The Spiritual Man

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The Laws of the Mind
With his mind renewed, the child of God may
marvel at its power. He is emancipated from sluggish
and nonessential activities. His ability to concentrate
becomes much sharper, his understanding more
perceptive, his memory more alert, his reasoning more
explicit, and his outlook less confined. He Works more effectively,
thinks more comprehensively, and grasps the thought of others more
easily. In addition, he receives spiritual knowledge with an open
mind because he is now free from the language of his own petty
experience and released into the boundless World of spiritual
knowledge. Every prejudice and preconceived notion towards God’s
Work are removed, enabling his mind to undertake the Work which
before Was impossible and to bear responsibility two or three times
that Which he formerly could bear.
The reason the Christian’s mind is ineffective today is because it
has not yet been renewed. Yet even once renewed, there is no
guarantee that it may not again be harassed by the old mentality. If
the Christian does not relentlessly oppose his traditional Way of
thinking he shall unconsciously turn back to it. As he needs to deny
the Work of the flesh and daily follow the spirit, so he must resist the
old mental Way and daily think according to the renewed mind. Such
vigilance is absolutely essential; otherwise he Will return to his old
state. Retrogression is all too possible in spiritual life. Unless a child
of God is watchful following his mental renewal, he can still believe
in the enemy’s lie and once again through passivity give him ground.
In order that he may maintain his mind continually in the renewed
state, it being renewed day by day, he needs to appropriate its laws.
As the spirit has its laws, so the mind has too. We shall mention a
few of these, the practice of which will assure victory to the believer.