LESSON 3 POINTING FINGER: VICTORY IN THE MIND Nxt to the body, the second area where you need to exporance victory is in \yourmind, ReadRorans 122; this verse emphasizes tous the importance of renewing our minds. Here are three keys to victoryin our rind VICTORY IN THE MIND KEY #1: THE TRUTH SETS OUR MINDS FREE. 4. The basic probiem of the human mind is that i sin bondage. The Lord Jesus Christ sai, And you shal know the truth, ard the truth shall make {ou Free (dhn 8:2) The tru isthe Word of Ged (John 717 From wha wil the Word of God free us? a) Gods Word wil free us from wrong traditions. ‘Our parents and the elders of cur family and society have handed ‘down tous various Kinds of information and practices as traiions How do weknowif suchtradionalinformation and practices are true? ‘The Word of God, the Bibel show us the truth For exampie, during the earthy ministry of the Lord Jesus, He demonstrated to the ogous leaders that thei tralon actualy contracted the Word of God Study Mark 78-8, \WE MUST TEST EVERY TRADITION BY THE WORD OF GOD. ) Gods Word vil free us from mere human knowledge, Human knowledge is gained through the five physical senses and ‘explained by human reason. The five physcal sances are seaing, bearing, tasting smeling, touching. The senses and human reason can, ‘only tel us about things on and of the earth Gods Word reveals truth, ‘beyond the reach of the human senses and human reason ~ about God, about heaven, about epitual things. Read John 310-1; taiah se, WE MUST TEST ALL KNOWLEDGE BY THE WORD OFGOD. Gods Word wil free us fromSatan’s es ‘Satan is lar andl the Father of lies (John #4; 2 Corinthians 4 1132- 15:1 Jobin 41-6), Christ isthe truth dn 148). we sty Goce Word, we wil be delvered from Satan es, ard we wil now the truth asi ‘Sn Christ Ephesians 421) \WE MUST BASE ALL OUR BELIEFS ON THE WORD OF 60D. VICTORY IN THE MIND KEY #2: THE SPIRIT OF GOD ENLIGHTENS OUR MINDS. 4L_Asecond problem with the human mid fs that i is incapable of knowing ‘the things of God i fact, under the influence of sin the human mind fat war with God, Study the Folowing scriptures: 1 Corinthians 2:14"But the natural man does not accaptthe things ofthe Spirit of God For thay are Feoshness to him, andhe cannot understand ‘them, because they aresptibualy appraised”