By Wendell Tenison
Psalms 22:26 "The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever."
The heart of man will live forever; in view of this undeniable fact, the heart is not made of flesh and blood. God in his own masterful ways of creation has put within us as if it were an empty shell encompassed by the five divisions of the mind which is flesh and blood. From day one, the mind feeds the heart and it contains the exact same data as that of the mind. After the death of Lazarus and the rich man, the latter exhibited the five divisions of the mind by way of his heart during his discourse with Abraham while he was in the flames of torment, Luke 16:19-31. The mind is what we commonly call the brain. If God can put within us a spirit which is not flesh and blood, then likewise, he can do the same with the heart.
First, we will look at the five divisions of the renewed mind.
Five Divisions of the Renewed Mind:
Conscience
The Courtroom
The Word of God....
convicts the conscience
John 8:9 "And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst."
Titus 1:15 "Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled."
Hebrews 9:14 "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"
Hebrews 10:22 "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water."
MEMORY
Data Bank
The Word of God....
is lodged in the memory
Jude 1:17 "But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;"
2 Peter 3:1-2 "This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:.....That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:"
Psalms 103:17-18 "But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;.....To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them."
Isaiah 46:8-9 "Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors......Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,"
Isaiah 65:17 "For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind."
Philippians 3:13 "Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,"
EMOTIONS
Stove Pipe
The Word of God....
elicits joy and gladness
Jeremiah 15:16 "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts."
Acts 2:41 "Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls."
Colossians 3:12 "Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;"
1 Thessalonians 1:6 "And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:"
Ephesians 4:26 "Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:"
Will
Stop and Go
The Word of God....
Subjects the will
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 "For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:.....(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;).....Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;"
1 Chronicles 28:9 "And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever."
Romans 7:18 "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not."
1 Corinthians 7:37 "Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well."
2 Corinthians 8:12 "For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not."
2 Peter 1:21 "For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."
Intellect
Learning Center
The Word of God....
instructs the intellect
Proverbs 21:11 "When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge."
2 Timothy 3:16 "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:"
Deuteronomy 4:35-36 "Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him......Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he showed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire."
Psalms 32:8 "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye."
Proverbs 12:1 "Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish."
Hebrews 10:16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;"
Revelation 17:9 "And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth."
".....So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God;....." (Rom.7:25)
The Heart is the Center for Quality Control:
In covenant relationship with GodJohn 14:23 "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him."
Revelation 3:20 "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."
Galatians 4:6 "And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father."
The law of God written in
our hearts
Light/life/salvation/man's spirit
John 6:63 "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life."
Romans 8:16 "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:"
Hebrews 10:16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;"
"Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life." (Prov.4:23)