ALL INCLUDED

Paul continues on in verse 15 of Philippians 3 and says that those that know they are perfect in God’s eyes through what Christ has done for and as them at the cross, that they are to be thus minded. What does he mean by thus minded? He means that they are to be “thus minded” in the fact that the righteousness they have is not their own but the righteousness that is in Christ Jesus.

He is saying that those that know they are perfect in Christ should be thus minded and press on towards that mark of realizing that it is a fact. We are not to have our minds thinking we still have to do something to gain right standing with God when we already know we are already perfect and complete because we are in Him. Don’t think you have to do anything to attain this. That is conflicting and you are not thus minded.

If you were a rich person and you thought in your mind that you are poor, then that would not be thinking what you really are. That would be conflicting. The same applies to all of us that know we are complete and perfect in Him, if we still think and strive to do something, anything, to please Him and be in right standing with Him. Your mind cannot make anything Truth. The only thing it can do is see Truth that already exists.

What Christianity has told us all along is that belief creates Truth. This is just not so. Belief does not create Truth because you can believe something all your life and it doesn’t make it true. You can go to your grave believing the earth is flat and in your mind you will think it is a fact, but that will not make it a fact. Truth is truth, whether you believe it or not has no bearing on it. The church has told us we need to believe in the redemption of the Lord Jesus Christ to make it real. That is simply not true. Believing it does not make it true. You believe it because you finally realize it is truth and has been all along.

Believing something does not create reality. What it does is make you see the reality that already exists. I am writing this today and thinking of how many times I was told I had to believe and continue believing for my place in heaven to be secure. I was told if I stopped believing then this would no longer be real. That my friends is about as pure a lie as you can find. My believing has absolutely nothing to do with my redemption. All it has to do with, is my coming to a realization that truth already exists whether I believe it or not. Believing does not make truth happen. It just shows you it has already happened and your mind gets renewed to that fact.

All Paul is saying in verse 15 is that now that we know we are perfect in Him; let us renew our mind to that fact. He continues in the same verse and says that if in any other thing you be otherwise minded, God will reveal even that to you. Most will tell you this means God will reveal what is wrong with you. Who needs a revelation of that!!!! We all know that without any revelation whatsoever. If you don’t, then maybe you can ask your wife or your close friends that question and if they want to be honest, I am sure they will be quite able to show you those things. This does not take a revelation from God as it is things that are quite obvious.

This revelation Paul is talking about here is not what is wrong with you. It is a heavenly revelation of what is right with you. Think on that for a minute. I know it is not what we have heard most of our lives but it is truth none the less. How could God reveal what is wrong with you when the scriptures are clear He wiped away sin form the entire human race at the cross. The law showed our transgression but where there is no law there is no transgression. The power of the gospel is not for you to find out what’s wrong with you. The power of the gospel is for you to find out who you are in Christ and what’s right with you because of that and only because of that.