Christ Died to Make You a Biblical Thinker

CHRIST DIED TO MAKE YOU A BIBLICAL THINKER [Excerpts]

" . . . I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts" – Hebrews:8:10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
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I am convinced that the struggle of the Christian life is to think biblically. I believe every deficiency in my walk of faith is birthed out of failing to see as the Bible sees.

Why do I sometimes chase after carnal delights? Because I fail to see God as the inexhaustible source of pleasure that he is.

Why am I sometimes paralyzed by fear when I ponder the possibility of future suffering? Because I fail to see God as a loving Father who is committed to working all things for my greatest good.

Why do I sometimes lack a sense of urgency to share the gospel with my lost friends? Because I fail to see them as treasonous rebels who, if they refuse to repent, will be righteously crushed by a wrathful God.

I live wrongly because I think wrongly.

I've noticed that some Christians tend to minimize the role of the mind in the life of faith. I understand that these folks want to avoid "over-intellectualizing" walking with God and point people instead to the supernatural power available to them in the person of the Holy Spirit. However, I believe it is inaccurate and perhaps even detrimental to disconnect biblical thinking from Spirit-filled living.

We can all agree that there has never been a man more full of the Holy Spirit than Jesus Christ. Let's take a second to look at how the inconceivable amount of spiritual power within him manifested in the face of temptation.

1. When Satan tempted him to break his fast and use his power to turn stones into bread, Jesus said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"

2. When Satan tempted him to needlessly throw himself in harm's way in order to provoke the Father to saving action, Jesus said, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.'"

3. When Satan tempted him to commit idolatry in exchange for power and authority, Jesus said, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'"

The One in whom all the fullness of deity dwells bodily (Colossians:2:9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
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(Moore, “Christ Died to Make You a Biblical Thinker,” Christian Post Online, 11/27/16).