant that I Will Make with the house of Israel after those days, Says The LORD;
I Will Put MY Laws into their minds, and I Will Write them upon their hearts.
And I Will Be their GOD,
And they shall be MY people.
"And they shall not teach everyone his fellow Citizen, and everyone his Brother, saying,
'Know The LORD,'
For all shall know ME, from the least to the greatest of them.
"For I Will Be Merciful to their iniquities, and I Will Remember their sins no more."
Hebrews 8:10-13.
But if we remain in our sins, being contrary to Grace, showing not to have The Law in our minds, and written upon our hearts, then how may GOD remember our sins no more, when they are wilfully, even if blindly, ever before HIM?
HE cannot.
Because of The Message Of The Gospel; repentance for Forgiveness of sins, and The Power Of GOD in It toward the Righteousness Of GOD in the believer, there now can be none with excuse.
For by One Offering for sin, Once for all: JESUS CHRIST, GOD Has Perfected for all time those who are Sanctified; of whom The HOLY SPIRIT Bears Witness in us, that we ourselves bear witness to The Truth.
Romans 1:16-17, Hebrews 10:14-39, Romans 8:12-17, John 15:26-27.
Therefore, gird your minds for action, keep sober (keep self-restrained of spirit), fix your hope completely on The Grace to be Brought to you at The Revelation Of JESUS CHRIST.
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts in your ignorance, but like The Holy ONE WHO Called you, be Holy yourselves also in all your behaviour; because It Is Written,
"You shall be Holy, for I AM Holy."...
1 Peter 1:13-16.
...And we know that The SON Of GOD Has Come, and has Given us Understanding, in order that we might know HIM WHO Is True, and we are In HIM WHO Is True, In HIS SON JESUS CHRIST.
This Is The True GOD And Eternal Life.
Little children, guard yourselves from idols.
1 John 5:20-21.
Having now Godly sentiment, Godly disposition; and being a product of a Saving faith, and not of the evil as we only knew to do before,
...And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind in evil deeds, yet HE has now Reconciled you in HIS Fleshly Body through death, in order to present you before HIM Holy and blameless and beyond reproach - if indeed you continue in The faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from The Hope Of The Gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all Creation under Heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister.
Colossians 1:21-23.
And though only GOD Alone Knows every thought and intention of each and every heart of each and every living soul; even before we ourselves know it of ourselves, we do have the ability to clearly discern what the Spiritual state of the mind of a another is, through and because of their words and deeds.
And of course, others may and should do so also with us.
For The Word Of GOD Is Living and Active and Sharper than any two-edged sword, and Piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
And there is no creature hidden from HIS Sight, but all things are open and laid bare to The Eyes Of HIM with WHOM we have to do.
Hebrews 4:12-13.
Then The LORD Saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 6:5.
And HE was Saying,
"That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man.
"For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride foolishness.
"All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man."
Mark 7:20-23.
O LORD, THOU Hast Searched me and Known.
THOU Dost Know when I sit down and when I rise up;
THOU Dost Understand my thought from afar.
THOU Dost Scrutinize my path and my lying down and Art Intimately Acquainted with all my ways.
Even before there is a word on my tongue, behold, O LORD, THOU Dost Know it all.
THOU Hast enclosed me behind and before and Laid THY Hand Upon me.
Knowledge too wonderful for me;
It is too high, I cannot attain to It...
Psalm 139:1-6.
How we think is the person that we are; and the person that we are is ultimately shown in our words and deeds; and it all stems from the heart.
As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects man.
Proverbs 27:19.
And if a river is polluted, then everything within it is poisoned also, being tainted by the pollution of its life sustaining source.
But in this life it is not such a sorry state for those, though in the world yet not being of the world; who are truly In CHRIST; WHO Is The Way And The Truth And The Life.
Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to The LORD,
And HE Will have Compassion on him;
And to our GOD,
For HE Will Abundantly Pardon.
Isaiah 55:7.
"As for you, my son Solomon, know The GOD Of your father, and serve HIM with a whole heart and a willing mind; for The LORD Searches all hearts, and Understands every intent of the thoughts.
If you seek HIM, HE Will let you find HIM; but if you forsake HIM, HE Will Reject you forever.
1 Chronicles 28:9.
And for many, in their standing as a Christian, their mind and attitude of their heart is not what it should be as a Christian according to CHRIST.
And such as this Scripture, despite their own profession of faith, they prove yet still to be true of themselves;
Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may lengthen his life, still I know that it will be well for those who fear GOD, who fear HIM openly.
But it will not be well for the evil man and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear GOD.
There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are Righteous men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked.
On the other hand, there are evil men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the Righteous.
I say that this too is futility.
Ecclesiastes 8:11-14.
One day we all shall give account to GOD, WHO does not need to examine to consider further any that they should go before GOD in Judgement. Job 34:21-23.
The LORD Knows those who are HIS.
2 Timothy 2.
And The LORD JESUS has warning for us all; a warning for every Christian which we are to understand in the Spiritual sense and which no one who does evil; living according to the flesh, shall escape the consequence in wrongdoing thereof in how we will treat one another; whether we do it blindly, or not:
..."But if that evil slave says in his heart,
'My master is not coming for a long time,' and shall begin to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect and at an hour which he does not know, and shall cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; weeping shall be there and the gnashing of teeth.
"Then The Kingdom Of Heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom...
Matthew 24:48 - 25:1.
We are to keep sober in spirit; that is, self-restrained of spirit.
Before GOD there is equal importance as to the state of our mind as there is to our heart, soul and strength.
Because if one is tainted by fleshly traits then all is tainted by fleshly traits.
It is why The LORD JESUS CHRIST Says that to attain to Eternal Life we must do this:
"You shall love The LORD your GOD with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and your neighbour as yourself."
(Luke 10:27, Matthew 22:37-40, Mark 12:29-34, Matthew 7:7-27, 1 John 4:19 - 5:4, Romans 8:8-14, James 2:8).
If we do not know purity of mind, then we cannot possibly know to have a Cleansed heart, and what we bring forth, in our words and deeds is not of The Divine Nature, which then, and according to GOD, shall leave us both unfruitful and useless in The True Knowledge Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
2 Peter 1:1-11.
Just as a fig tree does not produce olives and a vine does not produce figs, so we then cannot by any means of ourselves, that is, our flesh, produce what is of The Wisdom From Above:
That being, first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and Good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
James 3.
Some believe that they can continue in their sin, their fleshly ways, being in an unrepentant state, not understanding Godly repentance, and will still enter into The Kingdom Of Heaven.
So much so that they are blind to what it is they do and they cannot recognise The Scriptures which warn and which tell them contrary to their belief and actions.
But if we have lived in a way determining not to know The LORD GOD Cleansing our heart, then our spirit; our vital principle by which we are animated and how we perceive, is still being led in our own strength and wisdom, and is producing only the fleshly traits which lead to death:
Immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these.
Then our soul is condemned to being Judged along with the unbelievers because of our living in unbelief; borne out by our conduct, word and deed.
We have refused, we have denied The Grace Of GOD in our living and have lived insulting The SPIRIT Of Grace:
In us, Grace and Truth have not truly come into existence; being Wrought In GOD Through JESUS CHRIST.
"And this is Eternal Life, that they may know THEE, The Only True GOD, And JESUS CHRIST WHOM THOU Hast Sent..."
John 17:3.
But Grace is sufficient for the one who, though they will find themselves still sinning, and will hate and feel contrite in heart and spirit through and because of their sin, in their still getting it wrong along the way, it is that they recognise this of themselves and are grieved by it.
And in the process of their Sanctification, because of their faith in GOD, through repentance, they shall overcome in that they will know the death of the flesh.
...'He who overcomes shall thus be Clothed in white garments; and I Will Not Erase his name from The Book Of Life, and I Will Confess his name before MY FATHER, and before HIS angels.
'He who has an ear, let him hear what The SPIRIT Says to The Churches.'
Revelation 3:5-6.
...For The Law was Given through Moses; Grace and Truth were realised Through JESUS CHRIST.
No man has seen GOD at any time; The Only Begotten GOD, WHO Is In The Bosom Of The FATHER, HE Has Explained.
John 1:17-18.
What John is stating here in verse 18, in where he writes,
'No man has seen GOD at any time,' is in the direction of the thought, that no man has seen GOD at any time.
The Greek word John uses which we have translated as 'seen' gives prominence to the discerning mind.
Consequently, this now means to us all, as The Only Begotten GOD: MESSIAH JESUS The LORD has Explained HIM, that what is in the thoughts of a man is what is in his heart and his heart is the man he truly is; and both his strength and life comes from his Source.
Hear my cry, O GOD;
Give Heed to my prayer.
From the end of the earth I call to THEE, when my heart is faint;
Lead me to The ROCK that is Higher than I.
For THOU Hast been a Refuge for me, a Tower Of Strength against the enemy.
Let me dwell in THY Tent forever;
Let me take refuge in The Shelter Of THY Wings. [Selah.
Psalm 61 (v 1-4).
And it is all of these; heart, mind, soul, strength, as one entity, which makes up the living soul; the living soul who, to live or to die, shall exist forever in whichever state they chose to be in throughout the course of this life.
But thanks be to GOD, WHO Always Leads us in HIS Triumph In CHRIST and Manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of HIM in every place.
For we are a fragrance Of CHRIST to GOD among those who are being Saved and among those who are perishing; to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to Life.
And who is adequate for these things?
For we are not like many, peddling (corrupting) The Word Of GOD, but as from sincerity, but as from GOD, we speak In CHRIST in The Sight Of GOD...
2 Corinthians 2:14-17.
As the Apostle Paul writes to the faithful In CHRIST, and in his words showing that it is a constant growth to maturity, living from faith and towards faith in the cleansing of heart, mind and soul, in GOD'S Strength;
...Now may our LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF And GOD our FATHER, WHO Has loved us and Given us Eternal Comfort and Good Hope By Grace, Comfort and Strengthen your hearts in every Good work and word.
Finally, Brethren, pray for us that The Word Of The LORD may spread rapidly and be Glorified, just as also with you; and that we may be Delivered from perverse and evil men; for not all have faith.
2 Thessalonians 2:16 - 3:2.
My soul waits in silence for GOD only;
From HIM Is my Salvation.
HE Only is my Rock and my Salvation, my Stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken.
How long will you assail a man, that you may murder, all of you,
Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence?
They have counselled only to thrust him down from his high position;
They delight in falsehood;
They bless with their mouth, but inwardly they curse. [Selah.
My soul, wait in silence for GOD Only, for my Hope is from HIM.
HE Only Is my Rock and my Salvation, my Stronghold; I shall not be shaken.
On GOD my Salvation and my Glory rest;
The Rock of my Strength, my refuge is In GOD.
Trust in HIM at all times, O people; pour out your heart before HIM;
GOD Is A Refuge For us. [Selah.
Psalm 62:1-8.
When my heart was embittered and I was pierced within, then I was senseless and ignorant;
I was a beast before THEE.
Nevertheless I am continually with THEE;
THOU Hast Taken Hold of my right hand.
With THY Counsel THOU Wilt Guide me, and afterwards Receive me to Glory.
Whom have I In Heaven but THEE?
And besides THEE, I desire nothing on earth
My flesh and my heart may fail, but GOD Is the Strength of my heart and my Portion forever.
For behold, those who are far from THEE will perish;
THOU Has Destroyed all those who are unfaithful to THEE.
But as for me, the nearness of GOD is my Good;
I have made The LORD GOD my Refuge, that I may tell of all THY Works.
Psalm 73:21-28.
"I love THEE, O LORD, my Strength."
The LORD is my Rock and my Fortress and my Deliverer.
My GOD, my Rock, In WHOM I take refuge;
My Shield and The Horn Of my Salvation, my Stronghold.
I call upon The LORD, WHO Is Worthy to be praised, and I am Saved from my enemies.
Psalm 18:1-3.
..."The LORD has Rewarded me according to my Righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands HE Has Recompensed me.
"For I have kept the ways of The LORD, and have not acted wickedly against my GOD.
"For all HIS Ordinances were before me;
And HIS Statutes, I did not depart from them.
"I was also blameless toward HIM, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
"Therefore The LORD has Recompensed me according to my Righteousness, according to my cleanness before HIS Eyes.
"With the kind THOU Dost Show THYSELF Blameless;
With the pure THOU Dost Show THYSELF Pure,
And with the perverted THOU Dost Show THYSELF Astute.
"And THOU Dost Save an afflicted people;
But THINE Eyes are On the haughty whom THOU Dost abase.
"For THOU Art my Lamp, O LORD;
And The LORD Illumines my darkness.
"For By THEE I can run upon a troop;
By my GOD I can leap over a wall.
"As for GOD, HIS Way Is blameless;
The Word Of The LORD Is Tested;
HE Is A Shield to all who take refuge In HIM.
"For who is GOD, besides The LORD?
And who is a Rock, besides our GOD?
"GOD Is my Strong Fortress;
And HE Sets the blameless in HIS Way.
2 Samuel 22:21-33.
Isaiah 12.
The LORD GOD Is our Everything.
It is why the Apostle Paul wrote,
But The Goal of our Instruction is love from a Pure (meaning, Cleansed) heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion, wanting to be teachers of The Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.
But we know that The Law is Good, if one uses it lawfully, realising the fact that Law is not made for a Righteous man, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mother's, for murderers and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to Sound Teaching, according to The Glorious Gospel Of The Blessed GOD, with which I have been Entrusted...
1 Timothy 1:5-11.
And it is why he would end such as his letters to The Church at Corinth, Galatia, Phillipi, Thessalonica, and his letters written personally to Timothy, Titus and Philemon with:
The Grace Of The LORD JESUS CHRIST be with your spirit.
And all of the words of these letters are to us, both the instruction and the example, and also as the final word in them says:
The Grace Of The LORD JESUS CHRIST be with your spirit.
For this reason also, since the day we first heard, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be Filled with The Knowledge Of HIS Will in all Spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that you may walk in a manner worthy of The LORD, to please in all respects, bearing fruit in every Good work and increasing in The Knowledge Of GOD;
Strengthened with all Power, according to HIS Glorious Might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to The FATHER, WHO Has Qualified us to share in The Inheritance of the Saints In Light.
Colossians 1:9-12.
Grace comes through (is by reason of) our faith.
And The Grace Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST is with our spirit when we live walking according to HIM; according to GOD, in The Knowledge Of GOD; Strengthened with all Power, according to HIS Glorious Might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience.
And accordingly, we ourselves will know to have grace toward all others; in like manner of JESUS CHRIST to us and to all; WHO Humbled HIMSELF by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross, Coming into the world HIS First Time The MESSIAH, not to Judge but to Save.
If we do not have that same Spirit as is In JESUS CHRIST, and so we are not walking being mindful to crucify our flesh with its passions and desires, and as a constant throughout all our living to our having CHRIST Formed in us, then, according to GOD and HIS Word to us all, we do not belong to HIM. Romans 8:5-9.
Now those who belong to CHRIST have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
If we live By The SPIRIT, let us also walk By The SPIRIT.
Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.
Galatians 5:24-26.
...that The GOD Of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, The FATHER Of Glory, may Give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the Knowledge of HIM.
The eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is The Hope Of HIS Calling, what are The Riches Of The Glory of HIS Inheritance in the Saints, and what is The Surpassing Greatness of HIS Power toward us who believe, in accordance with the working of Strength Of HIS Might which HE Brought About In CHRIST, when HE Raised HIM from the dead, and Seated HIM at HIS Right Hand In The Heavenly...
Ephesians 1:17-20.
The eyes of the heart is, metaphorically, the eyes of the mind, the faculty of knowing.
CHRIST JESUS is to love with all your mind. For GOD Is love. 1 John 4:7-8.
...in WHOM the whole building, being fitted together is growing into a Holy Temple In The LORD; in WHOM you also are being built together into A Dwelling Of GOD In The SPIRIT.
Ephesians 2:21-22.
There are no grey areas.
We are either Of GOD, or we are of the world.
The former has Eternal Life abiding in them, and their living bears witness to this, according to CHRIST.
The latter does not and shall perish.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from GOD; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
By this you know The SPIRIT Of GOD: every spirit that confesses that JESUS CHRIST has Come in the flesh is from GOD; and every spirit that does not confess JESUS is not from GOD; and this is the spirit of antichrist, of which you have heard that is coming, and now it is already in the world.
You are from GOD, little children, and have overcome them; because Greater Is HE WHO Is in you than he who is in the world.
They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.
We are from GOD; he who knows GOD listens to us; he who is not from GOD does not listen to us.
By this we know the spirit Of Truth and the spirit of error.
1 John 4:1-6.
This;
every spirit that confesses that JESUS CHRIST has Come in the flesh is from GOD,
means; every person that acknowledges JESUS CHRIST in their living, not believing contrary to Sound Doctrine, not still living knowing as they only knew to do before; being according to the flesh, but as a New creation, being shown in their words and deeds as truly being of JESUS CHRIST; thinking and speaking the same as HIM: these are from GOD.
Because JESUS MESSIAH has indeed Come, and accordingly, those who now live Through HIM shall now, through and because of their believing in HIM, acknowledge this in declaring as one, openly in praise and celebration of this fact through their living in all of how they now show to live; knowing and seeking the Unity Of The SPIRIT in the bond of Peace.
Hence is why the very next thing John then writes for us to recognise is,
and every spirit that does not confess JESUS is not from GOD... (1 John 2:18-19, Jude: 19, Psalm 41:9)
In their living, openly refusing both Prophecy and The Word Of GOD in The New Testament as to The Witness Of CHRIST in the believer, they are not thinking and speaking as JESUS; and so they do not live confessing JESUS before men. Luke 12:8-9.
And despite their claim to being a Christian, they are not Of GOD; and this is the spirit of antichrist, of which you have heard that is coming, and now it is already in the world.
To refuse this is to refuse GOD in not taking HIM at HIS Word, but rather believing in men; their gospel which is not another gospel; their own interpretation of Scripture, and is to be calling GOD a liar; which is also refusing HIS Witness as to HIS Work and The Testimony Of JESUS in us through our faith in JESUS CHRIST, according to The Word and The SPIRIT Of Truth: The SPIRIT Of Holiness.
The Testimony Of JESUS Is The Spirit of Prophecy. Revelation 19:7-10, Hebrews 8:7-12, Romans 3:21-26, 2 Peter 1:19.
If we receive the witness of men, The Witness Of GOD Is Greater; for The Witness Of GOD Is this, that HE has Borne Witness concerning HIS SON.
The one who believes in The SON Of GOD has The Witness in himself; the one who does not believe GOD has made HIM a liar, because he has not believed in The Witness that GOD Has Borne concerning HIS SON.
And The Witness Is this, that GOD has Given us Eternal Life, and this Life is In HIS SON.
He who has The SON has The Life; he who does not have The SON Of GOD does not have The Life.
These things I have written to you who believe in The Name Of The SON Of GOD, in order that you may know that you have Eternal Life.
1 John 5:9-13.
And this is written in order for you to recognise those who do not walk knowing to understand what means to live being Renewed in the spirit of the mind, of putting on the New self, which In GOD has been Created in Righteousness and Holiness Of The Truth, so that you are not deceived and taken in by them and being led astray by them.
Many are, and in doing so, before GOD and according to HIS Apostles who are indeed Apostles By The Will Of GOD, in their doing so then they are participating in their evil deeds. 2 John: 1-13.
"That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born Of The SPIRIT is Spirit..."
John 3:6.
Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, then you may be Saved.
How long will your wicked thoughts lodge within you?
Jeremiah 4:14.
The LORD Knows the thoughts of a man, that they are a mere breath.
Psalm 94:11.
To love with all the mind is to love with all the heart, soul and strength also; and is keeping The Greatest and Foremost Commandment in loving The LORD your GOD with all that you are.
If we do not love with our faculty of understanding, feeling, desiring, then we do not have the love of GOD in ourselves; heart, soul and strength.
In keeping The Greatest and Foremost Commandment is how we then keep the second which is like it; to love your neighbour as yourself.
...If someone says,
"I love GOD,"
and hates his Brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his Brother whom he has seen, cannot love GOD WHOM he has not seen...
1 John 4:20.
'Seen,' in the direction of the thought, giving prominence to the discerning mind.
If anyone speaks and acts in a manner contrary to love; being benevolence; the desire to do only Good to others according to GOD; and so being contrary to the true understanding of agape, then he/she is a liar who by virtue of his/her own actions proves he/she does not know; does not discern so as to know to love GOD.
...And This Is The Commandment we have from HIM, that the one who loves GOD, should love his Brother also.
Whoever believes that JESUS Is The MESSIAH Is born Of GOD; and whoever loves The FATHER loves the child born Of HIM.
By this we know that we love the children Of GOD, when we love GOD and observe HIS Commandments (John 13:34-35, John 15:12-14).
For this is the love of GOD, that we keep HIS Commandments; and HIS Commandments are not burdensome.
For whatever is born Of GOD overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith...
1 John 5:1-4.
If we do not love, it is that we do not truly see GOD: we do not truly see GOD in the discerning mind, no matter how much we ourselves proclaim of ourselves that we do.
And to know this, in that we profess only this in our living, and do not live being in denial of it and so being found lying against The Truth, is to honour GOD.
Love does no 'wrong' to a neighbour, and in this statement, what is 'wrong' is being all that is contrary to CHRIST; contrary to Divine Authority.
It cannot be any clearer, that is, apart from truly knowing it with all the heart and soul and mind for oneself; and then HE will be your Strength: HIS Word as A Lamp to your feet and A Light to your Path, Put in the mind in understanding and Written on the heart, to know The LORD GOD WHO Is your trust.
You will not be afraid, what can anyone do to you? Psalm 56, Romans 8:33-39.
Faith, and Eternal Life.
And this love is only fully known in life by our putting on The LORD JESUS CHRIST and making no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts and desires. Faith. Romans 13:8-14.
And as The LORD JESUS Says of looking upon a woman to lust after her, that adultery has already been committed in the heart (Matthew 5:27-28), being, before GOD, as guilty as the one who physically commits the act of adultery, so then to us is all sin.
...For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from The FATHER.
And the world is passing away, and its lusts; but the one who does The Will Of GOD abides forever...
1 John 2:16-17.
To be guilty of breaking one Commandment is to be guilty, and guilty of all
(James 2:10-13, Ezekiel 18:30-32, Ezekiel 33:11-20, Psalm 66:16-18, Psalm 119:111-120).
If our thoughts are impure before GOD (whatever the thought may be which breaks The Commandment), then before GOD we have committed that impurity in our heart.
It is why we are Instructed to take every thought captive to the obedience of CHRIST, bearing the knowledge that there is no Law against The Fruit Of The SPIRIT:
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.
And if we have committed in our heart what is contrary to Divine Authority, and do not know repentance towards our overcoming, then our soul and strength is merely according to the flesh; we are not walking By The SPIRIT, and our heart and what comes forth from it defiles us. Mark 7:20-23.
Love with all your mind.
...For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the Weapons Of our warfare are not of the flesh, but Divinely Powerful for the destruction of fortresses, destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against The Knowledge Of GOD, and taking every thought captive to the obedience of CHRIST...
2 Corinthians 10:3-5.
If you then have been Raised Up with CHRIST, keep seeking the Things Above, where CHRIST Is, Seated at The Right Hand Of GOD.
Set your mind on the Things Above, not on the things that are on earth.
For you have died and your life is Hidden With CHRIST In GOD.
When CHRIST, WHO Is our life, is Revealed, then you also will be Revealed with HIM In Glory.
Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion (affection not within proper limits), evil desire and greed, which amounts to idolatry.
For it is on account of these things that The Wrath Of GOD Will Come Upon the sons of disobedience, and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.
But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, abusive speech from your mouth.
Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its practices, and have put on the New self who is being Renewed to A True Knowledge according to The Image Of The ONE WHO Created him...
Colossians 3:1-10.
Flesh and blood cannot Inherit The Kingdom Of GOD; nor does the perishable Inherit the Imperishable.
For this perishable must put on the Imperishable, and this mortal must put on Immortality.
But when this perishable will have put on the Imperishable, and this mortal will have put on Immortality, then will come about the saying that Is Written,
"Death is swallowed up in victory.
"O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
The power of death is sin, and the power of sin is The Law; but thanks be to GOD, WHO Gives us the victory Through our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Therefore, my Beloved Brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in The Work Of The LORD, knowing that your toil is not in vain In The LORD.
1 Corinthians 15:53-58.
"Let The Name Of GOD be Blessed forever and ever,
For Wisdom and Power Belong to HIM.
"And It Is HE WHO Changes the times and the epochs;
HE Removes kings and Establishes kings;
HE Gives Wisdom to wise men, and Knowledge to men of understanding.
"It Is HE WHO Reveals the Profound and Hidden things;
HE Knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with HIM...
Daniel 2:20-22.
