By Evangelist Elder Elvis Abenga
I have often heard of kidney transplants, and many other transplants of various parts of the body. But I have never heard about a brain transplant....let alone, a mind transplant.
Yet when I consulted the Great Physician, He told me that I needed a mind transplant!!....perplexed, I wondered what it was all about.
I had visited the Great Physician with several complaints, the major one being a thorn in the flesh (2 Corinthians 12:7) that made me do things that I didn't want to do, and not do the things that I wanted to do (Romans 7:15-24). In short, I complained that I was completely out of control.
The Great Physician already knew my problem. The symptoms were clearly evident. He told me that I was suffering from a virus that was so deadly, that it spared nobody. Everyone was a victim of this disaster. Some people did not know that they had the virus, others knew and simply ignored. He called the virus 'SIN".
He told me that I had sinned and fallen short of His glory (Romans 3:23). He told me that I had turned completely to my own way (Isaiah 53:6).
At this point I needed to know the extent to which this virus called sin had spread to my body. Realizing my wretchedness, I cried out to Him "Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart" (Psalm 26:2). To this request, the Great Physician readily agreed. He told me that He specializes in trying reins and examining hearts (Jeremiah 17:10).
After the heart examination, the Great Physician exclaimed " How weak is thine heart!!!"...(Ezekiel 16:30).
He told me that the virus had affected my heart so much that my heart couldn't be fixed. He said that I needed a replacement...a new heart.
Wondering how all this could be possible, I cried out to Him " Create in me a clean heart, oh GOD; and renew a right spirit within me" (Psalm 51:10).
He then lifted me up from the ground and set me up on the Rock and put a new song of praise in my mouth (Psalm 40:1-5). He told me that he had a brand new heart for me. A heart of flesh and not stone (Ezekiel 11:19). The old heart was too hard to be operated on and that is why I needed a new heart of flesh.
I stood up to leave, thinking that that was all...to my surprise He told me to sit down. He told me that I needed a mind transplant too. I asked Him where I would get a donor to donate a new mind and He told me not to worry. He would give me the mind of His Son!! (Philippians 2:5).
I asked what the procedure would entail...then shock on me.... He said that both procedures for the new heart and the mind transplant were to deep that anesthesia would not work. I needed to die. He told me that for all these to be successful, I simply had to die...(Galatians 2:20). His Son would now live in me. All my sinful members had to be mortified (Colossians 3:5). This was necessary for the renewing of my mind according to His will (Romans 12:2) and for me to be quickened (1 Peter 3:18).
He examined my eyes and told me that I had an eye
problem and was actually blind though I did not know it !!! (Matthew
6:23, Revelation 3:17). As a solution to my eye problem, He gave me a
medicine called 'Eyesalve' to apply and anoint my eyes with, so that I
could see (Revelation 3:18).
After the experience with the Great Physician, I said I have to invite you to visit Him. Invite your friends too. Like the crippled at the fountain, He'll make us whole again (John 5:11).
I have often heard of kidney transplants, and many other transplants of various parts of the body. But I have never heard about a brain transplant....let alone, a mind transplant.
Yet when I consulted the Great Physician, He told me that I needed a mind transplant!!....perplexed, I wondered what it was all about.
I had visited the Great Physician with several complaints, the major one being a thorn in the flesh (2 Corinthians 12:7) that made me do things that I didn't want to do, and not do the things that I wanted to do (Romans 7:15-24). In short, I complained that I was completely out of control.
The Great Physician already knew my problem. The symptoms were clearly evident. He told me that I was suffering from a virus that was so deadly, that it spared nobody. Everyone was a victim of this disaster. Some people did not know that they had the virus, others knew and simply ignored. He called the virus 'SIN".
He told me that I had sinned and fallen short of His glory (Romans 3:23). He told me that I had turned completely to my own way (Isaiah 53:6).
At this point I needed to know the extent to which this virus called sin had spread to my body. Realizing my wretchedness, I cried out to Him "Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart" (Psalm 26:2). To this request, the Great Physician readily agreed. He told me that He specializes in trying reins and examining hearts (Jeremiah 17:10).
After the heart examination, the Great Physician exclaimed " How weak is thine heart!!!"...(Ezekiel 16:30).
He told me that the virus had affected my heart so much that my heart couldn't be fixed. He said that I needed a replacement...a new heart.
Wondering how all this could be possible, I cried out to Him " Create in me a clean heart, oh GOD; and renew a right spirit within me" (Psalm 51:10).
He then lifted me up from the ground and set me up on the Rock and put a new song of praise in my mouth (Psalm 40:1-5). He told me that he had a brand new heart for me. A heart of flesh and not stone (Ezekiel 11:19). The old heart was too hard to be operated on and that is why I needed a new heart of flesh.
I stood up to leave, thinking that that was all...to my surprise He told me to sit down. He told me that I needed a mind transplant too. I asked Him where I would get a donor to donate a new mind and He told me not to worry. He would give me the mind of His Son!! (Philippians 2:5).
I asked what the procedure would entail...then shock on me.... He said that both procedures for the new heart and the mind transplant were to deep that anesthesia would not work. I needed to die. He told me that for all these to be successful, I simply had to die...(Galatians 2:20). His Son would now live in me. All my sinful members had to be mortified (Colossians 3:5). This was necessary for the renewing of my mind according to His will (Romans 12:2) and for me to be quickened (1 Peter 3:18).
After the experience with the Great Physician, I said I have to invite you to visit Him. Invite your friends too. Like the crippled at the fountain, He'll make us whole again (John 5:11).
Great article, Gal 3:23-25 the law enable us to our true human nature thus leading us to the cross (dying to self) and being born again.
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