Sunday, September 26, 2010

Can the Brain Really Figure out the Things of the Spirit?

When we try to intellectualize the Word of God we will fail to find Truth.  Truth is only found in a relationship with Truth Himself, Jesus.  The church is being restored from the dark ages.During the dark ages man  institutionalize the church and brought it to a place of intellectualism that made the theories of man take the place of the leading of the Holy Spirit.  As in the book of Galatians we can conclude that the church was bewitched and began to use the intellect to finish what was begun in the Spirit.  You are so missing what this walk with God is really about if you spend your life trying to understand the mysteries of God through intellectual study and research.  When we label and formulate theories for understanding the Bible we actually allow intellectualism (we all have darkend intellects since the fall) which is an enemy towards the spiritual revelations that come by intimacy with God, note that the true revelations will always line up with what God has revealed in His Holy Word.  The revelations will always lift up Jesus as the Son of God and as Lord of all that call upon His name for salvation.  The intellect needs it's rightful place in the study of the Word, for we are commanded to study to be approved and to rightly divide the Word of God.  We need to be the most spiritual people on the planet but our spirituality will produce a sensibility that will amaze the world.  The church seems to divide into two camps concerning spiritualism and intellectualism.  On one hand you have the intellectual debates and constant highmindedness that uses the mind to dictate truth.  On the other exteme you have spiritualism that produces fake faith and outlandish claims that do not come to past thereby causing people to mock Christianity.  I believe the restoration of true apostolic ministry will restore the character of Christ to be seen in the people of God, the power of God released to bring forth miracles that will confirm the truth of our message concerning Jesus as Lord and the unconditionally love that can forgive in the cruelist attempts of evil to overtake us.  We will have a unity based on the Word being taught with power and a witness in our inner most being concerning truth.  Just remember when you read the Word ask the Teacher Himself to guide you into all truth (Holy Spirit teach me the ways of God) and know that He will use all of Scripture to bring you into the two commandments that Jesus revealed to us:  Love the Lord your God with all of your heart, soul, mind and strenght and love your neighbor as yourself.  Sounds easy but for it to be real the Holy Spirit will take you on a journey to completeness in Christ.  Enjoy God or you are missing what this journey is really about.....knowing God.

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