"1. We are the temple of the Holy Spirit; consequently, the God who envisioned everything and spoke the world(s) into existence lives inside of us. (See 1 Corinthians 6:19)
2. We have access to the gift of wisdom, which is one of the nine supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit listed in the book of 1 Corinthians. Think of it like the wisdom of King Solomon on steroids. (See 1 Corinthians 12:8.)" -- Kris Vallotton
It is true that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit but the context that he ignores reveals that these verses have nothing to do with "thinking bigger." They are specifically dealing with sexual immorality. This is how false teachers abuse the Bible beloved. They take a verse, rip it horribly out of context and then apply it where it does not belong. The second point is far more disturbing. We do not have access to all nine gifts of the Spirit. Vallotton believes we do because he was raised up by heretic Bill Johnson who operates a "School of the Supernatural"; where he tries to teach the gifts to people. This is of course rank heresy that violates the very Scriptures Kris references:
All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. 1Corinthians 12: 11 (ESV)
This is a perfect example of the limits Kris hates so much. This verse makes it abundantly clear that it is only the Holy Spirit who decides which gifts goes to whom and when to apportion them. That limits Kris and Bethel's ability to fleece the flock however so they teach contrary to scripture and then blame the Bible on limiting them. By the way, this is all the Bible has to say about the gift of wisdom. It does not say it is the Wisdom of Solomon on steroids. That is just hyperbole to try and prove his unbiblical point.
"3. This next one is otherworldly so I'm going to camp out here a little longer! Get this, we have the mind of Christ, which means we think like God; we are His divine think tank! (1 Corinthians 2:6-16). The Apostle Paul points out in these verses that what was a mystery to God's Old Testament people is actually revealed to us because we think like God! Read it for yourselves, "We have received the Spirit of God who knows the mind of God." Therefore since the same Spirit lives in us who lived/lives in Jesus we actually think like God. Do you want to know what God is thinking; what are you thinking? When you are right with God you think His thoughts! The Old Testament prophet went on to ask, "WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD"?" The great apostle Paul replied, we do! "We have the mind of Christ!" The mind of Christ is your X-factor, your secret weapon"But to activate your heavenly advantage you must lose the compliant, religious rule keeper, black and white mindset so you can journey out into the world of mystery, miracles, and divine mayhem. We have become predictable, boring, vanilla, uninspired people. Yet our Founder is a radical fore-thinking activist, who in three short years, altered the course of human history. Jesus transformed the way the world viewed God, money, nature, religion and kingdom life etc." -- Kris Vallotton
Vallotton likes to get mystical as does the entire Bethel crowd. Thus he once again misses the entire point. Having the mind of Christ does not mean we think like God. That is absurd. It cheapens God to our level. The Bible says that as high as the heavens are is how far above His thoughts are to ours. If Kris spent more time reading the Bible and less trying to discredit it, he might learn this. To have the mind of Christ is to share in His purpose, His Gospel and His plan for humanity. I know that must be "vanilla" for Kris Vallotton but it is crucial for those who are lost. We are not God's think tank. This comes from the false theology Vallotton has that believes God needs us on some level. That we are friends, peers, and buddies. Gaining wisdom from God means we can understand how God thinks on a particular subject -- it does not mean we think like Him. Look at how much Kris wants to commit the oldest sin recorded -- to usurp what belongs to God. To become like God. When we are right we think His thoughts? Says no biblical text anywhere.
Notice the not so subtle shift here into his anti-religion stance. In order to activate this great x-factor weapon that is the mind of Christ we must first lose the compliant, religious rule keeper, black and white mindset. Allow me to translate for you -- we must lose the Bible. What utter garbage from the pit of hell. Give me black and white truth that we can know from Scripture! Give me the verity of truth that comes from obeying God! Give me the rules. I may not be perfect and keep them all of the time but I sure want to be found trying. Keep your made up x-factors and carnal weapons of this world dreamed up by your deceitfully wicked heart. World of mystery? Divine mayhem? What in the world are you babbling about! Yes Jesus changed the entire world in three years but He did so by obeying the Father. He did so by preaching the Gospel. Sorry Kris but He was quite vanilla in those areas.
