The things we believe to be true are the engine of our thought life. Our thought life is the ground on which God engages us and He commands that we take every thought captive that is not pleasing to Him. God wants to replace our thought with His thought. He wants to exchange the mind of Christ for our carnal mind. The Three Holy Lies, if believed to be true, are a major roadblock that allow us to continue to think in ways that seem right to us but are not pleasing to God. All of the thoughts we have that are based on believing the Three Holy Lies are not pleasing to God. These are the thoughts we must take captive and these are the thoughts that we must take to the cross as we crucify the seven deadly sins of self.
In this blog I have discussed the concept of living Life on a Cross. To crucify self, the process of taking thoughts captive must be integrated with the Life on a Cross model. When we are able to do that a powerful transformation begins to take place at our spiritual core. The power of God to really change us at the level of thought and motive becomes evident to us. As we become more patient, more kind, more forgiving and more obedient, we begin to authentically reflect God in our lives for the first time. This is real Christianity. This is the purpose of God. This is how we are putting on the mind of Christ.
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