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The Bible goes into some detail on the whole armor of God. It mentions the parts of this armor: truth, righteousness, the readiness of the gospel of peace, faith, salvation, and the word of God. Even so, it may seem hard to take hold of these parts of your armor and use them. They must become the center of your daily life.

Here’s a problem. Some Christians understand deism is a false doctrine. They know it’s wrong to say, “God created everything and then ran off somewhere far away.” They know God is a personal God. They point out that deists say God doesn’t answer prayer or perform miracles.

They know all this. And yet, they don’t glorify God by acknowledging God’s moment-by-moment leading and teaching in every situation. They find a comfortable place somewhere between full dependency on God and full dependency on their own abilities. They look for something lukewarm since they don’t want to be hot or cold. They want to avoid extremes. They just want to be double-minded, but they don’t want to apply the term “double-minded” to themselves. By the way, I’m struggling with the same tendency to lean on my own understanding. Are you?

Double-mindedness won’t work with what’s coming. God has a plan and pattern for avoiding double-mindedness.

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Double-mindedness won’t work with what’s coming.

The Bible goes into some detail on the whole armor of God. It mentions the parts of this armor: truth, righteousness, the readiness of the gospel of peace, faith, salvation, and the word of God. Even so, it may seem hard to take hold of these parts of your armor and use them. They must become the center of your daily life.

Here’s a problem. Some Christians understand deism is a false doctrine. They know it’s wrong to say, “God created everything and then ran off somewhere far away.” They know God is a personal God. They point out that deists say God doesn’t answer prayer or perform miracles.

They know all this. And yet, they don’t glorify God by acknowledging God’s moment-by-moment leading and teaching in every situation. They find a comfortable place somewhere between full dependency on God and full dependency on their own abilities. They look for something lukewarm since they don’t want to be hot or cold. They want to avoid extremes. They just want to be double-minded, but they don’t want to apply the term “double-minded” to themselves. By the way, I’m struggling with the same tendency to lean on my own understanding. Are you?

Double-mindedness won’t work with what’s coming. God has a plan and pattern for avoiding double-mindedness.

THIS IS A SERIOUS HOUR

You can be double-minded in several ways. If you depend on your own rationalizing mind so you try to mix your own thoughts and fleshly desires with God’s revelation, you will be double-minded. If you do that, you become spiritually confused because you are adding to God’s utterances or filtering out some of God’s utterances.

If you expose yourself to the many ungodly influencers, you will be double-minded. You could give yourself to newsrooms, classrooms, novels, movies, fact-checkers, or other methods by which ungodly minds seek to mold you to their ways of thinking. The messages of Rationalism, Secularism, Humanism, Evolutionism, Old-earthism, Scientism, Naturalism, and Materialism infuse every form of media and education in the same way the Holy Spirit infuses the Scripture. Can you hold fire in your laps without burning your clothes? If circumstances force you to listen to these influencers, you must be on your guard. And you must be more intimately close to Christ. You need to ask the Holy Spirit to protect your mind and keep you on the track of truth.

the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. ~ Psalm 1:5

The wicked won’t be able to stand when the judgement comes. You live in a serious hour. You must become single-minded toward Christ. You must give up your allegiance to the worldly systems. You must even give up your loyalty to your own ideas. You must allow the Holy Spirit to continue to lead, teach, and correct every part of your thinking.

Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand. ~ Ephesians 6:13

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You live in a serious hour

You can be double-minded in several ways. If you depend on your own rationalizing mind so you try to mix your own thoughts and fleshly desires with God’s revelation, you will be double-minded. If you do that, you become spiritually confused because you are adding to God’s utterances or filtering out some of God’s utterances.

If you expose yourself to the many ungodly influencers, you will be double-minded. You could give yourself to newsrooms, classrooms, novels, movies, fact-checkers, or other methods by which ungodly minds seek to mold you to their ways of thinking. The messages of Rationalism, Secularism, Humanism, Evolutionism, Old-earthism, Scientism, Naturalism, and Materialism infuse every form of media and education in the same way the Holy Spirit infuses the Scripture. Can you hold fire in your laps without burning your clothes? If circumstances force you to listen to these influencers, you must be on your guard. And you must be more intimately close to Christ. You need to ask the Holy Spirit to protect your mind and keep you on the track of truth.

the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. ~ Psalm 1:5

The wicked won’t be able to stand when the judgement comes. You live in a serious hour. You must become single-minded toward Christ. You must give up your allegiance to the worldly systems. You must even give up your loyalty to your own ideas. You must allow the Holy Spirit to continue to lead, teach, and correct every part of your thinking.

Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand. ~ Ephesians 6:13

Listen to God’s voice wholeheartedly.

Ungodly news, advice, and entertainment media act like a great false prophet in the earth. These are ungodly counselors. Keep in mind their goal is a godless society. If you follow ungodly counselors, you won’t be able to stand on the coming evil day. Some Christians try to split themselves between walking in the Spirit and walking in the world. They will never have spiritual stability. They won’t be found faithful.

Globalists are now trying to set up their godless new world order. If God allows them to have their way, it will be an evil day.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked ~ Psalm 1:1 Berean Study Bible

King James Version says, “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly.”

God is looking for those who will listen to His voice wholeheartedly. The double-minded will receive nothing from the Lord. If you try to straddle the fence, you’ll never develop discernment to tell God’s voice from your own thoughts or voices of demons. You won’t know the difference between God’s voice and the wicked ideas of ungodly people.

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God is looking for those who will listen to His voice wholeheartedly.

Ungodly news, advice, and entertainment media act like a great false prophet in the earth. These are ungodly counselors. Keep in mind their goal is a godless society. If you follow ungodly counselors, you won’t be able to stand on the coming evil day. Some Christians try to split themselves between walking in the Spirit and walking in the world. They will never have spiritual stability. They won’t be found faithful.

Globalists are now trying to set up their godless new world order. If God allows them to have their way, it will be an evil day.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked ~ Psalm 1:1 Berean Study Bible

King James Version says, “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly.”

God is looking for those who will listen to His voice wholeheartedly. The double-minded will receive nothing from the Lord. If you try to straddle the fence, you’ll never develop discernment to tell God’s voice from your own thoughts or voices of demons. You won’t know the difference between God’s voice and the wicked ideas of ungodly people.

 

DOUBLE-MINDED

You can be double-minded in many ways, but there’s a common theme. If you depend on human intellect along with following the Holy Spirit, you are double-minded. You make a provision for the flesh. You add your own ideas to God’s revelation and leading. You follow ungodly council. You might follow ungodly news, advice, and entertainment media. You might follow ungodly education. You may read ungodly magazine articles. Often, these aren’t openly sinful, but they’re godless. They look at life from a humanist perspective. Some have a spirituality, but they don’t carry the spirit of Christ. Those are the worst. Until you develop spiritual maturity, these can draw you in and deceive you.

God warned me about these decades ago. He called them “the great false prophet.” Since those days, I see they’re part of a great false prophet system that seeks to filter and control every message. They pander to human cravings and lusts. They stir up envy, jealousy, fear, and anger. They know sex sells.

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You can be double-minded in many ways

You can be double-minded in many ways, but there’s a common theme. If you depend on human intellect along with following the Holy Spirit, you are double-minded. You make a provision for the flesh. You add your own ideas to God’s revelation and leading. You follow ungodly council. You might follow ungodly news, advice, and entertainment media. You might follow ungodly education. You may read ungodly magazine articles. Often, these aren’t openly sinful, but they’re godless. They look at life from a humanist perspective. Some have a spirituality, but they don’t carry the spirit of Christ. Those are the worst. Until you develop spiritual maturity, these can draw you in and deceive you.

God warned me about these decades ago. He called them “the great false prophet.” Since those days, I see they’re part of a great false prophet system that seeks to filter and control every message. They pander to human cravings and lusts. They stir up envy, jealousy, fear, and anger. They know sex sells.

Wisdom is the flow of Christ’s Spirit through you

Wisdom isn’t a physical substance like a bottle of water. God doesn’t give you a bottle of wisdom for you to use as you see fit. Wisdom is the flow of Christ’s Spirit through your being. He’s like a flowing river of water. If you cut off the Source, the flow stops. If you hinder the flow, the flow dwindles. Wisdom is Christ leading you and empowering you for righteousness, but you must listen and yield. You can’t fight or argue against Him without negative consequences. Double-mindedness pollutes His flowing stream of wisdom.

That means when the Holy Spirit transfigures you, He’s transfiguring you into a creature who flows with the love of God. When Christ is fully formed in you, you won’t be an independent little christ. You’ll be fully joined to Christ in unity as a particular member of Christ’s body. You’ll be joined to Christ the head and the body of Christ. His wisdom will flow through you. You’ll be completely in submission to Him and dependent on His power flowing through you. He’ll do His works through you by His might. He’s your Head, and you’re a part of His body. He’s transfiguring you into the specific part of His body He created you to become. He’s fitting you into His body.

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Wisdom is the flow of Christ’s Spirit through your being

Wisdom isn’t a physical substance like a bottle of water. God doesn’t give you a bottle of wisdom for you to use as you see fit. Wisdom is the flow of Christ’s Spirit through your being. He’s like a flowing river of water. If you cut off the Source, the flow stops. If you hinder the flow, the flow dwindles. Wisdom is Christ leading you and empowering you for righteousness, but you must listen and yield. You can’t fight or argue against Him without negative consequences. Double-mindedness pollutes His flowing stream of wisdom.

That means when the Holy Spirit transfigures you, He’s transfiguring you into a creature who flows with the love of God. When Christ is fully formed in you, you won’t be an independent little christ. You’ll be fully joined to Christ in unity as a particular member of Christ’s body. You’ll be joined to Christ the head and the body of Christ. His wisdom will flow through you. You’ll be completely in submission to Him and dependent on His power flowing through you. He’ll do His works through you by His might. He’s your Head, and you’re a part of His body. He’s transfiguring you into the specific part of His body He created you to become. He’s fitting you into His body.

Don’t lose your ability to see the difference between good and evil

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.~ Luke 11:33-36

You must make a decision. You can try to straddle the fence, but it won’t work. What you think is Light in you will be darkness if you’re double-minded. The double-minded person will receive nothing from the Lord. No wisdom! If you don’t fully trust God, you’ll trust your own mind and observations. You might even trust the minds and observations of others. If you try to go both ways at once, you won’t be able to receive God’s wisdom. You’ll lose your ability to see the difference between good and evil. You won’t know reality from make-believe.

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the difference between good and evil

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.~ Luke 11:33-36

You must make a decision. You can try to straddle the fence, but it won’t work. What you think is Light in you will be darkness if you’re double-minded. The double-minded person will receive nothing from the Lord. No wisdom! If you don’t fully trust God, you’ll trust your own mind and observations. You might even trust the minds and observations of others. If you try to go both ways at once, you won’t be able to receive God’s wisdom. You’ll lose your ability to see the difference between good and evil. You won’t know reality from make-believe.

Double Minded

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. ~ James 1:5-8

You receive wisdom if you ask God for it. He gives you wisdom liberally. He leads. He teaches. He corrects. It’s all there for the asking. All you have to do is ask in humility without the hypocrisy of doubting. When you fear, you are doubting. When you allow the enemy to discourage you, you are doubting. When your fear leads you into anger, you are doubting.

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A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Double Minded

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. ~ James 1:5-8

You receive wisdom if you ask God for it. He gives you wisdom liberally. He leads. He teaches. He corrects. It’s all there for the asking. All you have to do is ask in humility without the hypocrisy of doubting. When you fear, you are doubting. When you allow the enemy to discourage you, you are doubting. When your fear leads you into anger, you are doubting.

If you are Christ’s student, He teaches you the truth.

If you continually live, move, and have your being in Christ’s utterance, you are truly His disciple. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

It means you will be Christ’s disciple if you continually live, move, and have your being in His utterance, but what is a disciple? A disciple is a student or pupil.

If you live, move, and have your being in Christ’s utterance, you are truly His student. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

Let’s simplify that.

If you continually live, move, and have your being in Christ’s utterance, He teaches you as His student. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

Now, this is starting to make sense. If you are Christ’s pupil or student, He is teaching you the truth. If you’re following Christ, then He’s leading you. He’s speaking to you all the time. He’s correcting you sometimes. You need to listen. You need to seek Him and enquire of Him. You need to ask Him for direction and believe He will direct you. You need to stop resisting Him and second-guessing Him. You need to submit to Him when He corrects you. You need to stop being double-minded.

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If you are Christ’s pupil or student, He is teaching you the truth.

If you continually live, move, and have your being in Christ’s utterance, you are truly His disciple. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

It means you will be Christ’s disciple if you continually live, move, and have your being in His utterance, but what is a disciple? A disciple is a student or pupil.

If you live, move, and have your being in Christ’s utterance, you are truly His student. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

Let’s simplify that.

If you continually live, move, and have your being in Christ’s utterance, He teaches you as His student. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

Now, this is starting to make sense. If you are Christ’s pupil or student, He is teaching you the truth. If you’re following Christ, then He’s leading you. He’s speaking to you all the time. He’s correcting you sometimes. You need to listen. You need to seek Him and enquire of Him. You need to ask Him for direction and believe He will direct you. You need to stop resisting Him and second-guessing Him. You need to submit to Him when He corrects you. You need to stop being double-minded.

Christ’s word, Christ’s utterance

If you continue in Christ’s word, Christ’s utterance, you are truly His disciple. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

What is the utterance of Christ? You need to understand that. You must continue in Christ’s utterance. What is that? How can you do that? Let’s find the answer to that.

Let’s look at the Greek word translated as “continue.” It means the following:

abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, not to depart, to be held, to be kept continually, to live, and to remain as one.
You could say the word “continue” means to live, move, and have your being continually in His utterance. So you’re living in Christ’s utterance continually. That still seems foggy. What does that mean?

If you continually live, move, and have your being in Christ’s utterance, He teaches you as His student. If you turn your will and attention to Him and listen to His voice, then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

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What is the utterance of Christ?

If you continue in Christ’s word, Christ’s utterance, you are truly His disciple. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

What is the utterance of Christ? You need to understand that. You must continue in Christ’s utterance. What is that? How can you do that? Let’s find the answer to that.

Let’s look at the Greek word translated as “continue.” It means the following:

abide, continue, dwell, endure, be present, remain, stand, not to depart, to be held, to be kept continually, to live, and to remain as one.
You could say the word “continue” means to live, move, and have your being continually in His utterance. So you’re living in Christ’s utterance continually. That still seems foggy. What does that mean?

If you continually live, move, and have your being in Christ’s utterance, He teaches you as His student. If you turn your will and attention to Him and listen to His voice, then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.

CONTINUE IN CHRIST’S LEADING

God’s promise to you in John 8:31a-32 is conditional. You must continue in Christ’s word—whatever that means. Let’s start with Jesus’ word. What is Jesus’ word? Looking up the original language, the Greek word “logos” means “utterance.” It’s His spoken word, the statements He makes. His word is His logos, which is God’s utterance. If you prayerfully read the first chapter of John in the Bible, you find this utterance can’t be separated from Christ. In the beginning was the Word, the Logos, the Utterance, and the Logos was God. And the Logos was the Light that lights every person who comes into the world. Jesus Christ reveals Himself and speaks to every person who comes into the world. Some listen. Others flee from the Light.

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Continue In Christ’s Utterance

God’s promise to you in John 8:31a-32 is conditional. You must continue in Christ’s word—whatever that means. Let’s start with Jesus’ word. What is Jesus’ word? Looking up the original language, the Greek word “logos” means “utterance.” It’s His spoken word, the statements He makes. His word is His logos, which is God’s utterance. If you prayerfully read the first chapter of John in the Bible, you find this utterance can’t be separated from Christ. In the beginning was the Word, the Logos, the Utterance, and the Logos was God. And the Logos was the Light that lights every person who comes into the world. Jesus Christ reveals Himself and speaks to every person who comes into the world. Some listen. Others flee from the Light.