Following Jesus... (Just lip-service? Or are we willing to die to what we formerly believed and ...
Words are cheap. We can believe and hope whatever we want, but what do we know?
1. "Have that mind which was also in Christ Jesus." Phil 2:5
2. "...in Christ"
2.1. be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Ephesians 1:3
2.2. be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 2:1
2.3. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. Ephesians 2:13
2.4. the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints. 27to whom God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. 28We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.… Colossians 1:26-28
2.4.1. No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.… Romans 8:38
3. We need to learn to ask the right questions!
3.1. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. John 16:24
3.1.1. What/where/how is "in my name"?
3.1.1.1. John 14:14 If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
3.1.2. The name of Jesus -- enlightened reasoning -- is I AM (not to be mixed up with the 'I am' of our wicked ignorance).
3.2. We need to be honest! ... and leave the nets of our own thinking/feeling
3.2.1. John 15:11 I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
3.2.1.1. IN YOU...
3.2.1.2. Here and now!
3.2.1.3. ...teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I AM with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:20
4. We need to have the right attitude towards our own thinking/feeling.
4.1. We cannot fake our love for Christ.
4.2. "I don't know" is key to create inner space for insights and revelations.
4.3. We might face freaking and panicking in facing the good fight in our own understanding and feeling.
4.3.1. The only enemy of Israel (our state of freedom) is a believe in a false God.
4.3.2. GOD is the cause of the phenomena of life.
4.3.3. JESUS is enlightened reason.
4.3.4. CHRIST is the power of God and the wisdom of God. 1 Corinthians 1:24
4.4. Leave your nets and follow me!
4.4.1. ...the nets of thinking and feeling, born from below; not knowing the Father.