...If you were the boy,what would you have done?how much control do you have on your mind?your answer to the latter question translates to who you are because scripture says : " As a man thinkesth in his heart,so is he. Prov 23 : 7" .This carefully explain in clear terms that the way you think,translates to the kind of things you will do or you do.Hence sexual purity can be achieved with the right kind of thoughts and decisions that flood the mind. Romans 12 :2 says "Be not conformed to this world,but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,that you may prove what is that acceptable will of God(NKJV)". It carefully explains that to engage in things that go along with the acceptable will of God,of which sexual purity is inclusive;your mind has to be properly renewed.
The scripture also helps to encourage that there is a possiblilty for us not to conform with the happenings of the present generation(Sexual immorality and lust),if our mind is renewed. From verse 1,it was explaining on how we can present ourselves as living sacrifices,holy and acceptable unto God...it cntinues into verse 2 which we quoted,in other to achieve the first verse, d second one is very important;but lets me pertinent to note that its by "the mercies of God". A mind cannot be properly renewed without the assistance of the holy spirit,which gives understanding to the spirit in man(Job 32 :8) and also bears witness with our spirit that we are the sons of God(Rom 8 : 16). With a properly renewed mind, we will not engage in anything that will make us impure_ in this case sexual immorality.
Furthermore,the more your soul(in the mind) is fed on the things that the body wants,it takes it farther away from the spirit. When you mind is filled with the words of God,your intellect is properlly entrenched and guided by it..in times,when your body says:" it is time to defile"you mind reasons to the words of God,in this state the spirit is ignited and can be heard,because the words of God and the spirit walk together, this helps the mind in taking decisions,and your decision is what the Body must obey. Caution should be taken in what the mind is fed on: what you watch and what you hear(pornagraphies n Circular musics),this puts it in a clean state to repel thoughs that are sexually impure.
4 STEPS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE :
The scripture also helps to encourage that there is a possiblilty for us not to conform with the happenings of the present generation(Sexual immorality and lust),if our mind is renewed. From verse 1,it was explaining on how we can present ourselves as living sacrifices,holy and acceptable unto God...it cntinues into verse 2 which we quoted,in other to achieve the first verse, d second one is very important;but lets me pertinent to note that its by "the mercies of God". A mind cannot be properly renewed without the assistance of the holy spirit,which gives understanding to the spirit in man(Job 32 :8) and also bears witness with our spirit that we are the sons of God(Rom 8 : 16). With a properly renewed mind, we will not engage in anything that will make us impure_ in this case sexual immorality.
Furthermore,the more your soul(in the mind) is fed on the things that the body wants,it takes it farther away from the spirit. When you mind is filled with the words of God,your intellect is properlly entrenched and guided by it..in times,when your body says:" it is time to defile"you mind reasons to the words of God,in this state the spirit is ignited and can be heard,because the words of God and the spirit walk together, this helps the mind in taking decisions,and your decision is what the Body must obey. Caution should be taken in what the mind is fed on: what you watch and what you hear(pornagraphies n Circular musics),this puts it in a clean state to repel thoughs that are sexually impure.
4 STEPS OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE :
- You percieve(percieved via your five senses)
- Based on what you percieve you reason
- Based on what you reason You understand
- Based on what you understand,you take actions
This is THE MIND: A TOOL FOR SEXUAL PURITY contd
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