John 18, paraphrase, Pilate is having a conversation with Jesus, and asks Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

Jesus looked at Pilate and said, “The royal power of my kingdom realm is not from this realm.” Then Pilate said, “so You are a king?”

Jesus said, “I AM, I was born a King, and THIS IS WHY I HAVE COME INTO THIS REALM.”

Here’s just a few other reasons mentioned in the scriptures of why Jesus came to earth:

Matthew 5, I came to fulfill the Law and Prophets

Matthew 10, I came to bring a sword, (to set apart from the world for loyalty)

Luke 4, I came to preach the gospel of the Kingdom

Luke 12, I came to set fire on the earth, ( a holy reverence)

John10, I came that you may have abundant life

1 Timothy 1, He came to save sinners

1 John 3, He came to destroy the works of the devil

Our new talk “Mind Your Mind” is a simple challenge for all of us to take a closer look at what’s influencing our mind. What’s shaping our thought life.

Maybe even take a step back and ask ourselves, why we believe what we believe.

Seriously, think about what we’re asking people to believe.

We have to understand, regardless of where someone is in their journey, every human lives within the boundaries of a belief system we’ve established.

What about us today? Now that we are in Christ, are we suppose to to carry on the things He did?

Seriously, follow Jesus through the scriptures, every where He went to preach the people brought their sick to His meetings. Why? They had heard something. They came to hear Him and be healed

The question we need to ask ourselves is do we honestly believe that Jesus still heals today?

Think about it, this side of Heaven, in this fallen, cursed world, outside of miracles or the practice of medicine, according to Jesus, healing by an individual’s faith is still a reality.

And a key component in us experiencing healing by faith is that we have to get settled on what God’s will is concerning this reality.

Since God’s word is our foundation of truth, a lamp unto our feet, a light for our path.

If Jesus told His first disciples to pray His will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, and God never changes, would it be fare to say we’re supposed to be doing the same thing His first disciples did?

Jeremiah 1:4-5 (NLT) The Lord gave me this message: “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I SET YOU APART and APPOINTED YOU as My prophet to the nations.”

As we unpack our new talk today, “Mind Your Mind” get this reality settled in your thinking, just like God set apart a specific purpose for Jeremiah, He’s going to set His purpose apart for each of you.

Today as we worship around our Lord’s table, as we celebrate with our family their bold declaration, as we honor our King, remember His sacrifice, remember His crucifixion is so much more than our passage to Heaven.

Days like today acknowledge that we are “born again” new creations in Christ!

John 3:3, 5-6 (NKJV) “Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

v.5-6, Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.”

Jesus introduced Himself as love. God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. Love has to be expressed, you gotta give it away, and display it.

EVERYBODY was sure SOMEBODY would do it.

ANYBODY could have done it, but NOBODY did it.

EVERYBODY thought ANYBODY could do it, but NOBODY realized EVERYBODY wouldn’t do it.

In the end, EVERYBODY blamed SOMEBODY, when NOBODY did what ANYBODY could have done.

Untimely, as a disciple of Jesus, if we’re going to represent Jesus, be an expression of Him, we can’t assume someone else will be the one to do it.