“You can’t have suffering and you can’t have the surrendering of your life to Christ without knowing that in the future there is going to be glory, and there is going to be transformation. These two chapters together present the proper perspective of life. Most of the time our perspective is incomplete; we only see the human, the suffering, the hardship, the difficulty. It is very important that we see both the human and the spiritual.”

The Greek concept of νοῦς (nous) has to do with our perceptive abilities (a way of understanding or interpreting something, a mental impression).  Humanly speaking it is being aware of something by way of the senses – seeing, hearing, feeling, etc.  While spiritually speaking it refers to the believer’s Spiritual perception, which is necessary for discerning the will of God.  The Bible teaches that man, in his natural human state, does not have the ability to perceive and understand the things of God.  Furthermore, it is only the Lord by His Spirit who is able to open man’s mind in this way; thereby allowing him to see, and to hear, and to know.

New this week: Nous Part One ~ Romans 12:1-2