Christ Manifested in Us—Part 1Sample

Natural Mind and Mind of Christ

The depths of God’s life are not learned in books written by human beings. His life flows from the knowledge of Christ’s mind in us. Until we learn to live from the revelation of Christ’s mind, we will not be able to have that expression of life. We need to believe it, we need to experience it, and we need to practice it. We must experience being taught from within, so that the innermost teaching flows into our natural mind. If we do not receive it by faith, our experience of it will be delayed.

The most successful divine knowledge, the kind that produces transformation, is not the one which comes from our natural senses, but from what we hear and see with the mind of Christ. When we’re reading Scripture, we’re getting those words in with our natural eyes; when our spirit is involved, we receive the truth that produces life. That’s when it all starts to make sense. 

These words we read are intended and have the power to become spirit and life for us. The Spirit that indwells you will take from the wisdom that already resides in you, from that mind of Christ, and bear witness to that truth that you are reading. The Holy Ghost will testify and say, “This is the truth.”

The natural mind is imperfect so it has to be transformed, renewed. Yet Christ’s mind in us is perfect—it has no fault. The natural mind can be deceived, but the mind of Christ possesses all truth. The natural mind is limited, but the spiritual mind is limitless, containing all the knowledge and wisdom of Christ. The natural mind forgets things; forgetting is part of the natural process of aging. In the spiritual mind, spiritual knowledge is never forgotten because it does not come from an aging mind. It comes from within, from the spirit which is eternal in Christ. 

The natural mind can only capture what the senses experience—what we see, what we hear, what we taste, what we touch or smell. The mind of the spirit can capture what we never experienced. The Spirit within us is going to bear witness to things that we didn’t know because we weren’t there physically when they happened.

We have the mind of Christ. Believe, receive, and experience it for yourself.