Having a Mind Set On the Spirit by Barbie Breathitt

By Barbie Breathitt
Jesus shed His blood on Calvary so our sins could be forever removed. But if we refuse to ask for forgiveness and repent of our sin, the blood Jesus shed does not profit us. When we turn our faces away from God and ignore such a great salvation, we choose death. God has never sent anyone to hell. In His great love, God sent His only Son, Jesus, to die on a cruel cross so we could choose forgiveness from sin and obtain eternal life. Eternal life is knowing and loving the only true God. People of their own free will choose sin, death and hell. What would happen if God granted permission for the vilest of sinners to enter heaven without being born again? Could that person tolerate God's living light in his dead, perverted, dark state? Could his dull, sin-hardened conscience turn towards God and repent?
 
 
 
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Jesus shed His blood on Calvary so our sins could be forever removed. But if we refuse to ask for forgiveness and repent of our sin, the blood Jesus shed does not profit us. When we turn our faces away from God and ignore such a great salvation, we choose death. God has never sent anyone to hell. In His great love, God sent His only Son, Jesus, to die on a cruel cross so we could choose forgiveness from sin and obtain eternal life. Eternal life is knowing and loving the only true God. People of their own free will choose sin, death and hell.
 
What would happen if God granted permission for the vilest of sinners to enter heaven without being born again? Could that person tolerate God's living light in his dead, perverted, dark state? Could his dull, sin-hardened conscience turn towards God and repent? Would he be able to enter in to remain in heaven with God's radiance illuminating every flaw, sin and impurity? Could he tolerate being known to such a degree of completeness that it would cause agony and self-loathing?
 
Such a person would seek to remove himself from God's presence. Without being born again and having his sins removed, heaven would become hell (John 3:3). His life of sin would cause him to retreat back into darkness to escape a loving God. His own sinful heart would choose to spend all eternity doomed to darkness. The sinner chooses the depravity of sin and resides in darkness. Yet, because God, the Father of Light, created him to dwell in eternal light, he will not find happiness in hell's darkness or in heaven's eternal light. The righteous choose to dwell at the level of enlightenment they have received through revelation knowledge; so wherever they find themselves there is joy and contentment (Philippians 4:11).
 
He'll Reveal Himself
 
God in His great grace will reveal Himself to each individual according to the level of their desired aspiration and spiritual aptitude. The Old Testament priest Eli is a good example of God having to adjust His level of appearing due to Eli's spiritual dullness and blindness. Eli was fat and lazy. Eli lacked hunger for God and he neglected to discipline his household. So Eli lived during a time when the revelation of God was rarely heard or seen. Eli's physical eyesight had grown weak and his spiritual eyesight had grown dim mirroring his religious loss of vision. Thus the light of the Lord's lamp also waned to the point of vanishing to match Eli's narrow sight. His nonchalant dishonoring attitude toward a holy God ended in judgment. God raised up a new order of seers through Samuel who could both hear the clarion voice of the Lord and see the manifested presence of God's bright light (1 Samuel 3:1–3).
 
The Spirit of God dwells where the mind is set on the Spirit. The Spirit produces liberty, life and peace. When the mind is liberated, it is able to create and function in the miraculous, above the laws of nature. God is able to inspire a renewed mind with His higher thoughts. When we understand God's higher thoughts that come to us in our prayers, dreams and visions, we are able to walk in an advanced or elevated spiritual way of life. Enoch is an example of someone who communed intimately with God.
 
Next month I will share more about Enoch.
 
The greatest power in the universe is love.
 
Dr. Barbie L. Breathitt
 

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