Daily Bible Verse

Study: thoughts, imaginations, mind

Imaginations – frame of mind

MENS IMAGINATIONS (FRAME OF MIND) – Men’s imaginations or frame of mind is continually evil

A. Carnal man (our fleshly nature):

Man’s imaginations (frame of mind) and thoughts are continually evil (antithetical to God)

God understands his imaginations (Frame of mind) and searcheth continually

B. The believing man (the new nature)

We are to continually offer a willing mind

God will keep a man in “perfect peace” whose imaginations (frame of mind) is stayed on him because he TRUSTS in God

What is it to Trust

Trust is derived from Hope

1a. Genesis 6:5 – mens imaginations of thought are continually evil

⁵ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination (frame of mind) of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Imagination: form, frame, purpose

4190-4191 – evil

Evil (Old Testament and later Judaism) – (Eerdmans theological dictionary) –

a. Bad in nature or condition, of little worth, useless, of culturally useless animals, of fruits and foods, of land, of men

b. ill Natured, dangerous, harmful, of animals,

c. Unfavorable of a mans reputation, of censure, what is prejudicial to the soul, of the spirit which brings ruin, human conduct which brings ruin.

d. To look bad, ugly, sorrowful of the face

e. Unhappy, “troubled” of the age or day. “evil”, or “hurtful”, the “futile”, “meaningless” in the acts of man, “the misfortune” against which God can preserve us but which he precisely brings on transgressors, the bad, sorrowful life, plagues, sickness,

The wicked – in contrast to the wicked are those who seek Yahweh. The wicked, then, are those who do not seek Yahweh or his commands, who will not be guided by him. Who is wicked is thus measured by God, by his commands, and by obedience to them.

Evil: God determines what is EVIL and in this sense evil is to be understood simply as that which is contrary to God. Hence:

Morally bad, culpable, the will which has turned aside from God

Darkness reigned until Christ (the light) came – John 3:19

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds (labor, business, employment, and then work, something done, deed, act, action) were evil.

²⁰ For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds (labor, business, employment, and then work, something done, deed, act, action) should be reproved (discovered – to have anything pointed out to oneself).

²¹ But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds (labor, business, employment, and then work, something done, deed, act, action) may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

1a. Genesis 8:21 – mens imaginations of thought are continually evil

²¹ And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination (frame of mind) of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

1 Chronicles 28:9 – God continually searchers the heart and understands the mans frame of mind. We are to serve him with a willing mind and perfect heart

⁹ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations (frame of mind) of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

POSITIVE FRAME OF MIND – Our FRAME OF MIND is to willing offer to God

1 Chronicles 29:17-18 – You are to keep and imagine or form in your heart to willingly offer to God

17… and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

¹⁸ O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination (frame of mind) of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

Isaiah 26:3-4 – God will keep a man in perfect peace whose frame of mind is stayed on him because he TRUSTS in God

³ Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind (frame of mind) is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

⁴ Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

Trust – (derives from the word hope)

Hope (1690)

El Peace (HOPE) (1690) (theological dictionary Kittle)

There is here something characteristic. In the OT there is no neutral concept of expectation. An expectation is either good or bad and therefor it is either hope or fear. Hope itself is thus differentiated linguistically from fear of the future. Hope as expectation of good is closely linked with trust, and expectation is also yearning in, in which the element of patient waiting for fleeing for refuge is emphasized.

Hope is thus hope of the good, and so long as there is life there is hope. But this hope is not a consoling dream of the imagination which causes us to forget our present troubles, nor are we warned of is uncertainty, as in the Greek world. The life of the righteous is grounded in hope. To have hope, to have a future, is a sign that things are well with us. This hope is naturally directed to God.

Hope (noun) – Bullinger Lexicon – ie expectation of something future.

Subjective: a well-grounded expectation and a gladly and firmly help prospect of a future good

Objective: the expected good, that for which we hope

1st usage

Act 2:25-26 – Davids hope was in the coming messiah – as a result his heart rejoiced, his tongue was glad, and he rested in hope (the expectation of future good)

²⁵ For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

²⁶ Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

Thought

THOUGHT: (WEBSTERS 1828 DEFINITION)

1. Properly, that which the mind thinks. thought is either the act or operation of the mind, when attending to a particular subject or thing or it is the idea consequent on that operation.

2. Idea; conception. I wish to convey my thoughts to another person. I employ words that express my thoughts, so that he may have the same ideas; in this case, our thoughts will be alike.

3. Fancy; conceit; something framed by the imagination.

4. Reflection; particular consideration.

5. Opinion; judgment.

6. Meditation; serious consideration.

7. Design; purpose.

8. Silent contemplation.

9. Solicitude; care; concern.

10. Inward reasoning; the workings of conscience.

11. A small degree or quantity; as a thought longer; a thought better. [Not in use.]

MENS THOUGHTS:

Psalms – 94:11 – Mans thoughts are vanity (like a vapor, unsubstantial, worthless)

¹¹ The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

Vanity: figurative of what is evanescent (vanishing, like a vapor), unsubstantial, worthless, vanity, as of idols

NEW THOUGHT

Ephesians 4:21-24 – Be renewed in the spirit of the new man

²¹ If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught (were instructed) by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

²² That ye put off (put away) concerning (with the ultimate purpose) the former (before) conversation (manner of life) the old man (Adam nature), which is corrupt (being corrupted) according to the deceitful lusts (sinful desires);

²³ And be renewed (implies that the whole course of life now flows in a different direction) in the spirit (your spirit, desires, action) of your mind (reflective conscious);

²⁴ And that ye put on the new man (new nature), (that) which after (along the same motion) God is (was) created in (remaining within) righteousness and (of the) true (truth) holiness (godliness).

spoken words of the new Man – Ephesians 4:29 – DONT BE HARD ON YOURSELF

(MEV) ²⁹ Let no unwholesome word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for building up, that it may give grace to the listeners.

(ESV) ²⁹ Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear

Speaking to yourself in psalms and making melody to the Lord in your heart. – Ephesians 5:19 -20

(KJV) ¹⁹ Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

(KJV) ²⁰ Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

(ESV)¹⁹ addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, ²⁰ giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹ submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Speaking truth of sound doctrine – Ephesians 4:14-15

¹⁴ That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

¹⁵ But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

We are freed from the sinful body, for Christ died in order that we might live. ROMANS 5-7

M I N D (minds)

Yetser – (3336) – from (3335)

1. Form, framing, purpose, framework
2. of what is framed in the mind

Of what is framed in the mind:

Genesis 6:5 – every purpose or framework of mens thoughts of his heart are evil continually

⁵ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination (3336 – mind) of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

1 Chronicles 28:9 – God understands all the imaginations of the thoughts in man. However, if you seek him, you will find him.

⁹ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

Isaiah 26:3 – God will keep those whose mind is sustained, maintained or upheld on him in perfect peace (peace peace)

³ Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

Do not walk or set your course of life in the futility or vanity of the mind – Ephesians 4:17-18

^{(KJV) 7} This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,

(KJV) ¹⁸ Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

(ESV) ¹⁷ Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. ¹⁸ They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart.

Mind : Reflective Conscious (4907) – intelligence, insight into anything, understanding, cleverness as shown as quickness of apprehension; acuteness, the intelligent penetrating consideration which proceeds decision and action. Wisdom of productive thought.

1. We are to love God with all of thy heart and all thy soul and all thy intelligence and understanding – Mark 12:33

³³ And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding (4907 – reflective insight or thought, reflective insight), and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

2. We are to have intelligence or insight that God is our God and trust and conviction in that. All while staying knit together in love – Colossians 2:2-3

(kjv) ² (in order that) That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches (abounding riches) of the full assurance (the trust and conviction) of understanding (4907 – reflective insight or thought, reflective insight), to (with a view to) the acknowledgement (being acquainted with) of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of (even) Christ;

(kjv) ³ In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom (right aplication of knowledge) and knowledge (acquired by learning).

3. God destroyed the wisdom of the wise and the understanding (4907) of the putting together of the mind. 1 Corinthians 1:19

¹⁹ For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding (4907 – reflective insight or thought, reflective insight) of the prudent (putting together of the mind).

Colossians (verses on mind)

Colossians 2:2

Colossians 3:2

Colossians 3:12 – put on humbleness of mind

Prudent – wisdom to the wise, reflective insight to the prudent (what it is to be wise)
Joyfulness –

delight

joy

gladness