2Ti_1:7 For
God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a
sound mind.
A sound mind.
Satan gives us the
opposite. Satan doesn't want us having a sound mind. Our adversary will stop at nothing to distort
every mind he can. The goal of Satan is
to capture every mind and he will use any means necessary even taking the most
brilliant minds because they refuse truth. You can be sane by the world's
standards but spiritually possessed a very corrupt mind.
Rom 12:16 Be
of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to
men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
1Co_3:18 Let
no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world,
let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
1Co_3:19 For
the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh
the wise in their own craftiness.
1Ti_1:4
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions,
rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
1Ti_4:7 But
refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto
godliness.
2Ti_4:4 And
they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto
fables.
1Co 1:19 For
it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing
the understanding of the prudent.
1Co 1:20 Where
is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not
God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1Co 1:21 For
after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased
God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
1Co 1:22 For
the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
1Co 1:23 But
we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks
foolishness;
1Co 1:24 But
unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and
the wisdom of God.
1Co 1:25
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is
stronger than men.
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'Having become
saturated with a mishmash of everything, the mind lacks the most signal element
of all, which is spiritual insight. Countless saints genuinely love all
children of God, but unfortunately their brain is stuffed with a hodgepodge of
theories, opinions and objectives.
Quite a number of
God’s best and most faithful children are the most narrow-minded and
prejudice-filled. Already have they decided what is the truth and what truth
they shall accept. They reject every other truth because these do not blend in
with their preconceived notions. Their head is not as expansive as their heart.
Moreover, there are other children of God
whose mind can conceive no thought whatever. No matter how many truths have
been heard they can neither remember nor practice nor communicate them to
others. These have certainly heard a lot, yet they possess no ability to
express any of it. For many years they have received truths, but not even a
little can they supply for the needs of others. Perhaps they may even brag how
full they are of the Holy Spirit! What creates such symptoms is an unrenewed
mind. '
The Spiritual Man -
by Watchman Nee
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