Be Redemption-Minded

Victor Paul Wierwille

This article "Be Redemption-Minded" was taken from the Heart Magazine, December 1979/January 1980. BE REDEMPTION MINDED Dr. Victor Paul Wierwille HEART Magazine – December 1979/January 1980, Volume 3, No. 6 – page 5 God our Father wants us redemption-minded. His heart must ache when born-again believers are circumstance-minded, sickness-minded, negative-minded, failure-minded. The Father never created a failure. He made us for victory; He made us to be more than conquerors; He made us to have the more abundant life through our Lord Jesus Christ. As born-again sons of God, we have the mighty power of His gift of holy spirit, the same as the apostles had in their daily walk. And God is our wisdom. He is the very strength of our lives. He is the one who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing. Therefore, we do not need to cry for faith, nor pray for strength – it belongs to us because we belong to Him. We have been blessed with everything that redemption could possibly give. We must be more than students of the Word or admirers of the Word, we must be “doers” of the Word. God’s Word in us is a living reality. The reason the Word is living in us is because we are living in the Word. James 1:22-25 is an instructive section of the Word of God. Verse 22 says, “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving [deluding] yours own selves.” How many good people have deluded themselves? They are sincere enough, but sincerity is no guarantee for the truth. They believe in the teaching of their local church or denomination, but spend very little time studying the Word for themselves. They are very sensitive about what the neighbor says and, subsequently, deny themselves much, putting themselves under bondage because of man’s word rather than living the freedom of God’s Word. James 1:23 and 24: 23 For if any [one] be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass [mirror]: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth h