Sermon Tone Analysis

We started teaching last week on *“Renewing the Mind.”*

And we’re going to pick up from there.

*I) *So if you have your Bibles with you *turn* with me *to* *ROM 8:6*.

*A) *The words *“CARNALLY MINDED”* *mean “FLESHLY MINDED,”* or *“FLESH RULED.”*

*1) **You can be* *flesh ruled* *or* *spirit ruled*, and *actually* *many Christians* *are* a little *both*.

*2) *In order *to be spiritually minded* *we must get our minds renewed to the Word* of God.

*a) **Our thought process has to change*.

*b) *For us *to become spiritually minded*, *no longer can we think according to the course of this world* *or* *as the world thinks.*

*(i) **We have to get* ourselves so *saturated in the Word* of God *so that we begin to think according to God’s Word.*

*(ii) *The *only way* that our *thought process* is *going to change* *so* that *we think in line with God’s Word* is for us to *get our minds* *renewed with the Word* of God.

*B) **According to* the *verse* we just read *in Romans*, Paul says, to be *carnally minded, **fleshly minded* or just *natural minded,* *thinking as the world thinks,* *is death.*

It *leads to DEFEAT** **or* *will **bring about FAILURE*.

*1) **Paul said to TITUS in (**TIT 1:15)* *that the defiled mind* or *the unrenewed mind* *is unbelieving*.

*a) **You can’t receive from God without believing*.

*b) **If you’re not receiving from God,* *you’re only receiving what the world has for you*, and *the world does not want to offer anything good*.

*(i) **Basically*, the *world is against you*.

*No matter where you are* *in* your *vocation* *or* *how high you’ve climbed* the corporate ladder, *someone always wants your job*.

*(ii) **The **world doesn’t want you blessed*.

*It **wants** **to take away** from you*.

*C) **But* *(**ROM 8:6)* *goes on to say**, “To be spiritually minded {is} life and peace.”*

*1) **That’s the God kind of life* *and **the peace of God** **that surpasses all understanding*.

*2) **Many times* *people** have lost their peace **and** **don’t know how to fine it**.*

*3) **And so many* *do not have** the life that God is talking about in this V* *ZOE*, *“The absolute fullness of life.”*

*a) **Jesus said in* *(John 6:63)* that *my words*, which is *the Word of God*, *is spirit and life*.

*b) **If we put these** two vs. together** **it tells us* that *if we get my mind renewed to the Word* of God, *then we will be SPIRITUALLY MINDED** and* *then we’ll have the PEACE OF GOD, **and** we’ll experience LIFE in its ABSOLUTE FULLNESS.*

*D) **2TIM 1:7*.

*1) *The words, *“**SOUND MIND**”* *comes from the root word* *“WISDOM,”* it *also means*, *“A DISCIPLINE MIND.”*

*a) **We have been given** a sound mind **and** wisdom **from God.*

*b) **But a lot of Christians aren’t walking in it.*

*2) **We have the promise** of God** for wisdom* *and* *a sound mind,* *but* *because people** don’t renew their minds to the Word** **of God* *they’re not walking in this** promise**.*

*a) **That** wisdom* *and** a sound mind* *only comes by the Word of God.*

*E) **The Bible says* *in*, *(**1st Corinthians 2:15-16) **That** those that are spiritual*, *spiritually minded* *and* *walking in the spirit* *“have the mind of Christ.”*

*1) **The spiritual person* *is the person* *that** has their mind renewed **to the Word* of God.

!!! II) ROM 12:2.

*A) **How* are you *going to **know** the** Will of God?*

*1) **1st* of all this *V says* that *there has to be a** transformation, **a change.*

*a) **A transformation from the world’s way of thinking* or you could say *“from the carnal mind/ /**to the spiritual mind**.”*

*b) **The only way* that *you get a spiritual mind* *and* *know the Will of God* *is to renew your mind* *with the Word* of God.

*B) *As I was *reading 1 commentary* (the *BKC*) it *gave some* *interesting light* on this verse.

*1) **As we get our minds renewed to the Word* of God *we will know* *what is the good*, *and acceptable*, *and perfect will of God*, but that *goes without saying**.*

In other words, it will *come automatically*.

*2) *What this *verse* is *actually saying* in the Greek is that, *as we get our minds renewed to God’s Word*, *no matter what God’s will is*, *we will know that it is good*, *acceptable*, *and* *perfect for us*.

*a) *The *important thing* that *Paul is telling us* here in this verse *is that* *we have to get our minds renewed** to the Word* of God *so* that *we’ll be changed* *and* that *we’ll be in unity with Him* in every area.

*b) *And *as that begins to happen* *the blessings of God will begin to unfold* in our lives.

*(i) **That’s when God can** truly blessed us.*

*That’s when we can walk in prosperity* *and* *walk in health* *and* *walk in victory* in this life.

*(ii) **That’s when we can have the abundant life*, *life in the fullest sense*.

*C) **Eph 4:22*.

*1) *The word *“CONVERSATION”* means *“MANNER OF LIFE*, *THE WAY OF LIFE OR CONDUCT.”*

*a) **We have to put off the old way of thinking.*

*2) *Let’s go on reading *EPH 4:23*.

*a) *The *NIV** says*, *“To be made new in the attitude of your minds.”*

(*EPH 4:23*)

!!!! b) PRO 23:7

*3) **Thinking comes from your mind*.

*a) **The way you think of yourself* *is what you will become*.

*b) **Do you want to think of yourself according to the Devil’s standards* *or* *do you want to think of yourself the way God sees you*.

*c) **God sees you as blessed*, *the head not the tail...*

*d) **That’s 1 reason why we need our mind renewed* with the Word, *so that we can see ourselves like God does*.

*(i) *“*As he thinketh in his heart*, *so [is] he*.” (Proverbs 23:7)

*(ii) *(*COL** 3:10*) *Says*, *“And have put on the new {man}, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him.”*

*(iii) *The *NIV* *says it this way*, *“And have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.”*

*(iv) *The *Barclays’ translation** says*, *“And you have clothed yourselves with the new nature,* *which is PROGRESSIVELY RENEWED,* *until it reaches fuller and fuller knowledge of God.”*

*4) **There’s something* that I found *very interesting** in this verse.*

*When it’s talking about the* *“NEW MAN”* *it’s talking about the* *“BORN-AGAIN SPIRIT.”*

*a) **This verse says* the *BORN-AGAIN SPIRIT IS RENEWED*.

*(i) *The word “*RENEWED*” literally *means*, *“TO GROW UP*, *NEW STRENGTH AND VIGOR.”*

*(ii) **As we GET A KNOWLEDGE OF GOD*, *we are GROWING UP SPIRITUALLY** and* *we’re getting a NEW STRENGTH on the INSIDE*.

*(iii) **We are being transformed* *more and more into the image of God*.

*(iv) **The Word** of God renews that new nature, **which is on the inside of us.*

*5) **Without renewing our minds* to the Word, *we can fall back to that old nature*, *that carnal, fleshly nature*.

*III) **The **1st* *thing* that *we need to do* is for us to *read*, *study*, and *meditate* *on the Word* of God.

*A) **Another thing* that *we need to do* *in renewing our minds* *is to Cast down imaginations*.

!!!! 1) Turn back to 2COR 10:4-5.

*2) **Imaginations take place in our mind.*

*But we have a weapon that can stop those imaginations* *and that is* *the Word* of God.

*a) *We need to *stop thinking on failure** **and start thinking on the Word** *of God.

*b) **When our minds are renewed to the Word* of God *you'll begin to think the way God thinks*.

*3) **Paul said in* *(Romans 8:6)*, *“To be spiritually minded is life and peace**.”*

*a) **The spiritually minded person always agrees with the Word* of God and the Spirit of God.

*(i) **For example*, *if you have a FINANCIAL PROBLEM*, you *probably* *sit down* *and think about what you should do*.

*(ii) **Right away* *your spirits says*, *“Give and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give unto your bosom.”*

(Luke 6:38).

*(iii) **But* then *the natural mind* *tries to kick in by saying*, *“Give money away*, *I’ll have less** money to pay the bills* *and even worse off.”*

*b) **But then your spirits says*, *“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mind house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground.”*

*c) **The spiritually minded person*, *the person that has their mind renewed to the Word* of God, *will side in with the Word* of God.

*(i) *But the *naturally minded person* *will override the spirit* *and* *reject the Word* of God.

*(ii) *The *spiritually minded person* *is going to act on the Word* of God, *whether they understand it or not*.

*4) **The Bible says*, *“By whose stripes ye were healed,”* *then think that you’re healed* *and* *act like you’re healed*.

*5) **The Bible says*, *“I can do all things through Christ.”*

*Then think and act like you can**.*

*6) **The Bible says*, *“My God shall supply all my needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”*

And it *also says*, *“Give and it shall be given unto you**.”*

*a) **Then think that you’re prosperous* *and* *act on the Word**.*

*b) **The Christian that has their mind renewed** to the Word** of God is going to act on it no matter what and when they do the blessings of God will begin to come upon you and even overtake you.*

*c) **When our minds are renewed to the Word* of God *we’re going to start seeing the move of God** in our lives*.

June 30, 1990 TFC Sunday AM From the book “Renewing the Mind” By Casey Treat.

Pg. 15-? and WOLCC Sun AM 1~/1~/95 Sunday, September 13, 1998.

Also preached on Sunday, September 20, 1998.