Person (3) Mind

The mind is where everything happens. We can recall things to our minds from our memory. We can bring thoughts about the future in from our imagination. Our external senses report to our minds, so that we can perceive what is happening in the world around us.

An important aspect of being a human is that we are conscious of our existence and our actions. That consciousness is registered in our minds. If we lose consciousness, we stop functioning fully as a person, though we might be still alive physically.

Our minds are corrupted by sin. It was created to think in a rational and logical way, but the fall means that our thinking is often twisted and distorted. We fool ourselves into thinking things that are illogical or wrong.

The Bible challenges us to renew our minds.

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Rom 12:2).

One of the best ways to reshape our minds is to fill it with the word of God.

We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ (2 Cor 10:5).

Listening the Holy Spirit is essential for renewing our minds. The goal is the mind of Christ.

But we have the mind of Christ (1 Cor 2:16).