Complete in Jesus

Your born-again spirit is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created you (Col. 3:10). First Corinthians 2:16 says, “But we have the mind of Christ,” and 1 John 2:20 says, “But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.” These scriptures show us that our spirit man is complete in Jesus (Col. 2:10). We know all things.

Mind as the Battleground

Even though that is true in your spirit, this knowledge will not profit your physical and soulish parts until you release it by renewing your mind.

Romans 12:2 says,

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

 

Our minds are the battleground. Our spirits are complete (Col. 2:10), and our bodies will do what they are told, but our soulish parts (which include our intellect) are responsible for choosing or exercising our free will. So, in that sense, a person’s soul is the master control over their whole being. For the born-again person, the spirit is the driving or life-giving force, but the soul has the final say because of free will. God will not violate our free will except in final judgment. Therefore, it is necessary that we get the “mind of Christ” (which we have received in our spirit man) functioning in our soulish minds so we can make the right choices. This happens by studying the Word of God. God’s Word is the wisdom of God (Luke 11:49), written down so that our soulish man can read and understand it. But 2 Corinthians 3:6 shows us that mere knowledge of God’s Word is not enough. We need spiritual understanding because God’s Word is spirit, and it is life (John 6:63).

From Knowledge to Wisdom

When the knowledge of God’s Word enters our soulish minds through hearing or studying, our spirits bear witness with the truth and impart wisdom, which is the ability to apply knowledge. This then becomes revelation knowledge—not just facts about God (you could program a computer with those), but the knowledge of God divinely quickened in us through our born-again spirits.

This explains why the Word of God seems to work for some people and not for others. On the surface, it may appear that everyone knows the Word, but in truth, only those who overcome have had the Word of God made alive inside of them through revelation knowledge. God’s Word works! And if we have the true revelation of God’s Word in our hearts, we will overcome the world.

Activating the Word’s Power in Your Life

How do we receive the Word of God being made alive and powerful in our lives, as Hebrews 4:12 describes? One important way is by meditating on God’s Word. Too many times, we get so hungry to learn God’s Word that we don’t take sufficient time to let the mind of Christ in our spirit man give us a full disclosure of the power that is in those words. There was a time in my life when I was so busy reading every book and going to hear every preacher that the Lord told me to stop all of that and make the truth He had spoken to me a reality in my life. I am not saying that we should stop filling ourselves with the knowledge of the Word, but we need to realize that only the Word mixed with faith (which comes from our spirit man, Rom. 10:10) will profit us (Heb. 4:2). We would be better off with a small amount of the Word that has become true revelation to us from God than with vast amounts of Scripture understood only carnally. The early disciples proved this because, compared to the completed Word of God we have today, they did not have the majority of the New Testament scriptures. The Old Covenant scriptures were not readily available to them, yet they still transformed their world.

Today’s Church Lacks Revelation Knowledge

This revelation knowledge is what has been missing in much of the religious world’s teaching of God’s Word. Carnal preachers have been putting out carnal knowledge to carnal people. Therefore, the true power of God’s Word has not been released. But in these last days, God’s revelation knowledge is beginning to flow among His people more than ever before. Believers are not responding to titles before or after a person’s name but to the power of God’s Word, regardless of which vessel it comes through, “For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power” (1 Cor. 4:20). You can have this revelation knowledge, for God has already given you the “mind of Christ” (1 Cor. 2:16).