{"id":767,"date":"2015-08-05T02:44:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T02:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/?p=767"},"modified":"2015-11-07T18:50:42","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T18:50:42","slug":"having-a-good-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/having-a-good-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"HAVING A GOOD MIND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-767-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/audio\/080215HavingAGoodMind.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/audio\/080215HavingAGoodMind.mp3\">https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/audio\/080215HavingAGoodMind.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/solidrockbiblechurch.com\/srbc\/audio\/080215HavingAGoodMind.mp3\" target=\"_self\" class=\"emd_dl_blue_four\" download>Download<\/a>\r\n        <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n    .emd_dl_blue_four {\r\n        -moz-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #97c4fe;\r\n        -webkit-box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #97c4fe;\r\n        box-shadow:inset 0px 1px 0px 0px #97c4fe;\r\n        background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #3d94f6), color-stop(1, #1e62d0) );\r\n        background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #3d94f6 5%, #1e62d0 100% );\r\n        filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#3d94f6', endColorstr='#1e62d0');\r\n        background-color:#3d94f6;\r\n        -webkit-border-top-left-radius:0px;\r\n        -moz-border-radius-topleft:0px;\r\n        border-top-left-radius:0px;\r\n        -webkit-border-top-right-radius:0px;\r\n        -moz-border-radius-topright:0px;\r\n        border-top-right-radius:0px;\r\n        -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius:0px;\r\n        -moz-border-radius-bottomright:0px;\r\n        border-bottom-right-radius:0px;\r\n        -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius:0px;\r\n        -moz-border-radius-bottomleft:0px;\r\n        border-bottom-left-radius:0px;\r\n        text-indent:0;\r\n        border:1px solid #337fed;\r\n        display:inline-block;\r\n        color:#ffffff !important;\r\n        font-family:Georgia;\r\n        font-size:15px;\r\n        font-weight:bold;\r\n        font-style:normal;\r\n        height:25px;\r\n        line-height:25px;\r\n        width:90px;\r\n        text-decoration:none;\r\n        text-align:center;\r\n        text-shadow:1px 1px 0px #1570cd;\r\n    }\r\n    .emd_dl_blue_four:hover {\r\n        background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0.05, #1e62d0), color-stop(1, #3d94f6) );\r\n        background:-moz-linear-gradient( center top, #1e62d0 5%, #3d94f6 100% );\r\n        filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#1e62d0', endColorstr='#3d94f6');\r\n        background-color:#1e62d0;\r\n    }.emd_dl_blue_four:active {\r\n        position:relative;\r\n        top:1px;\r\n    }\r\n    <\/style>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">INSANITY GRIPS THE WORLD.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> THERE COMES A POINT IN A HUMAN&#8217;S DEVELOPMENT WHEN THEY HAVE REJECTED GOD&#8217;S WILL SO MUCH THAT GOD ALLOWS AN INFLUENCE OVER THEM WHICH DESTROYS THEIR ABILITY TO THINK AND REASON PROPERLY.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> WHY DO PEOPLE THINK DIFFERENTLY TODAY ? THEY HAVE BEEN BLINDED. \u00a0FIRST, AS A RESULT OF\u00a0JUDGMENT FROM\u00a0GOD. SECONDLY, FROM THEM YIELDING TO THE INFLUENCE OF THE DEVIL.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>2 Corinthians 3:14<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> <strong>2 Corinthians 4:4<\/strong>\u00a0<em> In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">CAN SATAN CHANGE A PERSON&#8217;S THINKING ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">CAN GOD CHANGE IT BACK ? GOD GIVES IT TO US. BUT WE CAN LOSE IT.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>2 Timothy 1:7<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">RENEWING OF THE MIND.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Romans 12:2<\/strong> \u00a0<em>And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">1. THE WORLD HAS ALREADY CONCLUDED THAT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IS INSANE.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">**Government officials have stated that for a person to think that homosexuality is wrong or that abortion is wrong, that those people are not mentally balanced. In other words, they are calling true Christians insane.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">A. THE WORLD ACCUSED JESUS OF BEING INSANE.<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>John 10:20\u00a0<\/strong> <em>And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">HE WAS CONSIDERED INSANE BECAUSE HE SPOKE THE TRUTH AND WAS UNWILLING TO AGREE WITH THE WORLD&#8217;S LOGIC.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">B. CHRISTIANS ACCUSED OF BEING INSANE.<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Acts 26:24-25\u00a0<\/strong> <em>And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">&#8211;MISUSE OF THE GIFTS WILL CAUSE THE WORLD TO ASSUME WE ARE INSANE.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>1 Corinthians 14:23<\/strong> \u00a0<em>If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">&#8211;FALSE CHRISTIANS ARE INDEED AWAY FROM THE MIND OF CHRIST.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>1 Timothy 6:5<\/strong> \u00a0<em>Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">2. WE DON&#8217;T WANT TO ALLOW THE INSANITY OF THIS WORLD TO AFFECT US.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">A. BEING TOO SPONTANEOUS IN OUR SPEACH DOES NOT ALLOW OUR HEARTS TO BE REVIEWED BY THE SP[IRIT OF GOD. THIS RESULTS IN FOOLISH TALK.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">**THE WORLD TODAY WANTS INSTANT COMMUNICATION AND INSTANT ANSWERS. THIS IS NOT GOOD. THEY NEED TO ALLOW GOD&#8217;S SPIRIT TO WORK.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Proverbs 29:11<\/strong> \u00a0<em>A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">&#8211;O.T. JURIES SOUGHT ANSWERS FROM GOD. THEY TOOK TIME TO COME TO A DECISION. TODAY, EVERYTHING IS TRIED IMMEDIATELY IN THE PRESS, AND PEOPLE ACCEPT THOSE VERDICTS BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO BUSY TO THINK AND PRAY THINGS THROUGH.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Leviticus 24:12<\/strong> \u00a0<em>And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">B. MISINTERPRETING INFORMATION CAN MAKE A PERSON&#8217;S MIND DRAW THE WRONG CONCLUSIONS. NEBUCHADNEZZAR THOUGHT THE ACHIEVEMENTS WERE HIS OWN.<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Daniel 5:20-21<\/strong> \u00a0<em>But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">3. THOUGH INSANITY MAY BECOME EPIDEMIC, CHRISTIANS STILL HAVE POWER AND HEALING FOR THE MIND AND SOUL.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">A. WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">DOES HE FREELY SHARE THINGS WITH US ? YES ! WHAT IF ADAM AND EVE HAD SOUGHT THE MIND OF THE LORD INSTEAD OF ACTING SPONTANEOUSLY ?<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Philippians 2:5<\/strong>\u00a0 <em>Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">B. WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE REASONABLE PEOPLE. PEOPLE WHO ACT UPON GODLY LOGIC, NOT THE LOGIC OF THIS WORLD.<\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"><strong>Romans 12:1<\/strong> \u00a0<em>I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">HERE&#8217;S WHAT YOU MUST DO&#8211;<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">1. RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WORLD AND IT&#8217;S THINKING IS DOOMED.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> 2. ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THE WORLD WILL DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO INFECT YOU WITH ITS DOOMING LOGIC AND REASONING.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> 3. RECOGNIZE THAT GOD CAN HELP YOU TO RESIST THE WORLD AND ITS THINKING.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> 4. GOD ALONE CAN GIVE YOU POWER OVER ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> 5. YOU MUST SEEK GOD&#8217;S POWER, AND DESIRE TO ESCAPE THE WAYS OF THE WORLD.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> 6. SALVATION IS NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE BUT IN JESUS CHRIST.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\"> 7. YOU CANNOT BE PASSIVE. YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS OF FAITH AND FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THEM.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">\u201dHaving A Good Mind\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">A Bible Study with Dr. Ed J. MacWilliams<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica;\">080215<\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; INSANITY GRIPS THE WORLD. THERE COMES A POINT IN A HUMAN&#8217;S DEVELOPMENT WHEN THEY HAVE REJECTED GOD&#8217;S WILL SO MUCH THAT GOD ALLOWS AN INFLUENCE OVER THEM WHICH DESTROYS THEIR ABILITY TO THINK AND REASON PROPERLY. WHY DO PEOPLE THINK DIFFERENTLY TODAY ? THEY HAVE BEEN BLINDED. \u00a0FIRST, AS A RESULT OF\u00a0JUDGMENT FROM\u00a0GOD. 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