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Correcting Destructive Thought Patterns

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The key here from the text however is that when we do hear from Him, we must actually do what He says. We are often too obstinate in our walk. We think we hear from God when what we hear agrees with what we want. When it disagrees we think it must be indigestion, or that we now need to seek ten confirmations before listening. We need to be obedient to what he says to us beloved. Additionally, we need to remember that we do not need to "hear" from God directly on matters He has already told us about in the Bible. Why? Because He NEVER contradicts His Word. So if we were to find ourselves for example in an adulterous relationship today we do not need to pray to hear from God or seek His will. He has already told us what we need to do -- we just need to start being obedient to His voice. Can you imagine hearing a direct Word from God Almighty and then choosing to not listen to it? As absurd as that sounds we do it all the time! We read His Word which tells us what to do and not do and we disobey. Scripture says that the entire Bible was God-breathed -- it is His -- He wrote it! Here is what He is saying today:

 

So you must live as God's obedient children. Don't slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn't know any better then. -- 1Peter 1: 14 (NLT)

 

God is saying He understands our poor thought patterns before we came to Christ. Heck, we simply didn't know any better! When describing the great and lost city of Nineveh to the Prophet Jonah God described the inhabitants as people who cannot tell their left hand from their right! God understands our condition when we are unsaved! It is after we come to Christ and we have the Holy Spirit of God residing inside of us that He is expecting a change in the way that we think. We cannot fall back into our old ways of living or thinking.

 

Lastly, we need to put into practice what we see in Christ. When we read the Scripture about the life that He lived, what do we see? He is the model for the behavior and thought patterns we should be seeking. The Bible says we are being transformed into His image every day but on the inside, what are we choosing to stay focused on? What are we emulating? Are we still enamored with this world? This world is passing away according to the Bible and we see it with each passing day. Crimes being committed that we never would have heard about just ten years ago. Two cases of cannibalism in the United States in the past week alone. The master of this world is Satan and his efforts are starting to come to bear across this country and this world. But Jesus says do not focus on that -- remember He has already overcome this world. He says focus on what you see in Him.

 

What I see in Jesus Christ is the remainder of the key verses. First I see a God who is true. The Bible says let God be true and every man a liar. This world will sell us one miserable lie after another. Smoking disguised as pleasure. Drinking disguised as being cool. Adultery disguised as no big deal -- there is actually a website now that specializes in connecting two people seeking to commit adultery! Damnable lies from the father of lies:

 

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. -- John 8: 44 (NIV)

 

The devil is not bilingual. He only speaks lies. This world is false while Jesus Christ is true. We need to think about what is true. When I look at Jesus I also see someone who is pure and noble and right. Once again, the opposite of what I see in the world. The world is contaminated with disease and impurity. The world is morally depraved where Christ is noble. The world is simply wrong. The world has great marketing, don't get me wrong. It can sell itself well but only if we are looking to buy. We should no longer be consumers in this world. The Bible says we are merely sojourners, traveling through this world to our true citizenship -- in heaven.

 

When I look to Jesus I see someone who is lovely and admirable. Lovely to look upon because there is nothing unappealing in whom He is. Sinless, spotless, blameless. Someone to admire. Here is the truth we forget every day -- His Spirit lives inside of us! Yet we can mingle with the ugliness of this world over the beauty of Christ. We can sing about His loveliness and then go right back to the filthiness of this world. Then we wonder why we cannot get victory over our own thinking! It is because our mind is not where it is supposed to be. We mix too often with the ugliness and then try and shake it out of our mind. It doesn't work like that! We need to spend our time focusing on the list found in the key verses.

 

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