It’s All in Your Mind

even says in verse 18, that "i.n mtJ, 1/.nh d.mdhlh ll.D- tJL}-M t.hiniJ." But Christians' bodies can be stronger than their minds. Matthew 26:41 reminds us that, "du l,pi.,J1 i.ndttd u toillhuJ, hul du /lnh u mm.k." Verse 23 says, ";] .ttt a.Jfb.l.h.u I.am i.n lftlJ, nu.n,/my_ [that is. the body or flesh], WllllUUJ- tllJflUUl du lmn o/ mJJ, mind and lwi.nguuJ nu i.nhJ- ~---" In verse 22 Paul delights. "ill lJu. Ima o/. (Ji,d a/fa du bu.o.oNL mnn." He really is a spiritual person, but he has a war between his flesh and his mind. His mind, touched by the Holy Spirit, knew how he should act and yet the world has told him that the action af the flesh is ethical and popular, so it must be all right And then the illustration naturally flows to chapter eight. If a believer in Christ will walk after the spirit moment by moment, he will not be a carnally minded Christian characterized by mental miserableness. Are there further results of the carnal mind than the three mentioned in Romans eight? In 1 Corinthians 3:1,2, we find that the carnally minded believer cannot be taught the Word of God in depth.. "dbu/. 'd, hulltun, ~ NM ~ wtk- IJbU tu un/JJ. .tp.i. ,ih.ud , 1ml {U_ unlA- tt1RUil, mm (ll antt,_ ha.bn ... 'd- 1wm,_ Id ,µa wi1k mil.k and nDl tD1JI,, meal..." Carnally minded Christians are babies. In verse three we read, "... glun. u ll.llWIYJ- tpJU ~ and mip,, and din.i.uoM.L" The cause of all envy and division and strife, beginning in the individual life as well as in the family and the local church, is carnal. fleshly minded Christians. But notice the rest af verse three, "d/.u ,µ m,l ~ and wulk tLl mot?" In other words, Paul is saying, "You look like a sinner; you act like a sinner; you talk like a sinner; you think like a sinner." And yet, according to 1 Corinthians 1, these Corinthians were saved and sanctified. When the believer in Christ fashions his thinking after the world, the flesh will take over. Although he may appear happy, the true Christian will be inwardly and mentally condemning himself. Most of the mental anguish in Christians can be traced to a desire to fit into the world in which they live and the so-called popularity that it offers. Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 10:4 and 5, "<ft,,. du unapMt,L o/. tJ1LJt- l.Olll</.an an. nJJJ. ~ baJ. miLp,hJ. lhmm;Jt ~ l.o- lJu. pn/lHUJ, dbllJn n/ &utmlJ, holdA; t2a.duuJ, donm. imag1.n.nJi.Mu. {that's a mental word1 and '-DUY, hi,µ,, llti.mJ llw.J ,:,nit,//,_ iJ..ulJ. atJ,Dilul flu /tmbl.OUIUJ£ tJ/ fµ,d, an.d lwi.nguuJ mkJ. m.p.fiolJ.g, t.OUIJ- f1w.tujJ,J. IJJ. iJu ~ o/. t2/ui..d.,, 32