Everything that has appeared through the matrix of time has proceeded from the “Mind” of the Eternal Godhead (Father, Word, Holy Spirit). Time, which brings seasons, which bring cycles of both life and death are all conceptions that convey the “Mind” of an Eternal Creator intent on manifesting His presence purely from the substratum of His “Sovereign Will” (this discipline of theological understanding is referred to as “teleology”). There can be no vitality or life force of any genre apart from the “Mind” of the Eternal Godhead and this principle is “Absolute” with no tenable contretemps. It must be understood that the logical processes (systemic thoughts that assist in arriving at a conclusion, decision, etc.) within the psychological state which are concomitant to the categories of reason (ontological, technical, intuitive, etc.) have as their inceptive governing source the Spirit of the Eternal Godhead. When this governing source has become absolute in the mind of an human agent, a baptism/immersion in the Spirit of the Lord has become a living reality in which the human agent is rendered “Theos Minded”. This principle is set forth by the Apostle Paul writing to the church at Corinth when he states: “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.- Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.- But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.- But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.- For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ”. Being “Theos Minded” as it relates to the human agent means contemplating and accepting the perspective of the Lord on all matters that pertain to life and godliness without equal nor rival. There are no equivalent or alternative perspectives for the Theos Minded individual. All variant perspectives will be placed through the gauntlet of the Eternal Perspective of the Lord to preserve holiness and righteousness. If the variant perspective cannot stand in the weight of Eternal Conviction then it must be discarded at all costs. These “Holy Spirit Convictionless” perspectives must be discarded at all costs because they can set the substratum for what the Apostle Paul refers to as “Another Gospel” or what I have termed as a “Mutilated Word” (based upon the Apostle’s warning to beware of the “concision” translated as “Mutilators”) which potentially being formed in the human agent can serve as “Wicked Counsel” and lead many astray from the Absolute Truth found in the “Word of God”. The other grave concern here for this “Mutilated Word” that must be expressed is the fact that, this Mutilated Word has the power to utterly deceive even the sincerest heart in Christ (apart from the indwelling of the Holy Ghost in the human agent) by causing them to “Self Eclipse” the light of truth and righteousness within themselves thus rendering them to appear outwardly as ministers of righteousness while simultaneously functioning inwardly as “Agents of Darkness”. Ironically, this is the ominous fate of Lucifer/Devil spoken of by both the Prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel in the Old Testament and the Apostle Paul in the New Testament. The Prophet Isaiah states: “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!- For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:- I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High”. The Prophet Ezekiel states: “Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.- Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee”. The Apostle Paul states: “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.- And no marvel; for satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.- Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works”. The “Apostate Church” of the 21st century is a direct result of preaching “Mutilated Word” of “Cheap Grace” which has led to a mass defection from the “Sound Doctrine” of the “ONLY” “True Gospel” of the Lord Jesus Christ. (Another Oil Point from Theology Nation)
– Bishop Dr. Guy A. Cox