You see to have a renewed mind is to have the Bible brainwash us
Because of the fact that if we're not careful the Bible says lean not unto thine own understanding
In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths
But if we lean onto our own understanding we go according to our discernment with what we think is best
We're going to neglect the principles of the Bible. We're not going to look towards the word of God
We're going to look towards our own experience our own wisdom
You know, we're not going to necessarily filter all the decisions we make based upon the word of God
And so that's why the Bible says hey, you need a renewing of your mind
That's why when a person first gets saved, they don't necessarily know what's best for them right for themselves
You know, they don't know what the word of God says they begin to make decisions that are not biblically based
They're what the Bible calls a what babe in Christ and a babe in Christ doesn't necessarily have discernment. They haven't exercised
Their senses to discern between good and evil the Bible says they haven't studied the word of God
They haven't been in church a whole long, you know for a long time. They don't know biblical principles
So what what is needed for that babe in Christ faithfulness?
To the house of God to hear the preaching of God's word faithfulness to reading God's word so that their minds can be renewed
I mean, wouldn't you agree?
That you know if you get saved later on in life or even as a teenager
We have a lot of the world
You know embedded into our minds the world's philosophies the world's way of thinking and often we base our decisions and the things that we do
Off of the things that we've learned prior to Christ
That's why it's important that we renew our minds
You know that we constantly figure out. Well, what does God have to say about this now? Look a babe in Christ
Can't learn the word of God in one sitting, right?
It requires a lifetime it requires
Consistency and faithfulness, you know being faithful to that which is little so that God can give them more knowledge more wisdom
More discernment, but that's basically what it's telling us here. It's telling us
Hey, make sure that you're constantly renewing your mind dying to self so that you're always making the right decision
You know, you need to make sure
That you are filtering your thoughts through the word of God so that you know that you're making the right decision
Folks, you know if you're not careful
Even Christians can get off kilter and begin to make unbiblical decisions not because they have ill motives or ill intentions
Just simply because they're ill-advised
By whether the world, you know the media the news whatever it may be their friends their family
And the decisions they make may not be wicked or evil, but it's just not God's perfect will
And that's what we want as Christians. Don't we we want to do what God tells us to do
We want God's best for our lives, right?