41 CONSIDER THIS

 

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CONSIDER THIS

Today's chapter is Philippians 4

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Philippians 4.8
Finally, brothers! whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise: think about these things! What does Paul say we should do, can we always do it? Whatever is honorable, pure, true, just and lovely, we should think about it.

When we look at this verse, we can see that it is about something we should think about. That is. It is about our mind (attitude). In ourselves we do not have all the qualities that we see here that we actually need to have in order to be able to think about all these things. It is not enough that we know what we should do, it must necessarily be part of our nature that we do so. It is about being pure, just as Jesus himself is pure, otherwise we do not have the mind of Jesus Christ. If we are in Jesus, then the things we are encouraged to cultivate and set our minds on are something that is already in us. We can have the characteristics, the nature without doing it. We can easily end up living in the nature of old Adam, or the deception of our own self-righteousness, where we do it just about as well as we can.

This is not about how well we manage to do it. It is about us having to set our minds on something. So it has a lot to do with the renewing of our minds. Paul also says. We must let ourselves be renewed in our minds. We have all tried to do all the good and God-pleasing things that we are told we should do, but we have all had to admit that we cannot do what we are told we should do. We are and will be helpless in ourselves, we are powerless, without the possibility of improving ourselves.

What do we do then?
We want to do good but we can't.
We must ask God to renew our minds so that we no longer live in our old corrupt minds, which only fill us with less value and inadequacy. We must ask in faith and then we will also get the same mind if we don't already have it. Paul says. Let your minds be renewed. Here is the very core. A total renewal of mind. We sing in a verse. To be like Jesus. To be like Jesus, that is my great desire, to be like Him. If we really mean everything we go around saying and singing about. Is a new mind essential?
Many have also dedicated themselves time and time again to a new life with Jesus. They want to and mean it quite honestly the moment they do it, but they quickly lose heart and sink back into the old life and habits, which often come from them not having yet experienced a transformation of mind. I would venture to make that claim. Without a change of mind, we live a dead life, more or less under the requirements of the law, which we cannot keep to the letter.

We can also use the verse to check ourselves whether we are in the mind of Jesus Christ or in our own.
In Everyday Danish.
8 Finally, dear brothers, I urge you to gather your thoughts on what is true and noble, right and pure. Think about what is worth loving and honoring; and look at what is noble and good in other people.
Now do not think that this only applies to all men, women should also submit to what the Word says in love.
The Bible is for both sexes.
Amen