Grace unto you, and peace (rest, not divisions),
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ

Be not highminded. Mind not high things

Romans 11:20 -22
Be not highminded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, [take heed] lest he also spare not thee. Behold therefore the goodness (grace) and severity (law) of God: on them which fell, severity (law); but toward thee, goodness (grace), if thou continue in [his] goodness (grace): otherwise thou also shalt be cut off (lawed).

Romans 12:16 -17
[Be] of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things,
but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

1Timothy 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy

Highminded is often too simply defined as proud or haughty. For I noticed both "proud" & "highminded" are listed among "unholy" things in 2Timothy 3; Which caused me to look further into the allegoric meaning of "highminded". I found highminded is not only similar to double minded: James 1:8 & 4:8, but it also seems to describe both the left and the right sides: division of plural divided heavens "on high", including the new high priest standing at the right hand of GOD (LORD, Majesty) on high, which is Law of Law or Grace; Since His Grace is merciful only: Luke 6:36, not both merciful and vengeful. The will of God oft stated in OT & NT is I will have mercy, and not sacrifice; Which is to allegory say: I will have grace, and not law, when studied out. For in Matthew 9:13 it's notably given as a "go" learn what Hosea 6:6 meaneth.

    The Two Gods Allegory: Law (God on high) and Grace (higher God)
    Higher God: Grace: God our Father in heaven: higher than the heavens
    God on high: Law: The Majesty in plural divided L/R heavens on high
    Be not highminded: Romans 11:20; 1Timothy 6:17. Mind not high things: Romans 12:16.
     Whosoever of you are justified by law(high); ye are fallen from grace(higher): Galatians 5:4.

Above this L/R division(unrest) and not peace(rest) of God & Son "on high" is "God our Father" in a unified "heaven" above: "higher than the heavens", which is obviously Grace. Galatians 5:4 notes if justified by the law (on high), then you're fallen from grace(higher) to law(on high); And if fallen (bewitched) then Christ (is the end of the law) is of no effect to you. It's also noted in Hebrews 10:31 that it's a fearful thing to fall (from grace to law) into the (plural) "hands" of the living God: Law. So if Law be the living God instead dead testator: Hebrews 9, then it's perilous times: 2Timothy 3. But perilous times notably occur in "last days"(plural), not "last day". It's now the last day.

        - the BIGGIE is GOD on high; Called the LORD and Majesty on high
          (the GOD on high is awful lawful; And the day of the LORD is darkness, not light)
        - another biggie is new high priest: Christ Jesus (reverse of JC): Heb 3
          (Christ: the end of law: glorified not himself to be made an high priest: Heb 5:5)
        - the Passover Sabbath day: which is called an high day: John 19:31
          (Let no man judge you... in respect of an holyday of the new moon: Col 2:16)
          - sacrifice: (slaughter, bloodshed) occurs in the high place: 1Samuel 9:2
          (will of God to do prior to receive the promise is I will have mercy, and not sacrifice)
        - punishment: to the host of the high ones that are on high: Isaiah 24:21
          (we are delivered from the law: Rom 7:6; And thereby from wrath: 1Thess 1:10; 5:9)
        - Bamah: the high place whereunto ye(do err) go: Ezekiel 20: 28-31
          (Bamah: high place of idolatrous worship, polluted: whoredom, abominations: laws)
        - Divisions: Law vs Law and Law vs Grace, which occur in high places
          (God is the author of grace and peace[rest], not of confusion, nor of divisions[unrest])
        - Captivity Captive: captured that occurs from on high in Ephesians 4:8
          (objective isn't captivity, but liberty: Isaih 61:1 & deliverance to captives: Luke 4:18)
        - Spiritual Wickedness: is what occurs in high places in Ephesians 6
          (the law is spiritual, but it's spiritual wickedness, spiritual abuse, spiritual perversion)


Highminded is similar to being puffed up with law knowledge, as if being lion of judah prideful, rather than being edified up & exhorted up higher by charity: grace knowledge. Of the two sorts of knowlege to biblically compare and contrast: Law knowlege and Grace knowledge, it's notably Law knowlege that is both "ready to vanish": Hebrews 8:13 and "shall vanish": 1Corinthians 13:8. The reason charity(grace knowledge) never faileth nor vanishes is because charity(grace) thinketh no evil(law). Charity is also notably to be put on above forgiving one another by law, for true forgiveness is only plausible by abolition of the law, since law imputed sin also imputes unpardonable sin, and law is also the strength of sin's death sting. So as long as highminded law is given place, a high place, there'll continue to be sinners, unpardonable sin both here and hereafter, and a death sting. Hence we are exhorted to give no place to the devil(law), rather than to struggle or wrestle with it and more often than not lose the battle. Eg: I fought the law and the law won. It's better to flush law as dung rather than fight it, which gives it strength, to apply a death sting to you. Allegorically law is biblically "am I", and grace is "I am". So it is allegorically Pauline written "when I am (grace) weak, then am I (law) strong". For law hind-ers grace, makes it no more grace, rather grace + law ends bad, as bad as blessed + cursed = accursed, and as life + death is as saved + destroyed after.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.