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How is it possible for Christ to have two natures? Or to put it another way, how can Christ can be both man and God at the same time? The Bible doesn’t explain the details of how this is possible but it does make clear that Christ is both fully human and fully God.

Jesus is God
There are many verses that show that Jesus Christ is God. John 1:1 says that “The Word was God.” If you keep reading the rest of John, chapter 1, it becomes obvious that the Word being talked about is Jesus. In Romans 9:5, Paul says talks about “Christ, who is God over all.” And again in Colossians 1:15, it says that “Christ [is] the image of the invisible God.” Colossians 1:19 says about Christ that, “in him all the fullness of deity was pleased to dwell.”

Jesus is human
We can see clearly in the Bible that Jesus is God, and we also see that He was a real human person. Mary was a virgin when the Holy Spirit came upon her and conceived in her womb the Christ, the Son of God (Is. 7:14, Lk. 1:27-35, Mt. 1:18-25), yet without sin (Heb. 7:26). Christ was conceived spiritually through the Holy Spirit without any physical intercourse. During Jesus’ lifetime, we see that He did things that a normal man did, such as get tired (Mark 4:38), eat (Luke 24:43).

Mystery
While it remains a mystery as how human nature and the divine nature could be united in Christ, it is clear from the Bible that Jesus Christ, being the eternal Son of God, became man and so was and continues to be God and man in two distinct natures, and one person, forever. When the Son took to Himself a true body and a reasonable soul in the incarnation, the Godhead and the manhood were inseparably joined together in one Person, without conversion, composition, or confusion.

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You need to know first of all why you want to begin a courtship. I hope it is not because you want to escape from home, or you are anxious because everybody else has a partner and you don’t, or you feel lonely and have the need for love. What, then is the objective of courtship? It is to prepare for a possible God-honouring life-time partnership in marriage. If you are doing it to kill boredom or cure your loneliness or to make sure you are not unattached then you are not mature enough to start courtship. However if you believe that you are entering courtship for the right reason, here are some points to note:

Don’t think of it to lightly
Courtship should not be entered into lightly or when both parties are unsure of the will of God. Your part is to walk close to Him and continue to pray and commit the relationship to Him. He will direct both circumstantially and also through your heart. If you are sure of the relationship and the other party is not, then pray. Have patience, this is a test of your faith and also increases your experience in discerning the will of God. But if the other party continues to be unresponsive, it could be God’s way of closing the door.

You need time
You need time to know the best and the worst of each other and to be sure that you can serve the Lord, and love and shape one another in the long years ahead. Do not ignore circumstantial guidance (e.g. parental objection, financial readiness, etc.) of God. It could be that God is closing the door for you if the problems faced are not solved although you prayed earnestly.

Be open to counsel
Both must be willing to listen to counsel, particularly of that from parents, especially if they are believers. Sometimes those in the relationship cannot see what went wrong and only those outside can see better.

Roles
Courtship is a time to discern if the other party is ready for the role they are to play as husband/wife. If the roles are not played before marriage, don’t hope that they will be in marriage. It is also unfair to go into a relationship and expect the other party to change after marriage.

At age 18 you should be thinking of developing yourself. You are still growing and maturing as a person. Be assured of God’s love for you. Grow in the knowledge of God, yourself and others. He will lead you to the right person.

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The passages in the New Testament that address this issue are Matthew 5:31-32; 19:1-12; Mark 10:1-12; Luke 16:18; 1 Corinthians 7:10-16; and Deuteronomy 24:1-4 in the Old Testament is important background. This is quite a tricky question to answer because of the brevity of the comment in Deuteronomy (and it is focused on one specific situation), because of cultural understandings of divorce in the New Testament period, and also because only Matthew out of all the gospel writers includes the “exception clause” (Matthew 19:9). Therefore, Christian’s do have different views on this issue (for example, John Piper would argue that divorce and remarriage is never permitted).

Jesus’ answer about divorce in Matthew 19
We’ll focus on Matthew 19 since this seems to be the fullest account. In it the Pharisees come to Jesus and ask “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” (ESV). Jesus’ answer goes back to the creation account and God’s original intention for marriage in Genesis 1 and 2. Jesus quotes Genesis 1:27 (the Creator “made them male and female”) and 2:24 (“therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh”). Jesus then underlines that fact that when a man and women are married they “are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate” (Matthew 19:6).

But what about Moses?
Therefore, Jesus’ basic answer is that in marriage a men and women are untied/joined together by God – they become one flesh – therefore, they should not be separated (i.e. the shouldn’t get divorced). However, the Pharisees then ask another question: “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” (Matthew 19:7). The Pharisees are referring to Deuteronomy 24:1, where Moses allows a man to give a certificate of divorce to his wife. Why then does Moses (who is speaking God’s words, not his own) allow divorce when God in Genesis 1 and 2 seems to forbid it?

Jesus’ answer is that it is “because of your hardness of heart” (Matthew 19:8), that Moses (speaking God’s words) permitted divorce. It is important to remember at this point that between Genesis 1 and 2 and Deuteronomy 24 that Genesis 3 has occurred: that Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s command and that as a result God has judged them and that they are no longer in the Garden of Eden. As a result people’s hearts are now hardened. Therefore, although a man and women still become “one flesh” when they are married, God now permits divorce in certain situations. (Another way of looking at this is that in Genesis 1 and 2 divorce would have never been an issue, since a husband and wife would never have sinned against each other in any way, but that after Genesis 3 sin and divorce do become issues.)

Adultery
Therefore, Jesus’ verdict is in Matthew 19:9: “whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.” Therefore, Jesus allows divorce only in the case of sexual immorality. To this Paul add a second exception. In 1 Corinthians 7:15 Paul is talking about marriages where one spouse is a Christian and the other is a non-Christian. In 7:12-14, Paul says that is the non-Christian spouse is willing to continue living with the Christian, then the Christian should not divorce. However, 7:15, is the unbelieving spouse leave the marriage, then the believing man or woman is not bound. This seems is imply that they are free to remarry.

Marriage is a very high calling
In summary: marriage is a very high calling, in which a man and women, when they are married, become one flesh – God joins them together. Therefore, they should not separate/divorce. However, if there is unfaithfulness within the marriage then there can be divorce (there doesn’t have to be; therefore, the couple might (ideally) show forgiveness and grace and the marriage continue). Also, in a marriage between a Christian and non-Christian, if the non-Christian leaves the marriage, then the Christian is free to remarry.

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The Bible gives a very concise answer to this question: “the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding” (Job 28:28). So, what is wisdom? Wisdom is loving God, loving his Word, and loving His ways. When you do that, you also hate evil.

Wisdom is more important
This biblical definition shows that wisdom is not just knowledge. You can know all the facts, and still do the wrong thing. It is closely connected to making the right choices in life. In this verse we learn that the fear of God is what helps us make these right choices. So it is no surprise to learn that the Bible values wisdom highly. “How much better to get wisdom than gold!”, Proverbs 16:16 says. Money helps us to live as we wish; but wisdom helps us to live as we should. Therefore it is the more important of the two. We are warned not to trust in our own thoughts. It does not come from within us, but we become wise as we listen to God: “Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD” (Proverbs 3:7); and “For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding” (Proverbs 2:6).

Studying and listening
The Bible also shows that we can grow in wisdom through studying God’s Word and listening to wise teachers: “Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser” (Proverbs 9:9). Therefore we are instructed to seek the company of wise people: “Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise” (Proverbs 13:20).

Most of the teaching about wisdom in the Bible is in the Old Testament, especially Proverbs. One verse from the New Testament is in James 3:17. It takes us one step further and shows that wisdom closely resembles the description of the fruit from the Holy Spirit that we find in Galatians 5:22: “the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere”

Ask God for wisdom
When we read all this about wisdom, we might get discouraged. It seems a high ideal that we can never achieve. Yet the Bible encourages us with the following promise, that encourages us to pray for wisdom: “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him” (James 1:5).

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Wouldn’t it be interesting to read about the life of someone who was never tempted? How would that look like? We will never know, for every human being knows temptation. Adam and Eve were tempted to eat the fruit that the Lord had forbidden them to eat. They disobeyed, and since then every single descendant of them has known temptation.
Temptation first of all stems from our own nature as fallen man. In James 1:14 we read “each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.” If we would be perfect, temptation would not be possible. This is confirmed in the same chapter, where we read “God cannot be tempted with evil” (James 1:13).

Tempation is a work of the devil
Second, temptation is a work of the devil. God will not tempt us to sin (James 1:13). But the main occupation of the devil is to tempt people to sin. That is why he is even called “the tempter” in Matthew 4:3 and 1 Thessalonians 3:5. So temptation comes to every man, both because of our sinful nature and because the devil tries to trick us into sin.

How about Jesus?
Now how about Jesus? He is man and He is God. Was he tempted? In a sense yes, and in a sense no. Hebrews 4:15 says: “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.” So Jesus was tempted in the sense that he faced the same things other people faced. He was tempted much more severely than other people in the sense that satan tried everything in his power to make Jesus sin. In Matthew 4 we read how the devil tempted Jesus in the desert, by appealing to his desire for food, for validition by God, and for power in this world. But Jesus passed the test. He faced every temptation, and did not sin.

Yet in another sense Jesus was not tempted. Jesus is God, so the text that ‘God cannot be tempted with evil’ applies to Him as well. He did not have temptations from his human nature, because he was perfect. The temptations were always external to him. He was not tempted in his spirit, because his highest desire always was to follow God’s will. The temptations of the devil were not a temptation to Him.

No example but Jesus
We do not have an example in the Bible of someone who never faced temptations. But we do have Jesus, who faced all temptations without ever sinning. He is our example. But more than that, He is our Saviour. If we believe in Him, He will give us eternal life on the new earth. No temptation will be there, just joy and worship.

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What is a Christian? ‘Christian’ is the name that the people of the city of Antioch gave to the followers of Christ (Acts 11:26). So a very short answer would be: Someone who follows Christ. Yet what does it mean to follow Christ?

A Christian follows Christ
First of all it means you trust in Christ. You trust Him to be your Saviour. It means you believe you are a sinner, but Christ died for you on the cross and so He paid for your sins. He rose again on the third day and He is now your Lord. So a Christian does no longer belong to him/herself, but belongs to Christ the Lord. If you truly believe this, you also want to be baptized. Baptism is the mark that you belong to Christ.
In Romans 6:4 Paul writes about the meaning of being part of Christ, which is also the meaning of being baptized: “We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life“.

A Christian lives the new life
So a Christian is someone who died with Christ, but now ‘lives a new life’, because he/she is part of the resurrected Christ. That new life starts right here and now. That new life is something you don’t have to make yourself, it is a gift of God! You are being reborn through the Holy Spirit (See also John 3:1-21). And because you are reborn through the Holy Spirit you can now start following Christ.
Therefore Paul writes in the same chapter Romans 6:11-13: “In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as an instrument of righteousness”

A Christian wants to do the will of God
If you are alive with Christ you will want to follow Christ and do the will of God. There is also still part of our old self which still wants to sin, but since we received the Holy Spirit and the new life through Him, we can fight against our sins and start following Christ. Therefore, a Christian is not without sin, but he/she will still try to follow Christ. And so we are back to where we began: A Christian is someone who follows Christ.

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What does it mean that the Bible says “Do not love the world or the things in the world” (1 John 2:15)? Does it mean that we should not watch TV, use phones and gadgets and so on because they can lure us into sin?
To answer this question it is good to look at what exactly John is writing here: “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world–the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions–is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever” (1 John 2:15-17).

The rebellious world
‘The world’ here does not mean everything that is on this earth. God created this earth, and there is a lot good in it. ‘The world’ here refers to the world as it rebels against God. What is it in this world that rebels against God? John mentions the desires of the flesh and of the eyes and pride in possessions. These are the things that are most important to people who have not been born again: sexual desires, ambition, and stuff that you want to have.

Its about whats going on inside
The interesting thing here is that these are not ‘things’, not gadgets. This is about what is going on inside us. John reminds us: if your heart is set on the things of this world, you are wasting your time with a snowman. These things are just temporary. They will pass. But if you are living with God, then you will live eternally.

Do the will of God
So the most important question is not what gadgets we should or should not have. The most important thing is what helps us to do the will of God. A TV in itself is not the problem. Does watching TV help you to understand and do the will of God? That very much depends on what programs you watch. But in general we can say that many TV programs are appealing to the desires that John condemns here: sexual desires outside marriage; ambition; and greed for material possessions. Many Christians would do well to be far more critical in what TV programs they watch.
A telephone is not the problem. The problem is what we talk about. Are we gossiping or black mouthing other people? Or are we helping other people and are we talking about the Lord? The internet is not the problem. The problem is what we are reading and watching on the internet. Internet pornography is a problem for most men and many women. So we should find ways to use the internet without being tempted to sin. An internet filter is a good help with that.
Music is not the problem. The problem is what kind of music we are listening. Is it music that glorifies sins as sex outside marriage, violent behaviour, and greed? Or is it music that glorifies God? Money is not the problem. But if our ambition is to get rich we are very easily tempted to sin.
You are exactly right in your question that it is about ‘luring us into sin’. When we realise that sin lives within us, even after we have become children of God, we will see the importance of staying away from things that tempt us to sin. We should love nothing more than we love God. Therefore we should be willing to give up everything that draws us away from God.

Our old nature in loving the world
But in the end, we should again remind ourselves that it is not about things. Things do not make us sin. It is our old nature, if not crucified with Christ, that makes us sin. We should not mainly focus on loving the world less. We should focus on loving God more, and the things of this world will lose their appeal. “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord” (Philippians 3:7-8).

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As we think about how to serve God, we should first of all realise that what we do does not make us acceptable in God’s sight. We cannot earn heaven by serving God. We are saved by God’s grace through faith in Jesus Christ. That is the starting point of our Christian life. It is all about God’s grace, not about our service.

The desire to serve Him
When we have become God’s children through faith, we have the desire to serve Him. God is transforming us into the likeness of his Son, Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18). So even more than what we do, the Lord is interested in how we do it. As we serve God, the most important thing to Him is what kind of people we are. The picture that he wants to see in us is this: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” (Galatians 5:22).

What should we do when serving God?
This of course does not say much about the content of our service to God. What should we do when serving God? A good summary is the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. Jesus gave the Great Commandment to us when he said: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbour as yourself” (Matthew 22:37-39).

Loving Him
We serve God through loving Him. We express our love through worshiping Him through our songs and prayers, through reading and obeying His Word, through coming together as His church, and through giving the Lord the most important place in our lives.

Loving our neighbours
We also serve God through loving our neighbours. These are our family members, our relatives, our friends, our colleagues, and all people that the Lord brings on our path. We are willing to help them in any way that we can. We are not looking for an easy life for ourselves, but we are looking for how we can serve others, like the good Samaritan was willing to go out of his way to help the man wounded by robbers (see Luke 10:25-37).

Telling other people about Jesus
Another important aspect of serving God we find in Jesus’ last words before he ascended to heaven: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20).
Telling other people about Jesus, so that they have the opportunity to believe in Him, is one of the most important ways we may serve God. For through the proclamation of the Gospel people are saved for all eternity.This is a tremendous responsibility. But there is great joy connected to it. For as we love God, love our neighbours, and make disciples, we can be sure of Jesus’ promise that he will always be with us, until the day He returns and we will be with Him forever on the new earth. That makes our serving God a joyful service!

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“Sanctification” simply means “being made holy” or “being set apart especially for God.” In the Christian life, there are two different ways that we are “made holy” and it is very important that we understand what these two ways are and don’t mix them up.

Positional sanctification
First, there is “positional sanctification.” This means that the moment we first believed the gospel, God counted us perfectly holy (2 Thessalonians 1:10), and set us apart especially for Himself (1 Peter 2:9-10). This is not because we are holy in ourselves (Isaiah 6:5; 1 John 1:8), or can offer holy gifts to God (Isaiah 64:56) – we still sin every day (Luke 11:3-4). The reason God counts us holy is because of Jesus’ atoning death (Hebrews 13:12): by faith we have been united to Jesus Christ in His death and resurrection (Colossians 2:12), and so Jesus “has become for us … our righteousness, holiness and redemption” (1 Corinthians 1:30), far beyond any holiness we could ever offer for ourselves (Philippians 3:7-9). This is why one of the Bible’s most common terms for ordinary Christians is “saints” – literally, “holy ones.” So if you are a Christian, and someone asks you, “Are you holy?” in this “positional” sense, the answer is: “Yes – by God’s grace!”

Progressive sanctification
Second, there is “progressive sanctification.” Jesus saves us in our sin (Luke 5:32), but He doesn’t leave us in our sin (John 5:14): He has given us the Holy Spirit to empower us to live increasingly “holy” lives (1 Thessalonians 4:7-8) in response to what God has done for us (Romans 12:1) and in line with who we now are (Colossians 3:12). As God works in us to will and to act according to His good purpose (Philippians 1:12-13), we become increasingly useful for God’s service (2 Timothy 2:21) as we bear the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) and live self-controlled lives (Ephesians 5:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:4) overflowing with hope (Romans 15:13), joy (1 Thessalonians 1:6), and praise (1 Peter 2:5, 9). So, if you are a Christian, and someone asks you, “Are you holy?” in this “progressive” sense, the answer is: “Not completely, but I’m getting there – by God’s grace!”

Don’t separate positional and progressive sanctification
Even though “positional” and “progressive” sanctification must always be distinguished, the Bible also shows that they must never be separated. Hebrews 10:14 says of Jesus: “by one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.” Notice how we have ALREADY been made perfect (positional sanctification) but are still BEING made holy (progressive sanctification). Jesus gives us a picture of this in John 13:10. “A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” Notice how the disciples who believed Jesus’ word (John 15:3; cf. 1 John 1:7) had already had the bath (positional sanctification); but they still needed regular forgiveness for their sins (cf. 1 John 1:8-10) until the day they would finally reach perfection in heaven (progressive sanctification).

It is important to understand the difference
We can now understand why it is so important to understand the difference between “positional” and “progressive” sanctification. If we don’t understand “positional” sanctification, we may live our whole lives under the fear of condemnation, rather than rejoicing in the love and grace of God (Romans 5:1-2; 1 Peter 1:3), fully assured that we are God’s beloved children (1 John 3:1) and that God has mercifully cancelled all our sins (Acts 3:19). On the other hand, if we don’t understand “progressive” sanctification, we may mistakenly think that Christians can achieve perfect holiness in this life, and so be crushed by our own repeated failures.

Do not deny either “positional” or “progressive” sanctification
Worst of all, however, is to deny either “positional” or “progressive” sanctification. If we deny the possibility of salvation by grace alone through faith in Christ alone, we cannot be saved (Galatians 2:16), however “moral” our lives may be (Romans 10:1-4). On the other hand, if we show no signs of “progressive” sanctification, we must ask whether or not we really are “in Christ” at all (John 15:4-6). Whatever we might say with our mouths, if our lives show no signs of obedience to Christ (Matthew 5:13; 7:15-27), then we are in danger of being condemned on the last day as wicked and unproductive servants (Matthew 18:32-35; 24:48-51; 25:26-30) – in reality, no servants of Christ at all (Matthew 7:21-23).

In conclusion, then, “positional sanctification” and “progressive sanctification” must always be distinguished, but must never be divided. We’re saved by faith alone, but saving faith is never alone. As the Bible says: “Without holiness, no-one will see the Lord” (Hebrews 12:14).

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The practice of meditation is encouraged in the Old Testament. In Psalms the writers frequently refer to their meditation on God and His Word (see Psalms 1:2; 4:4; 27:4; 63:6, 77:6,12; 119:15, 23, 27, 48, 78, 148; 143:5). God uses this word in His exhortation to Israel just before they enter to the Promised Land. The Israelites are to remember that “This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success” (Joshua 1:8).

Biblical meditation
The Biblical practice of meditation differs significantly from other forms of meditation. In most other types of meditation, the goal is to empty one’s mind of all thoughts. In Biblical meditation, the goal is to think deeply about God: His character, deeds and teachings. This always begins with Scripture. Psalm 1 expresses this idea clearly:

“Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers”. (Psalm 1:1-3)

The word translated “law” in verse 2 is “Torah”, used to name the first five books of the Bible. The content of meditation is not just commandments, but all the gracious promises, saving acts, and self-revelation of God recorded in those early books.

Meditation is encouraged for everyone
Meditation is encouraged for everyone. In Deuteronomy 17:18-20 Israel is given the model for godly kingship. An important part the godly king’s activity would be contemplation of Scripture. Although not specifically called mediation, the lifelong habit of reading and carefully observing God’s words in a heart-changing way is the same concept.

Meditation in the New Testament
In the New Testament, we don’t find the word “meditation”, but we do find the concept in many places. Jesus, the ultimate fulfilment of the godly King, constantly meditated on Scripture. The young Jesus stayed behind when his parents journeyed toward home so that he could interact with the teachers in the Temple (Luke 2:41-51). When Satan tried to tempt Jesus in the desert Jesus answered him that “man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God”, a quotation from Deuteronomy 8:3. Whether refuting the scribes or opening the eyes of his disciples on the Emmaus Road, Jesus constantly demonstrated the fruit of his knowledge of and meditation on Scripture.

The apostle Paul encourages us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds (Romans 12:1-2); to dwell on whatever is true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, of good repute, excellent or worthy of praise (Philippians 4:8); to set our minds “on the things above, not on the things that are on earth” (Col 3:2), to “take pains with these things; be absorbed in them” (1 Timothy 4:15).

An interaction with God
We are not given a formula for how to meditate. The Hebrew word that is translated as “meditate” comes from a root that carries the idea to moan, growl, utter, speak, or muse. The concept points to a deep engagement with Scripture in which one may even express thoughts or feelings with words or sounds. Meditation is an interaction with God over his words to us, and could involve reading, prayer, confession, worshipping, crying out in joy or anguish, or in repentance. It is intended to result in our character – and ultimately our actions – being transformed in a way that’s pleasing to God.

Some suggestions of ways to meditate
Read through a portion of the bible prayerfully, thanking God aloud for the truth of his words, confessing when falling short of his standards, worshipping aloud at the wonder of his revealed goodness and majesty.
Think deeply about a portion of scripture, asking God for his help in understanding what you need to learn from it, and how it could speak into your life.
After a period of personal failure or distress, one might do as the Psalmists did and think deeply about the character and promises of God, and whether these help put present problems into perspective.
Meditation is to engage our whole person – mind, emotions, and will. How one meditates will vary between individuals. Like most of life, we get better as we practice. We have God’s promise that He is always ready to meet us as we turn to Him (Jeremiah 29:13).

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