A BELIEVER DOES GOOD NOT EVIL
GAL 6:10 AS WE HAVE THEREFORE OPPORTUNITY, LET US DO GOOD
UNTO ALL MEN, ESPECIALLY UNTO THEM WHO ARE OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH.
The main reason Christ came to take away sin for man is for
man to become totally good and do good. (John 1: 29) This means that man would
no more be walking with the heart of sin but the hearts of love. The heart of evil
has given way for the hearts of love the day we received Jesus Christ as our
lord and Savior. This means that a believer walks with the mind of Christ not
the mind of man which is soaked in unbelief.
This was the heart of man.
JEREMAIAH 17:9 THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS, AND
DESPERATELY WICKED: WHO CAN KNOW IT? 10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the
reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit
of his doings.
GEN 6: 5 AND GOD SAW THAT THE WICKEDNESS OF MAN WAS GREAT IN
THE EARTH, AND THAT EVERY IMAGINATION OF THE THOUGHTS OF HIS HEART WAS ONLY
EVIL CONTINUALLY.
But the mind of a believe is different
PHIL 2: 5 LET THIS
MIND BE IN YOU, WHICH WAS ALSO IN CHRIST JESUS:
At the point of conversion an exchange took place. Christ
comes into our lives through the word by faith to give us eternal life. This is
what the bible called New Creature. There is a creation that takes place when
anyone receives Jesus Christ. It is a spiritual reality that births physical
evidence. It is new birth that takes place in the mind of the new Creature.
This would result to a new development of a new mind set in similitude of the
mind of Christ. This is what the bible calls transformation. Change of form.
Our minds changes form to be able to receive a new type of live. This is
spiritual circumcision.
COL 2:11 IN WHOM ALSO YE ARE CIRCUMCISED WITH THE
CIRCUMCISION MADE WITHOUT HANDS, IN PUTTING OFF THE BODY OF THE SINS OF THE
FLESH BY THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST.
(ROM 12: 2 2 AND BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD: BUT BE YE
TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, THAT YE MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD,
AND ACCEPTABLE, AND PERFECT, WILL OF GOD. )
1 PETER 1:14 AS OBEDIENT CHILDREN, NOT FASHIONING YOURSELVES
ACCORDING TO THE FORMER LUSTS IN YOUR IGNORANCE:
It is only by constantly renewing the mind that a believer
can overcome evil with good otherwise a believer who does not renew the mind
could easily be overcome by flesh to do evil. Evil comes from the mind.
MARK 7:21 FOR FROM
WITHIN, OUT OF THE HEART OF MEN, PROCEED EVIL THOUGHTS, ADULTERIES,
FORNICATIONS, MURDERS 22 THEFTS, COVETOUSNESS, WICKEDNESS, DECEIT,
LASCIVIOUSNESS, AN EVIL EYE, BLASPHEMY, PRIDE, FOOLISHNESS:
MATT 15: 19 FOR OUT OF THE HEART PROCEED EVIL THOUGHTS,
MURDERS, ADULTERIES, FORNICATIONS, THEFTS, FALSE WITNESS, BLASPHEMIES
No one could overcome evil with evil because the solution to
evil is not in evil. The solution to evil is in good. Devil cannot cast away
devil. Sin cannot drive away sin. That was why Christ came that sin might die.
1THESS 5:15 SEE THAT NONE RENDER EVIL FOR EVIL UNTO ANY MAN;
BUT EVER FOLLOW THAT WHICH IS GOOD, BOTH AMONG YOURSELVES, AND TO ALL MEN.
1PETER 3:9 NOT
RENDERING EVIL FOR EVIL, OR RAILING FOR RAILING: BUT CONTRARIWISE BLESSING;
KNOWING THAT YE ARE THEREUNTO CALLED, THAT YE SHOULD INHERIT A BLESSING.
To overcome evil with good we have put on the mind of Christ
ROM 12:21 BE NOT OVERCOME OF EVIL, BUT OVERCOME EVIL WITH
GOOD.
It does not matter whether people reward your good work with
evil deeds . It will not stop us from doing good.
PS 109:5 AND THEY HAVE REWARDED ME EVIL FOR GOOD, AND HATRED
FOR MY LOVE.
Grace was not given to man for evil to abound but for the regenerated
spirit to overcame the fleshy resistances in our souls and do good. This is
fruit of the spirit. GOODNESS .
GAL 5:22 BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE,
LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH.
EPH 5:9 (FOR THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS IN ALL GOODNESS AND
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH;)
We cannot bear the fruit of the spirit in evil. Our
recreated human spirit in all components produces goodness. Evil comes from a
mind that has not been renewed with the knowledge of Christ.
But and unbeliever cannot bear the fruit of the spirit no
matter how goo the act may appear. He can only be a philanthropist. When a
believer does evil it means that the believer had left the mind soured with
junks do to lack of revelation. This in turn made the believer to respond to
the dictate of the flesh by the senses.
Let us always remember that the mind of Christ needs
renewal. TO HAVE THE MIND OF Christ is
not a stagnant state of mind but a progressive state of mind that needs renewal
with the knowledge of Christ every now and again until Christ comes. This
active state helps us to do good constantly and consistently and abhor evil.
Glory to God.! Thank you Jesus
Establishing Heroes by the knowledge of Christ
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