A Mind for the Holy One

 

 

Back in 2009 I started a blog entry composing. I collected all the scriptures I would refer to but never finished that article. I got bogged down with other things. Maybe one day I will find my notes and finish, "A Mind for the Holy One".

Here are the scriptures for you to read through and meditate upon:

A Mind for the Holy One

 

Deuteronomy 5:29 (ESV)
Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants[1] forever!
[1]Or sons

 

1 Samuel 2:35 (ESV)

 
And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before my anointed forever.

 

1 Chronicles 22:19 (ESV)

 
Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the Lord.” 

 

1 Chronicles 28:9 (ESV)

 
David's Charge to Solomon
“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

 

Psalm 26:2 (ESV)

 
Prove me, O Lord, and try me; test my heart and my mind.

 

Proverbs 19:21 (ESV)

 
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand. 

 

Proverbs 28:26 (ESV)

 
Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered. 

 

Ecclesiastes 1:13 (ESV)

 
And I applied my heart[1] to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.
[1]The Hebrew term denotes the center of one's inner life, including mind, will, and emotions

 

Isaiah 26:3 (ESV)

 
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. 

 

Jeremiah 14:14 (ESV)

 
And the Lord said to me: “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds.

 

Jeremiah 17:10 (ESV)

 
“I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”

 

Jeremiah 23:16 (ESV)

 
Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.

 

Lamentations 3:21-24 (ESV)

 
21 But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
22 l The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
23 they are new m every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”

Ezekiel 13:1-3 (ESV) 

 

[The Lord hates the speaking from one's heart & spirit (mind) as being the mind of the Lord!]
1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel, who are prophesying, and say to those who prophesy from their own hearts: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!’ 3 Thus says the Lord God, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! 

 

Daniel 2:30 (ESV) 

 

[Sometimes only revelation can explain a man's thoughts. Wisdom of man is limited.]
But as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your mind.

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Matthew 16:23 (ESV)

 
But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance[1] to me. For you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of man.”
[1]Greek stumbling block

Matthew 22:37 (ESV)

 
And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

 

Luke 24:45 (ESV)

 
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,

 

John 15:17-19 (New International Version)

 

17This is my command: Love each other. 18"If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. 19If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.

 

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Romans 1:28 (ESV)

 
And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.

 

Romans 7:23, 25 (ESV)

 
23 but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. 

 

Romans 8:5-7 (ESV)

 
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot.

 

Romans 12:2 (ESV)

 
Do not be conformed to this world,[1] but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.[2]
[1]Greek age [2]Or what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God

 

1 Corinthians 2:16 (ESV)

 
“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. 

 

2 Corinthians 4:4 (ESV)

 
In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

 

Ephesians 4:17-24 (ESV)

 
17 Now this I say and d testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. 19 They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. 20 But that is not the way you l learned Christ! — 21 assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, 22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.

 

Philippians 2:5-8 (ESV)

 
5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,  6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but  made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

 

Philippians 3:18-20 (New International Version)

 

18For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. 20But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

 

Philippians 4:4-9 (New International Version)

 
4Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

 

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Colossians 2:6-23 (New International Version) [It seems that a major challenge to renewing one's mind involves overcoming the human nature's love for religiosity and a "form of godliness" mindset, rooted in pride that breeds legalistic behavior and self-righteousness!]

 

6So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, 7rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

 

 8See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.

 

 9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority. 11In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature,[a] not with a circumcision done by the hands of men but with the circumcision done by Christ, 12having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

 

 13When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature,[b] God made you[c] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.[d]

 

 16Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ. 18Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions. 19He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

 

 20Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: 21"Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"? 22These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. 23Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.

 

Colossians 3:1-6 (ESV)[Thought is continued from previous chapter.]
1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory. 5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming.

 

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Hebrews 8:10 (ESV)
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 

 

Hebrews 12:2-4 (Darby Translation)
 2looking stedfastly on Jesus the leader and completer of faith: who, in view of the joy lying before him, endured [the] cross, having despised [the] shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
 3For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds.
 4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, wrestling against sin. 

 

James 1:22-25 (The Message)
 22-24Don't fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear! Those who hear and don't act are like those who glance in the mirror, walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.

 

 25But whoever catches a glimpse of the revealed counsel of God—the free life!—even out of the corner of his eye, and sticks with it, is no distracted scatterbrain but a man or woman of action. That person will find delight and affirmation in the action. 

 

1 Peter 1:13 (ESV)
Therefore, preparing your minds for action,[1] and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
[1]Greek girding up the loins of your mind

 

Revelation 2:23 (ESV)
. . . And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.