Rev Goddowell Ivworin ministering on the topic:"Seeing riches with the mind of God"

In this world, there are two of kinds of man and mind which are;
1) Natural man and natural mind
2) Spiritual man and spiritual mind

1) Natural man - This kind of man cannot understand the things of the spirit because of his natural reasoning. (1 cor 2v14). This kind of man is only motivated by the five senses.

2) Spiritual man - The spiritual man is a born again man, he is superior, he has answer to all things, he cannot be manipulated and such a man cannot be motivated by five senses.

Moreover, there is a mind of the natural man and the mind of the spiritual man. (Ephesians 4v17). The mind of the natural man is seen as vanity because its motivation is by material things. This kind of mind struggles with the things of the spirit and function in calculation and reasoning while the spiritual mind thinks the spiritual things. This kind of mind cannot be ruled by materials things, God's instructions is it's standard.

Now as Christians we must look at riches with the mind of God, not with the natural mind.

Before we got born again we live and operate with the natural mind but now that we are born again we live and operate with the mind of God, view things in God's way.

Therefore, we must understand that when we got born again, our spirit man is transformed (changed) so it is our responsibility to bring the change to our mind which will enable it to manifest in the body (physical) (Romans 1v21, Romans 12v2).

There are five things that needed explanation in Romans 12v2
* Conform to this world - means don't reason like, don't be like, don't fashion like the system of this world.

* Transform - means to change continually until you become matured.

*Renewing - means to remove or to re-educate your mind.

* Mind is the intellectual aspect of the soul, where thinking reasoning takes place.

* Proof- its talk about the ability to discern and recognise what God want at anytime, without prayer, dream or prophecy.

Finally, Christians are to renew their mind through meditation in God's word. Meditation means to ponder over somethings continously until it produces the required result.

Therefore, believers are to engage in meditation day and night because our minds are renewed by meditation (Joshua 1v8, Psalm 1v1-3).

Glory!

May the Lord bless His words in our hearts in Jesus name... Amen!