Bible Summary. Our mind is the battlefield of spiritual warfare. The overall objective of spiritual warfare is to "have the mind of Christ". The power of the Holy Spirit enables us to take on the mind of Christ. Keeping the mind of Christ is the good fight of faith. Accepting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior is only the first step of spiritual warfare.

1 Corinthians 2:16. Christian spiritual warfare is totally focused on the mind. What is in the balance is whether our mind will be controlled by the natural man or by the Spirit. The natural man is no match for God's Spirit, but it is our choice if we let our flesh control our mind or if we let the Holy Spirit rule in us.

Romans 8:6. According to the Bible your religious values determine your future in life and in the hereafter. If you have religious values that are spiritually-minded such as truth, goodness, and love, you will have a life of peace and joy. This is what Jesus teaches us if we will believe Him. These are the things of the Spirit and of God.

1 Timothy 6:5. Many of us to include Christians can caught up in worldly goods and worldly knowledge and think it is a form of Godliness.(2 Timothy 3:5). First, godliness is about truth and not about worldly knowledge. Godliness is about speaking God's truth and not about winning arguments. There are many smart people in the world, but many of them are far from godliness.

Proverbs 4:23. The Bible says, "Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life" (Proverbs 4:23). We may see our circumstances or even our own natural abilities as our biggest problems, but it is really our heart where problems start and end. If we strive daily to keep our heart in check, bad thoughts and actions will cease from materializing in our lives.

Definition of Human Nature. The short answer to the definition of human nature is it is the sum of qualities and traits shared by all humans. From a Christian perspective the definition of human nature centers around man's free will (choice) and his relationship to God.

Romans 1:28. God does not desire for us to be separated from him. It is our choice to not be with Him. Many of us do not desire to retain God in our conscience because it is not convenient to our fleshly desires (Romans 1:28, "And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;").

Romans 2:14. The Bible tells us that God made everyone with a conscience.

John 8:9. A social conscience is a set of customs and norms that are acceptable to a given society. Society's conscience changes over time and is usually driven by public acts and laws.

Mark 12:30. In Mark 12:30-31, Jesus tells us how to be obedient to God. He tells us that we must "...love thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength..." He also tells us that it is just as important to "...love thy neighbour as thyself." This is the path to righteousness and being in right standing with God.

Matthew 22:37. If God created us, then He has a purpose for our lives. He is the one that gives us the meaning of life. God has given everything and everyone a purpose. God did not just create you for no purpose. When you bake a cake, the cake has a purpose. When you create something at work, it has a purpose. When God created mankind He had a purpose for mankind.

Matthew 22:37. Another key difference between lust and love is that love comes from the heart, but lust comes from the flesh. Lust is part of the material world attempting to satisfy one of the five senses. Lust's sole aim is to satisfy the flesh. Love transcends the material world and is solely focused on spiritual things. Love, unmerited favor, can only come from the heart.

2 Corinthians 10:5. In warfare, military objectives usually focus on the destruction of an enemy or the gaining of a territory. The objective of Christian spiritual warfare is territorial in nature. The territory in this case is the human mind.

Romans 12:2. If we earnestly hear God's Truth, our mind and conscience are renewed continually.

Hebrews 9:14. At one time all of mankind became separated from God when sin entered into human nature as result of Adam's disobedience in the Garden of Eden. Because God is righteous, He cannot tolerate the sin in man's nature. To reconcile a sinful mankind back to the living God, Jesus offered us a free gift of salvation.