Bible Questions Answered:
“...then what is double-mindedness?”
Kelly/ Portland, Maine U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Text:
James 1:5-8 KJV
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him
ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and
it shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing
wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven
with the wind and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he
shall receive any thing of The Lord.
8 A double minded man is
unstable in all his ways.
What is being
double minded? He lives a life that is unstable, and unreliable, as
the waves of the sea, up and down.
Having faith one
minute, and then doubt the next; and living for God one moment, and
then reverting back to the world the next. In the warfare of the
flesh and the Spirit, this person, surrenders to the flesh, and the
world.
Spirit battling the
flesh.
A double-minded
person never has a complete decision, to take up his cross and follow
Christ at all costs, and so he never has a victory.
Galatians
5:16-25 KJV
16 This I say then, Walk in The
Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusteth against The
Spirit, and The Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the
one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
18 But if ye be led of The Spirit,
ye are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are
manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,
variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I
have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall
not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of The Spirit is
love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against
such there is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's
have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in The Spirit, let us
also walk in The Spirit.
Galatians 6:7,8
KJV
7 Be not deceived; God is not
mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh
shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the
Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
What is the answer?
Romans 13:14 KJV
But put ye on The Lord Jesus Christ,
and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts
thereof.
II Corinthians
6:14-18 KJV
14 Be
ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what
fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what
communion hath light with darkness?
15 And what concord hath Christ with
Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
16 And what agreement hath the
temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of The Living God; as
God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be
their God, and they shall be my people.
17 Wherefore come out from among
them, and be ye separate, saith The Lord, and touch not the unclean
thing; and I will receive you.
18 And will be a Father unto you,
and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith The Lord Almighty.
II Corinthians
7:1 NLT
Because we have these promises, dear
friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our
body or spirit. And let us work toward complete holiness because
we fear God.
I John 2: 15-17
KJV
15 Love not the world,
neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world,
the love of The Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the
lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life,
is not of The Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and
the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
God's people are
called to “walk not after the flesh, but after The Spirit.”
Romans 8:1-13
KJV
1 There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after
the flesh, but after The Spirit.
2 For the law of The Spirit Of Life
in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in
that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the
likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law
might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after
The Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh
do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after The Spirit
the things of The Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is
death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is
enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God,
neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the
flesh cannot please God.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but
in The Spirit, if so be that The Spirit Of God dwell in you.
Now if any man have not The
Spirit Of Christ, he is none of His.
10 And if Christ be in you, the body
is dead because of sin; but The Spirit is life because of
righteousness.
11 But if The Spirit of Him that
raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ
from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit
that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are
debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh,
ye shall die: but if ye through The Spirit do mortify the deeds of
the body, ye shall live.
Galatians 2:20
KJV
I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life
which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of The Son Of God,
who loved me, and gave Himself for me.
Ephesians 2:1-9
KJV
1 And you hath He quickened, who
were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked
according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the
power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our
conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling
the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the
children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for
His great love wherewith He loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins,
hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together,
and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come He might
shew the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us
through Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: it is The Gift Of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should
boast.
James 4:7,8 KJV
7 Submit yourselves therefore to
God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and He will draw
nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts,
ye double minded.
