Romans 12:2 - ...be transformed by the renewing of your mind...
Romans 8:16 - The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit...
Our spirit is renewed when we are born again (Gal 4:6). But our mind requires renewal. In other words, we already have a knowing within us (1 Cor 2:10-12). But our head doesn't get it.
Our spirit is much faster than our head. We need to get our heart knowledge to our head, instead of the other way. That's why it's called mind renewal and not heart renewal.
You can be believing in a half-truth for a long time and when someone speaks truth, suddenly the spirit within you bears witness and you know and you know and you know that it is truth. That's when you align your mind to that truth. The half-truth and lies you once believed in start to fall off. A born-again believer will naturally accept spiritual truth because it is the spirit (anointing) teaching and confirming it (1 Jn 2:27).
The reason why a believer can reject truth is because he has believed in lies for too long (often from the pulpit) and while the spirit within him is bearing witness to the truth, his head blocks it out. The bible calls it "the carnal mind" because it is the realm where strongholds, arguments and prideful thoughts come against the true knowledge of God (2 Cor 10:4-5). The only way to overcome that is to walk in the Spirit (Gal 5:16; Rom 8:6).
The result of walking in the Spirit is life and peace (Rom 8:6). When what you hear from the pulpit or others releases life and peace from within you, you can be certain that it is truth, as long as it doesn't contradict with the Scriptures.
This is why Peter, without the New Covenant Scriptures, could say to Jesus, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." (Jn 6:68)
For Jesus Himself said in John 6:63 - "The words that I speak to you are SPIRIT, and they are LIFE."
Discerning truth? Discern life and peace from the spirit that is bearing witness within you.
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