Part 2 of STRONGHOLDS and STUMBLING BLOCKS: wecrymercy

Romans 12: 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.

Ti 3: 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

2 Cor 10: 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

2 Cor 10: 4 For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

2 Cor 10: 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

Well this is where the LORD has lead me next;

1. WE must be TRANSFORMED, by renewing of our mind, that ye may PROVE what is good and acceptable and perfect will of GOD.

2. Not by works of righteousness which we do, but by the WASHING OF REGENERATION, and RENEWING of the HOLY GHOST

3. Our battle is not after the flesh, to pull down strong holds

4. To cast down imaginations, EVERY HIGH thing that EXALETH itself against the knowledge of GOD.

We must being with a WORD STUDY to get an accurate understanding. Through this WORD study I believe the LORD has REVEALED that SH and SB are CAST DOWN, through the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT. OUR flesh will always WAR against the KNOWLEDGE Of GOD (his ways are not our ways), but through the SPIRIT the TRANSFORMATION, REGENERATION, and RENEWAL will come about. For the SPIRIT EMPOWERS what is OF GOD.

AT most, our FLESH can begin to HAVE GODLY SORROW as it begins to SEEK to SURRENDER to the WILL and SPIRIT of the LORD.

  or I

But the enemy that is always about our feet will war against that surrender through temptation, seeking to devour, frustrate the WILL of GOD.  Seeking to bring the SAINT into captivity, condemnation.

ONE of the SECRETS to success that the LORD has revealed to me is the DIFFERENCE between. DESIRE of the SPIRIT and the DESIRE of the FLESH:

IF I have SOUGHT to simple convince myself that I CAN’T have something the FLESH will overcome the SPIRIT.

IF I TRULY want the MIND OF CHRIST, and I  DON’T want to have the SH OR SB in my life, then the SPIRIT can being to REGENERATE, RENEWAL and TRANSFORM. 

THE MIND OF CHRIST: JESUS CHRIST the SON OF GOD, always DESIRED to do the FATHER'S WILL. As CHILDREN of GOD, our DESIRE should be to do the SAME. Have the "MIND OF CHRIST".

The difference comes with the DESIRE.

IF you or I are simply telling ourselves WE can’t have something that our FLESH desires. Our FLESH actually is EMPOWERED.  The LAW becomes a HINDRANCE to us. OUR FLESH remains in the HUNGER and THIRST stage of the strong hold or stumbling block. For the FLESH desires become so STRONG it will overcomes the SPIRIT.

IF a person is SURRENERED to the SPIRIT, and  SERIOUS does NOT WANT or DESIRE something that DEFILES the FLESH, HINDERS the SPIRIT or DESIRES the MIND OF CHRIST, then the SPIRIT is able to OVER POWER the FLESH.

It only comes through OUR  LOVE for GOD, LOVE of TRUTH, A WORSHIPFUL HEART,  that WE can be SET FREE.

ROMANS 12: 2 WE are not to be CONFORMED to this WORLD, but to be LIVING SACRIFICES to GOD, ROMANS 12: 1

Those to verses alone say a great deal about our LIVES and the way we LIVE.  

I am CONVINCED: 

Strong holds and stumbling blocks are “generally” coming from the CONFORMITY of this WORLD. 

They bind us and hold us captive to this WORLD.

They are NOT Of the MIND of CHRIST, KNOWLEDGE Of GOD, or the HOLY SPIRIT, they defile us, and hinder the GOSPEL of CHRIST.

Some Questions to ask ourselves:

Are we being HINDERED in our WALK with CHRIST, Hindered from sharing the gospel by our SH or SB? 

IS our CONSCIENCE CLEAN before the LORD and MAN?

Does this SH or SB bind or hold us captive to the WORLD for need? 
Are we Under CONVICTION by the HOLY SPIRIT? 

 IF the answer to any of the above is YES, then the LORD may want to PRICK your heart.

Then it may be TIME to SURRENDER to the CALL to begin to COME OUT of BABYLON.

 CONFESSION before the LORD is the first place to begin our WALK.

Through REPENTANCE we find FORGIVENESS, through FORGIVENESS we find HEALING.

THE SAINT Of GOD should have “GODLY DESIRES,  to be HOLY/SET APART that we be not HELD CAPTIVE to this WORLD, through these SH or SB.

LORD GIVES US the DESIRE OF YOUR HEART, that WE can be RENEWED and REGENERATED by YOUR SPIRIT to be conformed to the IMAGE OF YOUR SON.

LET us begin with a WORD study:

*WE ARE TRANSFORMED by the RENEWING of our minds.

What does it mean to TRANSFORM:

1) to change into another form, to transform, to transfigure

a) Christ appearance was changed and was resplendent with divine brightness on the mount of transfiguration.

So to TRANSFORM is something we are NOT able to do ourselves, it requires DIVINE intervention.

The RENEWING:

1) a renewal, renovation, complete change for the better

To PROVE what is good and acceptable and perfect will of GOD.

From the TRANSFORMATION we are RENEWED, renovated, come to a complete change for the better.

OBVIOUSLY HERE we see the TRANSFORMATION and RENEWAL comes through the POWER of the HOLY SPIRIT.

The FLESH can not TRANSFORM/ CHANGE itself into DIVINE BRIGHTNESS as on the mount of transfiguration.

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Titus 3: 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

WASHING in the REGENERATION:

REGENERATION:

1) new birth, reproduction, renewal, recreation, regeneration

a) hence renovation, regeneration, the production of a new life consecrated to God, a radical change of mind for the better. The word often used to denote the restoration of a thing to its pristine state, its renovation, as a renewal or restoration of life after death

b) the renovation of the earth after the deluge

Again the REGNERATION comes from the REBIRTH into the NEW LIFE consecrated to GOD. A radical change of MIND for the BETTER.

RENEWING:

*Renewing in this verse is the same as above.

1) a renewal, renovation, complete change for the better

Except this time, and as we can see this RENEWAL comes through the HOLY GHOST.

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2 Cor 10: 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

2 Cor 10: 4 For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

2 Cor 10: 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

* We need to understand that our BATTLE is not with the FLESH.

* Our WEAPONS are NOT CARNAL

* Our Weapons are MIGHTY through GOD to pull down the STRONG HOLDS in our lives.

IT Is through the SPIRITUAL WEAPONS that we are able to CAST DOWN:

“Imaginations/thoughts  that EXALTETH themselves ABOVE the KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.

We will NEVER succeed the RENEWAL, REGENARATION, or the TRANSFORMATION through our OWN FLESH.

HOWEVER, there is an IMPORTANT aspect to this.

The HEART within us is CONVICTED by the WORD of GOD (spoken or written) our FLESH becomes PRICKED by the HOLINESS of GOD. IT is through that PRICKING that we come into GODLY SORROW for what WE have done. Through that GODLY SORROW, if we SURRENDER we are brought to REPENTANCE (the cross) and then through the RESURRECTION (POWER) to be REGENARATED, and RENEWED.

The battle is a SPIRITUAL ONE:

The demonic is always under foot, seeking WHOM they may devour, desiring that we be:

Condemned

Tempted to though our Lust, James 1: 13 (don’t expect that to stop)

To steal our blessings

To KILL etc.

The LORD CALLS HIS PEOPLE to BE HOLY (SET APART), as obedient children, (ALWAYS remember we are CHILDREN)  not according to the former LUSTS in your ignorance.

1 Peter 1: 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Our Flesh Lust over many things, but the SPIRIT of GOD seeks what is OF GOD.

Those that SEEK the The MIND OF CHRIST: DESIRE what is OF GOD, HOLY,

Good, to cast off things that HINDER the gospel, that are not of GOOD REPORT.

1 Peter 1: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

+conversation—actually means in behavior.

1 Peter 1: 16  Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

*HOLY- in its simply term means to be “SET-APART”

CONCLUSION:

As “OBEDIENT CHILDREN”, we OBEY as the FATHER CALLS/ REVEALS what is NOT of HIM.

AS a CHILD of GOD, we have an INTIMATE PERSONAL relationship with our LORD and SAVIOR.   Through that CALL or REVELATION of what is NOT Of HIM, comes  the SUBMISSION and DESIRE to be "OBEDIENT CHILDREN".

GODLY SORROW begins to work in the HEART of the believer. The HOLY SPIRIT brings about the  REGENERATION, RESTORATION, and TRANSFORMATION, through our SURRENDER and OBEDIENCE.

The HOLY SPIRIT is the POWER that RESTORES, RENEWS and REGENERATES the BELIEVER through OBEDIENCE.

It is through our SPIRITUAL WEAPONS of GOD that brings our MIND into captivity, to every thought to the obedience of CHRIST

The MIND Of CHRIST DESIRES what PLEASES GOD.

SPIRITUAL WEAPONS of GOD:

1) a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities

2) the Godhead, trinity

a) God the Father, the first person in the trinity

b) Christ, the second person of the trinity

c) Holy Spirit, the third person in the trinity

3) spoken of the only and true God

Our TRANSFORMATION, REGENERATION, is a continuous act/ journey that the FATHER does for HIS CHILDREN, That we can be CONFORMED to the IMAGE Of HIS SON.

LET us SURRENDER DAILY as HE CALLS or REVEALS so the transformation, regeneration that HE desires can be brought about.

We are NOT our own, and HE knows what we can handle and what we can not. We are HIS CHILDREN. A CHILD loves HIS FATHER and seeks to OBEY. HE provides the SPIRITUAL POWER to succeed at ANYTHING HE desires for us to do.  Whatever HE has begun WE must be CONFIDENT that HE is also able to PERFORM.

PHI 1: 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:

Well AMEN, I hope that has helped you as it has HELPED me.

MY PRAYER:

I PRAISE YOU LORD for YOUR LOVE and LONG SUFFERING.
LORD I DESIRE to be an OBEDIENT CHILD, to be a WITNESS of YOUR HOLINESS/set apart. I pray that YOU will continue to patiently walk this JOURNEY with me as I seek to have the "MIND OF CHRIST", to be CONFORMED to  YOUR IMAGE as a daughter of the MOST HIGH. That YOU will continue to REVEAL what is IN ME that is NOT of YOU.

PLEASE REVEAL LORD what is in me that is a hindrance to the GOSPEL of CHRIST. It is through a REVELATION of HOLINESS that REVEALS DARKNESS and the WORLD in me. Give me a REVELATION LORD, That I may PROVE(be a witness) to what is good and acceptable the WILL OF THE FATHER.

LORD I pray you will TRANSFORM, REGENERATE and RENEW me through the POWER Of YOUR RESURRECTION/HOLY SPIRIT.  

I believe with my WHOLE heart that WHAT YOU have begun in me, and through the ABIDING IN YOU,  that YOU are ABLE to work through a surrendered heart and  will continue to bring me through CONVICTION and GODLY SORROW to the REPENTANCE (the cross) and through POWER OF YOUR RESURRECTION, to be conformed to the IMAGE of YOU. That you are ABLE and WILLING to PERFORM the good work that you have in store for my life. IN JESUS NAME, let it be so.. AMEN.

Praise be to HIS NAME, for HE IS WORTHY to be PRAISED. 

Jeremiah 29;11-13 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 

12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart