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Well, that's just not true. The mind is not an instrument of shame and guilt. Ole's teaching is. Ole told you you should be ashamed, not the Bible. In fact, Scripture says that it is one of our primary means of developing a loving relationship with God.
"You are the Antichrist", or "Your mind is the Antichrist"...it's still incorrect thinking, unscriptural teaching. It's not Biblical. There is no shame in using your mind.
Did you EVER listen when you went to Bible Studies? Ole does not teach shame. Shame comes from man (ego). Man judges what is shameful and what is not. Ole teaches that to accept God fully, one must RID our thoughts and mind of shame so that we can live fully in him.
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Mat 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mar 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.
Right On! With ALL thy mind. Not just part of it but with everything. Drop the shame, guilt and the sense of ego and you can serve and love the Lord with ALL they mind.
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Luk 10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Again, excellent examples that if your mind is focused on yourself and your shame or your accomplishments, you can’t give the Lord ALL of it. You also might want to take another gander at that last part. If I recall, you were going to be the first one to ‘Dance” on Ole’s grave.
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So far as I can tell, nowhere in Scripture does it say that one's mind is the enemy. If I am wrong, please show me where it does. In fact, Jesus says (above) that rather than being any impediment to one's spiritual life, something to be overcome, one's mind ought to be untilized properly toward developing a loving relationship with The Father. We are to love God WITH our minds. Our intelligence ought to be trained and used to cultivate an understanding of the things of the Spirit:
2Ti 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
The mind and intelligence are gifts and we ought to use them rightly. They are the only means we have of receiving and realizing the things of the Spirit. Parts of the process of sanctification do not include being liberated from the mind, intelligence, and ego. What "feels good" or "feels right" is not an indicator of what is Truth. Relying too heavily on one's intuition is not a complete means of discenrnment:
Jer 17:9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
You have just hit on what Ole teaches with this last. The mind and intelligence is given to us to seek the truth and to be one with God. Trinity teaches that to wallow in self whether it be shame, disappointment or glory and deeds, takes us away from God since we cannot focus on self while emptying ourselves to Him.
[u:78eda7c3fd][b:78eda7c3fd]Matthew 16:24-28[/b:78eda7c3fd][/u:78eda7c3fd]
22Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. "Never, Lord!" he said. "This shall never happen to you!"
23Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."
[i:78eda7c3fd][b:78eda7c3fd](Here Jesus called Peter Satan. Peter wasn’t Satan persay. Peter’s mind was).[/b:78eda7c3fd][/i:78eda7c3fd]
24Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25For whoever wants to save his life[h] will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. 26What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? 27For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. 28I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
[u:78eda7c3fd][b:78eda7c3fd]Deuteronomy 29:3-5 [/b:78eda7c3fd] [/u:78eda7c3fd]
3 the great trials which your eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders. 4 Yet the LORD has not given you a heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this very day. 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet
[u:78eda7c3fd][b:78eda7c3fd]Read all of Proverbs 11.[/b:78eda7c3fd][/u:78eda7c3fd]
Basically...it all comes down to one thing. Orignal Sin. Satan tempted Eve. Adam and Eve ate of the Tree of Knowledge. With this, they became self-aware. They found shame in being nude, thus they covered themselves. They were aware now of shame, regret and self-pity, enough that they "ran" from God to 'hide'.
Trinity teaches that we no longer need to 'hide' from God. That with Christs blood and his sacrifice on the cross, that our fall from grace is forgiven. In turn, we open ALL of our heart, soul and mind to the Lord.
As to the mind being evil. We, as humans, are inherently evil. Here's a personal example: I dont' tithe, yet I [i:78eda7c3fd]"intellectually"[/i:78eda7c3fd] understand that the Lord comes first in all things. I understand that I am shunning my ego and the world by giving 10% of myself to the Lord. Yet, MY MIND, tells me that I would rather have a car or that I'd rather have food. MY MIND tells me that "I'll tithe next time". MY MIND is turned away from God though I intellectually am aware of this. My selfishness is stemmed from what my mind is telling me. I have not given ALL of my heart, soul and mind to the Lord since I've allowed my mind to justify why I should not tithe.
.....er...I think I'll go tithe now....[/i]