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To be carnally minded (R.V. “the mind of the flesh”) is death; but to be spiritually minded (R.V. “the mind of the spirit”) is life and peace.—. Romans 8:6. This is one of St. Paul’s keen contrasts. It is expressed in language that is difficult to translate. The most literal translation possible is actually given in the Revised ...
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May 21, 2024 · The phrase "salt and light" is derived from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, found in the Gospel of Matthew. These metaphors describe Christians' role and influence in the world. Jesus used salt and light several times to refer to the role of His followers in the world. One example is Matthew 5:13: “ You are the salt of the earth.
- Seeing Spiritually
- Caleb’s Spiritual Vision
- Why Seeing Spiritually Is Important
- Samuel Didn’T Use His Spiritual Vision at First
- Elisha Teaches Us How to See Spiritually
- Seeing Spiritually Is Important
- Seeing Spiritually Is Revelation
- What Prevents Us from Seeing More Spiritually?
- A Pure Heart Sees Spiritually
- Jesus Teaches Us How to See Spiritually
First of all, the Bible says a whole lot about vision and seeing things spiritually. There’s no way to cover everything in this podcast episode, but I’m going to touch on some of the passages that give some deep insight into what it means to see spiritually and how we can do it. So let’s tackle that first idea: what does it even mean to see spiritu...
Caleb, from the tribe of Judah said, These reports frightened the people and they said But then Joshua said, All this was to no avail. The other ten spies and the people in general were afraid and didn’t trust God to help them.
The result was that the Israelites wandered for 40 years in the wilderness before God let them go back to the Promised Land. There’s a lot more to that story in Chapter 13 and 14of Numbers if you want to read the whole thing. Who had spiritual vision in this situation? Who saw things from a more spiritual perspective? Only Joshua and Caleb could “s...
Another example of why seeing spiritually is important is the story of Samuel going to anoint one of Jesse’s sons as king of Israel. I refer to this story a lot on the podcast because it has so many lessons that apply to lots of different areas of our lives. When God told Samuel to anoint one of Jesse’s sons as king, He didn’t tell him which son. T...
One more example that has helped me immensely understand what seeing spiritually is all about is when the king of Syria, or Aram depending on which Bible translation you’re reading, came to capture Elisha the prophet. When Elisha’s servant woke up that morning, they were surrounded by soldiers on horses and in chariots. The whole city was surrounde...
Why is seeing spiritually important? Without it, Elisha would have panicked like his servant. He wouldn’t have known with such conviction that God was protecting him, and he wouldn’t have known how to resolve the situation so peacefully. From these three stories, we can begin to get an idea of what it means to see spiritually. It means that we beco...
There it is, plain and simple: to see spiritually is to discern what God reveals to you. So how do we do that? How do we see what God is revealing to us? Jesus, as always, gives us some clear insights, pun intended, to whatever questions we have. He says in the Sermon on the Mount, Your eyes are literally the lens you see the world through. But met...
Well, there are all sorts of things. Jesus gives this example, again from the Sermon on the Mount. It has to do with being judgmental. Jesus says straight out, And then he gives a very graphic example of how being judgmental keeps us from seeing spiritually. When you think you can solve a problem for someone else you haven’t dealt with in your own ...
Jesus makes this clear in his beatitudes, Purity is an undistorted, clear lens that allows you to see spiritually. So, it’s really our thinking, what’s in our hearts, that allows us or prevents us from seeing spiritually. Jesus says practically the same thing We could rephrase that: These are the things that prevent you from seeing spiritually. Jes...
Jesus constantly and patiently encouraged his disciples to be more spiritually minded, and therefore enable them to see more spiritually. But at times he rebuked them because they were only judging the situation based on the outward appearance of things. The disciples finally got a more spiritual perspective of what Jesus was talking about. And eve...
Mar 17, 2014 · The Bible describes God as a healer (Exodus 15:26), says we are healed by the wounds of Christ (Isaiah 53:5), and that God heals all our diseases (Psalm 103:3). While those statements are biblical, they leave the door open to be twisted and applied in many ways that are inconsistent with the whole testimony of Scripture and our personal ...
These, he says, will lead to mature manhood, "the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" (Ephesians. 4:13). The unity of the faith is the shared understanding, in the church, of the great truths revealed in the Scriptures. Though the Scriptures are unchanging, new light is continually issuing forth from them through individual ...
The next mark of a mature Christian is spiritual discernment. This is emphasized twice in verses 9 and 10. He prays for the church’s love to grow in knowledge and “depth of insight.”. Depth of insight in verse 9 can also be translated discernment or judgment (NASB, KJV).
6 This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement."
