Yeshua glorified the Father by submitting to His will completely, and therefore could request the glory of the Father to be manifest in Him. "glorify you me with the glory I had with thee before the foundation of the world." John 17: 4,5 I have finished the work which you gave me to do". Yeshua said when praying to the Father, "I have glorified thee on earth. He replaces Yeshua' ministry to the believers and therefore He will do the same things which Yeshua did. Yeshua said the Holy Spirit (Ruach HaKodesh) would take His place and glorify Him (John 14:16 16:14). The 'mind of the spirit' is that motivation and desire to please the heart of God and bring glory to Him. NOTE - Those of the flesh and of the mind. In Ephesians 2: 3 it speaks of the former manner of life lived in the "lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and the mind." The 'mind of the flesh' is the inner motivations which have their outworking in the lusts of the flesh, i.e. How do we identify this 'mind' of the spirit from that which is of the flesh? THE MIND OF THE SPIRIT - THE MIND OF MESSIAH "For if you live after the flesh you will die." Romans 8:13 But it is possible to allow this nature to dominate, and if we do, the principle of death will operate in us. in the natural life) and we should not walk after the flesh, or allow the principle of the fleshly mind to dominate us so that we come under its desires and impulses. "But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you." (v.9a) So we can have two types of experience, a flow of life in union with Him, or an experience of death and separation from Him. That is, we are brought into a relationship of peace with God as we come under the control of the Spirit of God, and like wise when in the flesh that union is absent, and we are separated from the life that is in Him. In this verse, the verbal form of the word peace is used which gives the meaning of "binding together that which is separated" i.e. Thus a mind which is possessed by the Spirit renders life and peace to that person. This 'mind', is life and peace, or it could be rendered life-giving and peace-giving. The word flesh here is grammatically a genitive of possession which indicates that it is a mind possessed by and thus controlled by the flesh.Īnd likewise, to be spiritually minded is to have one's mind 'possessed' by the Spirit. The carnal mind is the 'mind of the flesh'. "For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace." The literal Greek of verse 5 would be, "For those who are habitually dominated by the flesh put their mind on the things of the flesh", and verse 6, The 'mind of the spirit' is that attitude of mind or disposition which seeks satisfaction in spiritual aspirations and desires. The 'mind of the flesh' is that attitude or disposition which seeks to gain satisfaction through unlawful (contrary to God's principles) fleshly desires. "For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh, and they that are after the spirit the things of the Spirit." Romans 8:4 speaks of either walking in the flesh or walking in the spirit, and in verse 5 it goes on to say, We will come under the dominion and control of which ever nature we yield to, and as a result we will walk according to its desires, that is, according to the thinking of that nature, either to the mind of the flesh or to the mind of the Spirit. The one to which we yield will be our master (Romans 6:16). The one which is predisposed to sinful desires, and the other (the new nature) which is according to the nature of Messiah. The believer indwelt by the Holy Spirit has two natures, the carnal and the spiritual.
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