{"id":3805,"date":"2019-08-09T19:44:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T19:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heavens-beauty.com\/?page_id=3805"},"modified":"2019-08-10T22:15:44","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T22:15:44","slug":"scripture-verses-on-double-mindedness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heavens-beauty.com\/?page_id=3805","title":{"rendered":"Scripture Verses On Double Mindedness"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"font-weight: 400; border-style: hidden; width: 91%;\" width=\"91%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/heavens-beauty.info\/images\/double_mindness.jpg\" alt=\"The term double-minded comes from the Greek word dipsuchos, meaning \u00e2\u0080\u009ca person with two minds or souls.\u00e2\u0080\u009d \" \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Scriptures \u2013 Double Mindedness<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>5\/21\/2009<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">These Scriptures will have some of a little of reference verses, also.\u00a0A double-minded believer is someone who is constantly living in a state of compromise. Half of you lives for God, while the other half lives for your bad habit. Hence, you are\u00a0<b>&#8220;double-minded.&#8221;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>&#8220;What does it mean to be double-minded (James 1:8; 4:8)?&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong> The term double-minded comes from the Greek word\u00a0<strong>dipsuchos<\/strong>, meaning\u00a0<strong>\u201ca person with two minds or souls.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0It\u2019s interesting that this word appears only in the book of James (<strong>James 1:8; 4:8<\/strong>).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Bible scholars conclude that James might have coined this word. To grasp the full meaning of this word, it is best to understand how it is used within its context.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.khouse.org\/articles\/2003\/480\/\">Single-mindedness vs. Double-mindedness<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Three Types of Minds<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Scripture speaks about three types of minds: the\u00a0<strong>natural mind<\/strong>\u00a0(an unbeliever), a\u00a0<strong>double-minded<\/strong>\u00a0person (a Christian) and a\u00a0<strong>single-minded<\/strong>\u00a0person (also a Christian).<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100.355%; border-style: hidden;\" width=\"100.355%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 58.2873%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><u>Double Mindedness<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.10497%;\" width=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 71.9328%;\" width=\"280\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 58.2873%;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Deuteronomy 1:39<\/strong>\u00a0Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Deuteronomy 18:15<\/strong><b><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Deuteronomy 18:18<\/strong>\u00a0I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>1 Kings 18:21<\/strong><b><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Acts 7:37-39<\/strong>\u00a0<b><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><sup>38\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><sup>39\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Acts 28:26-29<\/strong>\u00a0<b><sup>26\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><sup>27\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><sup>28\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><sup>29\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>James 1:8<\/strong>\u00a0<b><sup>\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.10497%;\" width=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 71.9328%;\" width=\"280\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/heavens-beauty.info\/images\/double_mindness1.png\" alt=\"Scripture speaks about three types of minds: the natural mind (an unbeliever), a double-minded person (a Christian) and a single-minded person (also a Christian).\" width=\"409\" height=\"525\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 58.2873%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 1.10497%;\" width=\"4\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 71.9328%;\" width=\"280\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scriptures \u2013 Double Mindedness 5\/21\/2009 These Scriptures will have some of a little of reference verses, also.\u00a0A double-minded believer is someone who is constantly living in a state of compromise. Half of you lives for God, while the other half lives for your bad habit. 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