A BELIEVER DOES GOOD NOT EVIL

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 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) ¶ The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, HERE IS THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SIN OF THE WORLD! BBE

This means that man supposed 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.  

1CO 2:16 FOR WHO HATH KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM? BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST

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 should be  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 to die to free us from sin so that good will dwell in man.

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 to put on the mind of Christ

ROM 12:21 BE NOT OVERCOME OF EVIL, BUT OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD.

GA 3:27 FOR AS MANY OF YOU AS HAVE BEEN BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST HAVE PUT ON CHRIST.

ROM 13:14 BUT PUT YE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND MAKE NOT PROVISION FOR THE FLESH, TO FULFIL THE LUSTS THEREOF.

 

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 overcome 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. Evils do not come from a mind that has been renewed with the knowledge of Christ.

But an unbeliever cannot bear the fruit of the spirit no matter how good 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 due 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

 

Apostle Nwonye Steve

Revealing Christ.

 

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