STUDY XI. THE WORD OF GOD

 

Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. John 15:2

The word of God cleanses us.

There are three types of cleansing in Gods word.

Cleansing by the blood of Jesus from our guilt and sins and conscience. Rev 1;5, Heb 9:14.

Cleansing ourselves from the filthiness of flesh and spirit so be pure just as Christ is pure in our thoughts and motives and attitudes and deeds and speech. 2Cor 7:1, 1John 3:3.

Cleansing by the word of God. John 15:3.

Paul says that Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for it That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. Eph 5:25-27.

Our lives are full of blemishes and wrinkles and Jesus uses His word to cleanse us, and straighten us. 

When we give ourselves wholy to Gods us, our lives will become purer. Our thoughts will become purer. Our attitudes and motives will be cleansed.

Jesus prays that "Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth." John 17:17. 

Gods word purifies us. He starts with our thoughts and attitudes because most of the things we do are as a result of our thoughts and attitudes.

Paul's says that we should not be conformed to this world in our minds but allow our minds to be renewed by God's word so that we can be able to discern the will of God, which is good, complete and perfect. Rom 12:2

Paul warns that the first place the devil attacks us in order to lead us astray is in our minds. 2Cor 11:3, 10:4-5. 

to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, Instead, be renewed in your thoughts and attitudes. and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. Eph 4:22-24

We see here that the corruption starts in the mind and renewal also starts in the mind.

Peace of God is in our hearts and minds. Phil 4:7

Separation from God starts in the mind. Col 1:21

Giving up and becoming weary in our Christian walk starts in the mind. Rom 12:3

Our minds and attitudes determine whether we continue in sin or not. 1Pet 4:1.

We can conclude that if the devil captures your thought life,he has won a mighty victory over you. We must therefore soak ourselves in God's word and allow it to renew our minds. 

We must never go to Gods word in a fixed mind but an open mind and heart that is ready when you see something different from God's word that what we are used to think is right, we throw away what we have thought or practiced even if we have done it for years or we have found it in our church traditions, if it's wrong, we change our minds about it and Allow God's word to cleanse us; in our thoughts and attitudes. In our motives and action s and speech.

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