Renew Your Mind

The New Living Translation renders  the scripture ‘Romans 12:2’ as thus; “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, But let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” One of the most needed things among the body of Christ today is having the revelation of the knowledge of the Word of God.
To understand what revelation knowledge is and how to get it functional in your life, you have to know at least some of the basics about your spirit, soul, and body. Your spirit is the part of you that was changed at salvation. II Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if any man be in a Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”

Your body and soul didn’t become totally new. They can be changed and renewed as you grow in the Lord, but that is a continuing process. (Romans 12:1-10). The only part of of you that is completely changed at salvation is your inner man or spirit. Our opening scripture admonishes thus; “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.

This born-again spirit is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him. But this knowledge will not profit the physical body until it is released by the renewing of the mind. 

Our minds are actually the battleground. Our spirits are complete and our bodies will do what they are told, but our mind (which includes our intellect) have the responsibility to choose or exercise our free will. So in that sense, a person’s soul is the master control over the whole person. 

For the born-again man, the spirit is the driving or life-giving force, but the soul has the last say-so because of the will. God will not violate our free will except in final judgement. Therefore, it is necessary that we get this “mind of Christ” (which we have recieved in our spiritual man), functioning in our minds so we can make the right choices. 

And this is done by studying the Word of God. God’s Word is wisdom of God written down so that our minds can read and understand it. 

But we must have spiritual understanding because God’s Word is spiritual and it is life (John 6:36)

We can achieve this through the renewal of our minds through His Word.