Bill Basansky - Power of the renewed mind

Contents

Chapter I

Chapter II

Chapter III

Chapter IV

Chapter V

Chapter VI

Chapter VII

Foreword

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Romans 12:2

This verse says that we should be in control of our thoughts and know the difference between good and evil thoughts by testing the spirits.

Remember this: If your thoughts are not entreating, edifying or comforting, they are not of God.

For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of POWER, and of LOVE and of a SOUND MIND.

II Timothy 1:7

Why?

That we might serve Him without fear.

Bill Basansky

The Search For Reality

There is at least one area where professional people and other highly educated individuals are in total agreement with God: they value their minds very highly.

God also places tremendous value upon man's mind: He made it and He wants man to develop and use it to make his life joyful and successful on this earth.

When God's Word (His Truth) comes into us it makes us free from the bondages of this world and renews our minds to receive the revelation from God. Jesus tells us in His own words,

And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free,

John 8:32

The reason that most people reject and do not believe in Christ Jesus is because their intellect has been unrenewed and underdeveloped in this specific area. They look at the faults of those people who claim to be Christians, and because of darkness, lack of understanding, and just ignorance about God's love or the things of God, they close God out of their lives and reject His Word.

Here is one of the greatest definitions of the word "intelligence." Intelligence is the ability to adapt successfully to your environment.

The intellect is very closely related to intelligence and I highly respect intellectual and intelligent people. Being a professor at the university, I consider myself a professional and an intelligent person.

As a professional person I have to acknowledge that the divorce rate, business failure, alcoholism, drug addiction, mental disorders, etc., are attributed to our inability to adapt successfully to the pressure of a particular environment. The pressures of this world and spiritual wickedness in high places (the works of the devil) are much greater than we are able to cope with in the natural, so we look for a way to escape these pressures through various means such as alcohol, drugs, divorce, suicide, etc.

What we really need is for someone to illuminate our intellect and develop our intelligence to enable us to successfully accept our responsibilities, adapt to the environment, and release us from the pressures of living. This can only be done by the ONE who created us in His image and likeness, our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.

You see, none of us are born intellectual or knowing everything; we must develop our intellect.

If you have questions about your new automobile, you would not go to a plumber for the answers. You would go to the automobile manufacturer himself because he knows every part in that automobile . If you desire to keep your automobile in perfect running condition, then you must follow the manual instructions which are set forth by the manufacturer.

Just because you do not know every part in your automobile doesn't mean that you are stupid or not intelligent. It does mean though, that your mind has not been opened, introduced, renewed, or illuminated in that area.

This is what happens basically, when we reject God. We have not been properly introduced to Him and our intellect and spirit have not been illuminated with His Word. Therefore, I am totally convinced that it is not the magnitude of man's intelligence that gives him problems when God begins to talk to him about salvation, healing, prosperity, the baptism in the Holy Spirit, love, joy, peace, etc., but the lack of development in that particular area.

I know and wish to tell you that God's Word is real: it carries healing, saving, baptizing, and transforming power today. If you open your heart to Him and ask Him to be the Lord of your life, I guarantee you, on the authority of God's Word, that He will transform your heart, cleanse you with His blood, and your intellect will be illuminated by the Spirit through the Word of God.

If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Romans 10:9-10

And Ephesians 4:23-24 tells us,

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

The world's program today is centered around capturing the mind of God's people scientifically and putting negative thoughts, fear, strife, doubt, and ideas into their minds which are contrary to the Word of God.

Many Christians are struggling today because they do not know when they are being deceived by partaking of and listening to the lies of the devil.

There is a saying that tells us, "If you sleep with a dog, you will have flea bites." People who listen to the lies of the world (the devil) will be oppressed, worried, and tormented by the things of the world.

Many Christians today are having difficulties in their businesses, home life, with their children, marriages, and children are having difficulties in school, etc., because they have taken their eyes off Jesus and are being deceived by the lies of the world. As a result, both the reborn Christians and the people who don't know Christ as their Lord and Saviour, are lonely, oppressed, fearful, and are searching for reality and truthful answers.

We, as Christians, have been placed in this sinful world to provide an answer for every problem to every needy person. The Word says,

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.

I Peter 3:15

Colossians 4:6 says,

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

When we know and accept Christ as our Lord and Saviour, we know the answer and the truth to every situation. "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life ..." (John 14:6). The TRUTH, Jesus Christ, dwells within us. "... behold , the kingdom of God is within you" (Luke 17:21). We know that Jesus is the answer for the whole world, and yet some Christians do not know how to cope with the mountain that is before them.

Therefore, what I want to do in this book is to show you how a Christian can live a life of prosperity, divine health, victory, and successful communication with the Almighty God WHO IS OUR SOURCE.

It's true, the world is doing all kinds of things in its search for peace. You can be a millionaire and yet be sick inside, and not have peace because the PRINCE OF PEACE does not live there.

I tell people that I don't want to be a millionaire, I just want to live like one!

It's not wrong to live like a millionaire, but it's wrong to make the million dollars your god, and to worry about what's going to happen tomorrow.

The world is seeking reality, but Christians know the reality. Some, however, are not living the reality. The Christian's problem is not knowing how to use the Word of God to renew their minds. They need to search the scriptures. The Bible says in Hosea 4:6, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." In other words, My people live in poverty, sickness, defeat, and perish because they don't know my Word.