Let This Mind (Spirit) Be in You

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Dear Reader,

The purpose of this study is to discover from the Bible that the Mind, or actual Spirit life, breath and soul of Christ, was to be in us, and not just another third, distinct and separate person of the Godhead comprising the Holy Spirit--and to decipher from Scripture that the actual MIND or SPIRIT called the Holy Spirit is the original life of the Son of God prior to His Incarnation.

Keep in mind the fact that there has been a third person of the Godhead since the Incarnation of Christ, but that Third Person is the Original, innate, Holy Spirit Life of the Son that He laid aside at His Incarnation as the best gift He could ever bestow on us.

Scripture says:Phl 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.

Look at the definition of MIND and see if you think that it includes Jesus' Spirit. The etymology of MIND is: Middle English, from Old English gemynd; akin to Old High German gimunt memory, Latin ment-, mens mind, monEre to remind, warn, Greek menos spirit...Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.

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Main Entry: 1mind
Pronunciation: 'mInd
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gemynd; akin to Old High German gimunt
memory, Latin ment-, mens mind, monEre to remind, warn, Greek menos spirit, mnasthai, mimnEskesthai to remember
Date: before 12th century
1 : RECOLLECTION, MEMORY

The verse (Phl 2:5) is saying let this mind (Spirit) be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. The word MIND is derived from the Greek menos or SPIRIT.

Based in the following statements, can the mind of Christ that is to be in us, be separate from His Spirit?:

"The Holy Spirit is the breath of spiritual life in the soul. The impartation of the Spirit is the impartation of the life of Christ. It imbues the receiver with the attributes of Christ. Only those who are thus taught of God, those who possess the inward working of the Spirit, and in whose life the Christ-life is manifested, are to stand as representative men, to minister in behalf of the church." Desire of Ages, 805.

"Christ declared that after His ascension, he would send to his church, as his crowning GIFT, the comforter, who is the Holy Spirit,--THE SOUL OF HIS LIFE, THE EFFICACY OF HIS CHURCH, THE LIGHT AND LIFE OF THE WORLD. With HIS SPIRIT Christ sends a reconciling influence and a power that takes away sin. In the gift of the Spirit, [HIS LIFE--THE SOUL OF HIS LIFE] Jesus gave to man the highest good that heaven could bestow." E.G. White, Review and Herald, May 19, 1904. Book 5, p. 42.

If the mind of Christ is to be in us, does that MIND (DERIVED FROM THE GREEK WORD FOR SPIRIT) come separate from the Spirit of Christ? Is the MIND contingent with the Spirit? Is our mind contingent with our Spirit?

I asked God to show me from Scripture where "The impartation of the Spirit is the impartation of the life of Christ."

"The Holy Spirit is the breath of spiritual life in the soul. The impartation of the Spirit is the impartation of the life of Christ. It imbues the receiver with the attributes of Christ. Only those who are thus taught of God, those who possess the inward working of the Spirit, and in whose life the Christ-life is manifested, are to stand as representative men, to minister in behalf of the church." Desire of Ages, 805.

This is what the Lord showed me in vision, this 17 October, 2002:

"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is IN YOU, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" 1 Cor. 6:19.

"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you." 1 Cor. 3:16.

Phl 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

"Christ declared that after His ascension, he would send to his church, as his crowning GIFT, the comforter, who is the Holy Spirit,--THE SOUL OF HIS LIFE, THE EFFICACY OF HIS CHURCH, THE LIGHT AND LIFE OF THE WORLD. With HIS SPIRIT Christ sends a reconciling influence and a power that takes away sin. In the gift of the Spirit, [HIS LIFE--THE SOUL OF HIS LIFE] Jesus gave to man the highest good that heaven could bestow." E.G. White, Review and Herald, May 19, 1904. Book 5, p. 42.

The Lord showed me that these references to the Spirit (MIND) of God (the Holy Spirit and the Holy Ghost) are not examples of "waxing poetic," or "metaphorical." They are to be taken as they read from Scripture and Ellen White.

Here is Strong's Commentary on the word MIND as it appears in Phillipians 2:7:

More Search Tools!! Lexicon for Strong's Number 5426 Go to Gen 1:1 5426 phroneo {fron-eh'-o}

from 5424; TDNT - 9:220,1277; v

AV - think 5, regard 4, mind 3, be minded 3, savour 2, be of the same mind + 846 2, be like minded + 846 2, misc 8; 29

1) to have understanding, be wise
2) to feel, to think
2a) to have an opinion of one's self, think of one's self, to be
modest, not let one's opinion (though just) of himself exceed
the bounds of modesty
2b) to think or judge what one's opinion is
2c) to be of the same mind i.e. agreed together, cherish the same
views, be harmonious
3) to direct one's mind to a thing, to seek, to strive for
3a) to seek one's interest or advantage
3b) to be of one's party, side with him (in public affairs)


Ron Beaulieu