We have the mind of Christ

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1 Corinthians 2:15-16
(15) The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
(16) "For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

I want to focus on the last sentence in this portion namely; “we have the mind of Christ”. This is a powerful statement that we have to grasp. In this whole section of the chapter Paul emphasizes that spiritual people have the ability to understand the workings of God, but unspiritual people don’t. Remember that God is all knowing and He is the One that designed everything that exists so if we need to know anything we should be able to get it from Him. The problem is that if you do not know how to get that information from Him you have a problem. It is not a problem though as God has made this ability to know His plans available to all people by means of the Holy Spirit that He generously gave to each believer.

You and I need to have a deep conviction of the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives and that will then give us the confidence to know that when we inquire from Him we will be able to hear Him speak. I have developed a confidence in my ability to hear God speak because I constantly look into the Word that says that I have the mind of Christ. I HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST. I do not have to seek it, I have it. Yes, in order to understand the things of God I often have to quiet my mind and study the Word without outside interference in order to be able to hear what God is saying, but mostly I walk through life knowing that I have the mind of Christ. I am confident that I will always know what to do in every situation because Jesus is in me and I know His mind.

I want you to know that you do not need to run to other people every time you need wisdom about something. Run to the Father and know that you have His mind through the Holy Spirit. You are able to hear from Him and you are able to understand great and deep mysteries. The Spirit reveals the deep things of God to us. There is nothing that God hides from us; He hides it for us to find out. The difference between these two concepts is profound as the outcome is significantly different. I want to challenge you to meditate on this fact that you have the mind of Christ, if you are a believer in Jesus Christ. You can know God’s thoughts and have His insight into situations, wow!!


AFRIKAANS

1 Corinthians 2:15-16
(15) Maar die geestelike mens beoordeel wel alle dinge; self egter word hy deur niemand beoordeel nie.
(16) Want wie het die sin van die Here geken, dat hy Hom sou kan onderrig? Maar ons het die sin van Christus.

Ek wil hier fokus op die laaste deel can hierdie vers; “maar ons het die sin van Christus”. Hierdie is ‘n kragtige verklaring wat Paulus maak en ons moet begrip hê daarvan. In die hele hoofstuk praat Pauls oor die feait dat geestelike mense geestelike dinge kan onderskei, maar ongestelike mense kan nie. Onthou dat God alwetend is en dat Hy die Een is wat alles ontwerp het en dus as ons iets wil weet ons dit by hom sal kan uitvind. God het aan elkeen van ons die vermoë gegee om Sy wee te ken en te verstaan deur die Heilige Gees.

Ons moet ‘n diepe oortuiging hê van die teenwoordigheid van die Heilge Gees in ons lewens en dit sal vir ons dan die versekering gee dat as ons vir God iets vra dat ons sal hoor wat Hy sê. Ek het al oor die jare heen gegroei in sekerheid dat ek God kan hoor deurdat ek baie ure in die Woord spandeer het en die Woord sê dat ek die gedagtes van die Here het. EK KEN DIE GEDAGTES VAN DIE HERE. Ek hoef dit nie te probeer kry nie, ek het dit. Ja, ek moet soms my eie gedagtes stil maak sodat ek God beter kan hoor en om die Woord te bestudeer en om God te h00r praat, maar ek lewe met die wete dat ek ken God se gedagtes. Ek is seker van die feit dat ek altyd sal weet wat om te doen in elke situasie want Jesus is in my en Hy maak sy gedagtes aan my bekend.

Jy moet weet dat jy nie altyd hoef te hardloop na ander vir raad nie. Hardloop na die Vader en weet dat jy Sy gedagtes ken deur die Heilge Gees wat in jou is. Jy kan hoor wat God sê en jy kan diep geheimenisse verstaan. Die Gees openbaar sdie diep dinge ban Hgod. Daar is niks wat God van ons af wegsteek nie, Hy steek dit weg vir ons om te vind. Die verskil tussen hierdie twee gedagtes is finominaal omdat die uitkoms baie anders is. Ek wil jou uitdaag om te mediteer op hierdie skriffie dat jy die gedagtes van God het. Dit is natuurlik slegs as jy ‘n gelowige is. Jy kan die weë en gedagtes van God verstaan en insig hê in elke situasie, wow..