Each of these states is horrible. We value our sanity, our mental faculties. But have we placed too much value on a `normal` mentality?
Conformity is good when it is to the Word and the Holy Spirit. Otherwise it is evil.
In order for the New Spirit being to manifest in our flesh, we must be transformed in mind, emotions and will (our soul).
When we are transformed we receive the wisdom and power of the Lord to do the work of Christ Jesus in our mortal bodies.
What is the good and acceptable and perfect will of our Lord? ➛ It is that none perish 2Pe 3:9, ➛ it is that all be healed 1Pe 2:24, ➛ it is that all prosper 3Jn 1:2.
How is the Lord`s will proved? ➛ By the manifestation of evidence. What evidence? ➛ salvation, healing and prosperity.
Hence, the only thing holding us back from experiencing the best that the Lord has for us is our minds.
Let the Mind Of Christ be in you. - Phi 2:5
Jesus made it possible for us to be accepted by His Holy Spirit through His blood sacrifice Eph 1:6. Once cleansed He made it possible for us to receive His Holy Spirit Luk 24:49. The Holy Spirit of Christ is who raised Christ Jesus from the dead Rom 8:11. He told us that greater deeds would we do as a result of receiving that gift Joh 14:12.
But, in order for us to realize our potential we must `realize our potential` 1Jn 3:2. As we think in our hearts so are we Pro 23:7. For me or you to reach our potential in Christ we must believe what He said about us to the extent that we allow it to transform our thoughts, words and deeds Rom 12:2.
The Mind Of Christ is achieved by knowingly and willingly being transformed by the Word and Holy Spirit Phi 2:5. We must desire to have the Mind Of Christ and we must feed on what He fed on to arrive at the same place He did Mat 5:6.
Jesus said the Kingdom Of Heaven is at hand when He walked the earth Mat 4:17. In the Word and Holy Spirit we can manifest heaven on earth Mat 12:28. It is His will but is it yours? Eph 3:20
The Holy Spirit formed Jesus in Mary`s womb for the purpose of manifesting Himself in the body of Jesus.
Since the Holy Spirit did this, Jesus did not think it presumptuous for Him to be equal with the Holy Spirit.
It is this thinking in His mind and heart that enabled Him to speak the words of the Holy Spirit and by the power of the Holy Spirit to do the works of the Holy Spirit - just as He had done in the beginning when He created all things.
It is clear from the verses above that we need to lose our mind and take on the Mind Of Christ.
Because we were born with a Sin Nature and we live in a fallen world our minds are corrupt. We must have our minds renewed so that we cease being Carnal Minded and become Spiritual Minded.
Being Spiritual Minded can only be done ➛ by our New Spirit being ➛ operating through our Soul ➛ which has been transformed by the Word and Holy Spirit.
In that state our thinking, meditations, speech and actions reflect Truth and we experience Abundant Life
Carnal Minded is the opposite. ➛ It is disconnected from the Word and the Holy Spirit. ➛ It ignores our New Spirit existence. ➛ It continues to operate in the flesh.
In that state there is only disappointment, discouragement, disillusionment and death.
Jesus did not think like others. He did not talk like others. He did not act like others.
Jesus was different, but He was better!
If we are to be better, we must be willing to be different from man and be like our Lord.
Without a change to our thinking, we won`t change at all.