As a Christian, it’s important how you think and what you think about. You’re not of this world; therefore, you shouldn’t think like an ordinary person. Don’t say, “I’m American or I’m Australian, as a result, there’s a way I think.” No! When you’re born again, you cease to be of your earthly nativity, because your spirit is recreated. You should therefore only think the Word-way. God’s Word must form the basis for the kind of thoughts you process and allow.
Now that you’re in Christ, you have a new culture: the Christ-culture. Until this becomes a reality in your spirit, you’ll live like an ordinary person and not experience the sublime blessings of the life in Christ. The Bible says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). You’re of a new lineage and heritage. Refuse to be described by any earthly culture or affiliation.
If you must be identified as a Zulu, Afrikaans, American, British, German, French, Nigerian, etc., let it be because you want to win those of such descent to Christ. That’s how the Apostle Paul puts it. He said, “And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, asunder the law, that I might gain them that are under the law” (1 Corinthians 9:20).
Our opening verse, in the New Living Translation says, “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think….” As you meditate on the Word, your mind is programmed to think accordingly. You’ll begin to talk differently, and act in line with your confessions of faith. The Word of God is the only material that can energize you for success, position you for greatness, and sustain you in the transcendent life.
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