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In our discipleship class, the question was raised, “Does letting Christ have control of our minds mean we are giving up part of our mental or intellectual capacities.” For many who reached a level of academic achievement this fear has held them back in their Christian walk. Many have the mistaken notion that being a Christian would make them devoid of logic, intellect or reason.
Many have had their minds been so structured and trained by the world that they often have had difficulty accepting the things of God. They, therefore, interpret this struggle as giving up their intellect. They don’t understand that the process state in Romans 12:2 is taking place in them. Romans 12:2 says, “Don’t be conformed to this world but be ye transforms by the renewing of your mind.” You don’t have to give up your intellect to follow Christ but your mind must be retrained or renewed by the Holy Spirit.
Coming to Christ is like believing the world was flat and suddenly finding out the world is round. All the assumptions you had about everything was based on the world being flat. Now you have to throw out all of those assumptions for a new way of thinking.
The more academic training you have the more assumptions you have to throw out. Now, a new way of thinking has to replace the old way. Living a life of faith totally reorders your way of thinking. It enhances your thinking about truth and reality because Christ is the author and sustainer of truth and reality. You will use more of your intellect, not less. But that intellect will be focused through the prism of faith.
Because of God’s Love,
Pastor Holston