Peace That Guards the Mind Derek Prince

It encourages listeners to embrace the righteousness of Jesus, providing them with strength, wisdom, and mental peace. The episode explains the concept of being justified and reconciled with God, emphasizing the importance of renouncing anxiety, praying, being thankful, and focusing on positive thoughts. The host highlights biblical passages and offers practical advice for maintaining mental peace and spiritual well-being.

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Understanding Justification Through Jesus

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 When the righteousness of Jesus has been reckoned to me by God, then I'm righteous. Not with my own righteousness, but with his righteousness and bear in mind, the righteousness of Jesus never knew sin. It never knew guilt. The only reason that he paid the penalty was that he paid it on our behalf, but he had no penalty to pay.

For himself. So think in terms of being justified. Say to yourself, I'm justified just as if I'd never sinned. If you find it hard to believe, say it again and again. Through the death of Jesus, I'm justified just as if I'd never sinned. I have peace with God. God holds nothing more against me. I've been acquitted.

That's the great basis. For mental peace. Once we know this, we have God on our side and that makes all the difference in life. 

God's Unwavering Support

Paul goes on in Romans 8 31 and 32, speaking on behalf of those of us who've received this reconciliation, who believed that according to scripture we are justified, Paul says, what shall we then say to these things if God is for us, who is against us?

That's a good question. Who can be a against us if God is for us? Somebody expressed it this way. One plus God is a majority in any situation. Paul goes on, he who did not spare his own son, but delivered him up for us all. How will he not also with him freely give us all things? So because God was willing to give Jesus his most precious treasure, his only begotten son, then we know that.

Such love as that will hold nothing back that's good from us or that we need, if God gave up Jesus, there's nothing good he'll ever withhold from us. God is on our side. He's for us the resources of heaven, that at our disposal, that's the basis of mental peace. Once we really comprehend by faith that we've been reconciled with God, that we are justified, that we're reckoned righteous with the righteousness of Jesus.

That we can say justified just as if I'd never sin. Then we can move on into the complete and full provision of God for our mental peace. 

The Peace of God

This provision is stated as clearly as anywhere that I know by Paul in Philippians chapter four, verses six through eight, where he says this, be anxious for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with Thanksgiving.

Let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all comprehension shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Notice that significant and beautiful phrase, the peace of God, which passes all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

That's in line with what I said about the danger of a vacuum. You can't leave your mind empty because if you do some evil. Influence or pressure will come in. You've got to fill it with the peace of God and the peace of God will guard your mind. The Greek word means garrison your mind. Hold your mind so that no evil pressures or tormenting influences can find access to your mind.

Then Paul goes on in the next verse. Finally, brethren, and this is the conclusion. Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right. Whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence, and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things.

Well, we've already looked at the beautiful promise. The peace of God, which passes all comprehension, shall guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. But remember, in order to claim the promise. We have to fulfill the conditions. So now let's look at the conditions. 

Conditions for Mental Peace

The first condition is renounce anxiety.

Be anxious for nothing. Every time anxiety begins to move in on your mind. Refuse it, answer it. Say I'm justified, just as if I'd never sinned. God holds nothing against me. I have peace with God. God is on my side. All God's resources are available to me. I refuse to be anxious. It's not sensible or logical to be anxious when I believe that.

So first condition, renounce anxiety, second condition, pray about everything. We're probably familiar with that old hymn which says, oh, what peace we often forfeit. Oh, what? Needless pain we bear all because we do not carry everything to Jesus in prayer. Many times mental peace is not there simply because we don't pray.

We get into a problem or a situation and we try to handle it in our own resources without praying and turning to God for his wisdom and his resources, which are available to us as soon as we pray. Third condition, always be thankful. That's absolutely essential. It's not enough to pray. We must pray to God with Thanksgiving.

A thankful heart is usually a peaceful heart, but an ungrateful person really cannot know. True and lasting peace in gratitude is just opposite to the whole nature of God. 

Focus on the Positive

The fourth condition, think about the right things, and Paul tells us what are the right things? Let me just go through his list again.

Whatever is true. But it's not enough that it's true. 'cause some things are true, but we shouldn't think about them. We shouldn't think about people's faults and failings, even though they may be true because there's a lot of other qualifications. Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good reput.

If there's any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things. You have the power to focus your mind. On what you wish. You can focus it on the bad and the negative, or you can focus it on the good and the upbuilding. And then if you're still having problems invoke the Holy Spirit, remember you can call upon him to help you.

Final Thoughts and Illustration

Let me just illustrate this as I close with a simple example from nature. In many countries, I think particularly of Egypt, there are two kinds of birds. Those that feed on kerion or rotten meat, and those that feed on fresh meat, each bird finds what it's looking for. And the same is true of our minds. We can feed our minds on carrying, or we can feed them on fresh meat.

We'll find what we are looking for. But if you look for the positive, the good, the upbuilding. The edifying, you'll find it.

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