TO BE SPIRITUALLY MINDED IS LIFE AND PEACE

TO BE SPIRITUALLY MINDED IS LIFE AND PEACE

God Created Everything Righteous And Perfect In The Beginning. 

God gave Adam One Commandment, but Adam broke The One Command and became a sinner. 

When Adam sinned, sin came into the whole world, to every man after him. 

God gave a list of Commandments to the Jewish people and The List of Commandments is called The Law Of God. 

God told the Jewish people to keep every Word of The Law to be Righteous. 

(RIGHTEOUS is acting in accord with Divine Law, Free From Guilt Or Sin)

When you break The Law Of God you become a sinner. 

Keeping The Law of God makes you Righteous. 

I know a lot of us, especially in the early stages of our Salvation The Law is at the forefront of our minds. What I mean is we try to keep it all so God will be happy with us. But do you remember the guilt that you had when you did not measure up? I sure do. I walked around guilty all of the time. I even thought I wasn't even Saved, so much so that I would go back down to the preacher to be Saved all over again. Guilt, guilt, guilt, that was all I carried inside of me. Then I started to read my Bible for myself. I started to read the Scriptures in 

Romans 8:1-4

There Is Therefore Now No Condemnation To Them Which Are In Christ Jesus, Who Walk Not After The Flesh, But After The Spirit. For The Law Of The Spirit Of Life In Christ Jesus Hath Made Me Free From The Law Of Sin And Death. For What The Law Could Not Do, In That It Was Weak Through The Flesh, God Sending His Own Son In The Likeness Of Sinful Flesh, And For Sin, Condemned Sin In The Flesh: That The Righteousness Of The Law Might Be Fulfilled In Us, Who Walk Not After The Flesh, But After The Spirit. 

I wondered what these Scriptures meant. Then I started to really study, my studies brought me to other Scriptures like, John 3:17-18

For God Sent Not His Son Into The World To Condemn The World; But That The World Through Him Might Be Saved. He That Believeth On Him Is Not Condemned: But He That Believeth Not Is Condemned Already, Because He Hath Not Believed In The Name Of The Only Begotten Son Of God. 

Look what these Scriptures say, You Are Not Condemned If You Believe In Jesus Christ. 

So I started looking into Jesus and His Sacrifice. 

Jesus said in John 3:3-6 

Jesus Answered And Said Unto Him, Verily, Verily, I Say Unto Thee, Except A Man Be Born Again, He Cannot See The Kingdom Of God. Nicodemus Saith Unto Him, How Can A Man Be Born When He Is Old? Can He Enter The Second Time Into His Mother's Womb, And Be Born? Jesus Answered, Verily, Verily, I Say Unto Thee, Except A Man Be Born Of Water And Of 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. Then I found The Scriptures in Luke 16:16 

THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS WERE UNTIL JOHN: SINCE THAT TIME THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS PREACHED, And Every Man Presseth Into It.

Romans 8:4-11 

That The Righteousness Of The Law Might Be Fulfilled In Us, Who Walk Not After The Flesh, But After The Spirit. For They That Are After The Flesh Do Mind The Things Of The Flesh; BUT THEY THAT ARE AFTER THE SPIRIT THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT. For To Be Carnally Minded Is Death; BUT TO BE SPIRITUALLY MINDED IS LIFE AND PEACE. Because The Carnal Mind Is Enmity Against God: For It Is Not Subject To The Law Of God, Neither Indeed Can Be. So Then They That Are In The Flesh Cannot Please God. BUT YE ARE NOT IN THE FLESH, BUT IN THE SPIRIT, IF SO BE THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELL IN YOU. NOW IF ANY MAN HAVE NOT THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, HE IS NONE OF HIS. And If Christ Be In You, The Body Is Dead Because Of Sin; BUT THE SPIRIT IS LIFE BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. But If The Spirit Of Him That Raised Up Jesus From The Dead Dwell In You, He That Raised Up Christ From The Dead Shall Also Quicken Your Mortal Bodies By His Spirit That Dwelleth In You.

Now as you can see there is a difference between the flesh and the Spirit. Carnal and Spiritually minded. Life and death. There is not both, but you are either one or the other. Jesus said THAT WHICH IS BORN OF THE SPIRIT IS SPIRIT. So I asked myself do I believe that Jesus is The Son Of God, and the answer is Yes.  So I asked myself do you have The Spirit Of Christ, and the answer is Yes. Then I asked myself for how long, when will I lose my Salvation? So I found more Scriptures in Ephesians 1:13-14

IN WHOM YE ALSO TRUSTED, AFTER THAT YE HEARD THE WORD OF TRUTH, THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION: IN WHOM ALSO AFTER THAT YE BELIEVED, YE WERE SEALED WITH THAT HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE, WHICH IS THE EARNEST OF OUR INHERITANCE UNTIL THE REDEMPTION OF THE PURCHASED POSSESSION, UNTO THE PRAISE OF HIS GLORY.

Ephesians 4:30 

AND GRIEVE NOT THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, WHEREBY YE ARE SEALED UNTO THE DAY OF REDEMPTION.

So The Bible says that if I believe in Jesus as the son of God I receive The Holy Spirit and will be sealed by Him until The Lord takes me home to be with Him Eternally. 

(Redemption means the action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or clearing a debt). One day my new body will be combined with my spirit and I will live in Heaven Eternally. That is when my Faith shall become sight. There are so many more Scriptures that I can give, but for now, just know condemnation is not of God. Jesus became guilty so I can become Righteous. 

2 Corinthians 5:21 

FOR HE HATH MADE HIM TO BE SIN FOR US, WHO KNEW NO SIN; THAT WE MIGHT BE MADE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN HIM.

Donna K Purifoy 

2/23/2023