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Sunday, October
25, 2009
Continue To Give Attendance
1 Timothy 4:13 Till I come, give
attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. (KJV)
The more attendance we give to God and
His Word, the more our minds will continually be renewed which enables us
to hear His voice more clearly, to rightly divide and discern a situation
or thoughts.
The more attendance we give enables us to
remain in agreement with Him, instead of being in opposition trying to
figure it out on our own, leaning to our old way of thinking.
Colossians 1:21 And you, that were
sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath
he reconciled (KJV)
We have the mind of Christ; now it is a
matter of whether we chose to operate in it instead of leaning to our old
mind which is corrupt and alienates us from the truth that is in Him. The
old mind does not know the ways or things of God and can’t know them for
they are Spiritually discerned. For each of us it is learning to operate at
all times in the mind of Christ, the new man; remaining reconciled with
God.
Colossians 3:10 And have put on the new
man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
(KJV)
Colossians 3:1-2 If ye then be risen with
Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the
right hand of God. (2) Set your affection on things above, not on things on
the earth. (KJV)
Strong’s definition for ‘affection’ is to
exercise the mind, to be (mentally) disposed, to interest
oneself in (with concern or obedience).
Exercise the mind, be mentally disposed
on and interest yourself with things above, keeping your thoughts in
agreement with God and His Word. Another way to look at it is to practice
occupying your mind with the things above, not with the things on earth
which are perishing.
As one continues to give attendance (to
hold the mind towards) to reading, to exhortation, and to doctrine the mind
is continually exercised and renewed on those things above. In all that we
do throughout each day if we are mentally disposed on doing those things
that please our Father in heaven, then that too will enable the mind to be
continually renewed; and through this we are learning and growing,
maturing, up into Christ in all things. And able to minister to others
whether in word or in deed the love, the grace, the mercy, and the truth
and the life that is in Christ and all that we have been given in and
through Him that one more may seek to live a life godly in Christ Jesus.
So today,
Stop living in
accordance with the customs of this world, but by the new ideals that
mold your minds continue to transform yourselves, so as to find and
follow God’s will; that is, what is good, well pleasing to Him, and
perfect. (Williams New Testament, Romans 12:2)
Continue to give attendance to these
things, hold fast, and continue in them: for in doing this you shall both
save yourself, and those that hear you.
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