Surpassing Mind

What do you think ? Is there among Christians who did murder, steal, lie and commit adultery ? Indeed there are many and not just only ordinary Christian, there are many who called themselves as man of God plunge into willful sin. Look at what happened to King David the “man after God own heart”. From then and until today for sure you have heard or seen ministers supposed to be servant of God but then became adulterer (lustful look), murderer (anger is murder), thief and liar (exaggeration is also a form of lying).

Believe it or not, at this moment there are many professing Christians keep doing evil in secret, some are repeatedly doing the sin they hate of doing, and others were obvious of their being carnal and busy on worldliness. They have no time to read, pray and meditate on the Word of God.

Surpassing the law is not showing or making yourself “holier than thou”, it is hypocritical. Rather a saved person is dealing himself to renew his mind and it only can be made through the law which is the Ten Commandments by surpassing them. Only through the Law change will come because the” Law is perfect converting the soul (mind)” (Psa 19:7). When his mind is renewing thus his action, thinking and his speech is renewing day by day until it will not be conforming anymore to the standard mind setting of the world.

As the word “surpass” means “be beyond somebody’s ability”, we as a saved person must posses the ability that is “supernatural” which came only from God, to be able to live a life not falling short of the glory of God. Surpassing the law is the attaining of the supernatural ability that is practical as well as spiritual of doing things a natural man cannot and incapable of doing.

Since the fall of man, sin of omission which means “doing things that should not do” such as adultery, murder, stealing, lying and others included in the Ten Commandments became common to all people. Much worst it became, breaking the law and sin were not sin at all for them. Instead of condemning their evil deeds they are glad of seeing others doing the same detestable thing they did (Rom 1:32). Now it became the Man’s standard which is more acceptable to all as opposed to God’s standard. They knew in their conscience that their evil deeds are immoral.

What are those God’s standard? There is nothing else but the Ten Commandments. It is the law which Jesus said…”You have heard of long ago… But I tell you now”, and as what the Apostle Paul said the “law is spiritual”(Rom 7:14) is the standard for all Christian that must be keep, again, by way of surpassing them.

Surpassing the law will eventually results to the renewing of the mind which can make all of those things possible through faith. When we speak, act and think there it was it begin first in the mind. Not on the outward appearances but what’s on the inside of our heart and mind where God looks does all really matter. Understanding that way will make our minds not easily be drift away to conform to the evil pattern thinking of the evil and unregenerate minds surrounding us.

To surpass the law is to renew the mind. From being a “childhood-well used- sin of omission- sinful nature-mindset” to a stern state of being a “childhood-anger-murderer-mindset”, we must have a surpassing mind that will change us to become a “childlike-practice thereby-10 commandments-surpassed-renewed mind” until we obtain the “childlike-anger-mindset” which is so keenly necessary for maturity in Christ.

Indeed, the Law of the Lord is perfect converting (renewing) the soul (mind) (Ps 19:7).It makes and convert our mind to be like the "Mind of Christ".