“For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ”. 1Corinthians2:16
St.Paul here quotes from Isaiah40:14. “With whom took He counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of judgement, and taught Him knowledge, and showed to Him the way of understanding “ 1Corinthians2:16 is Paul’s question to the Corinthians. Here Paul reveals the truth that “But we have the mind of Christ”. We also have to consider this question. Our carnal mind consist of intellect, emotions and will. It all works according to our mind or by some external forces. Here the question is who can instruct the Lord in His decision. No carnal minded one can instruct. John 14:16,17. “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever;” Even the spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive because it seeth Him not, neither knowers Him:but you know Him; for He dwellers with you, and shall be in you”. When we receive Jesus Christ and His words, the Holy Spirit lives inside us .Holy Spirit reforms our natural minds and turns it into the mind of Christ. Then we begin to think like Jesus and develop the attitude of Christ. The believers have the mind of Christ because they have the Word and the revelation of God’s mind. The attitudes Jesus spoke of to the multitudes in the sermon on the mount together constitute the “mind of Christ “.Those attitudes describes character of a believer.(Mathew 5:3-12). Those who are poor in spirit, mourning,meek,hunger and thirst after righteousness,merciful,pure in heart,peacemakers, willing to take risk in taking a stand for Christ and are joyful and giving thanks in all circumstances. These along with the fruit of Holy Spirit constitute the mind of Christ (Galatians 5:22,23) .The enemy of our souls misguided our minds.So we make wrong , hasty , emotion driven decisions that we would regret later. For example revenge is a human nature but Christ showed us how to forgive. Again we are naturally impatient but Lord ask us to control our anger and be kind and patient to others. When we accept Jesus we have a transplanted heart. Similarly we need a mind transplant-we need the mind of Christ. He gives us the strength to endure hardships and teaches us that we have an eternal purpose in life. He asks us to focus on the Lord , not on to the successes and failures of this world. When I was having that carnal mind till the age of my fifties, I wanted worldly success in all areas of my life and also that revenge mind. But after receiving the mind of Christ all those desires gone. The truth set me free.
Prayer
Heavenly Father ,thank you for changing my carnal mind with the mind of Christ which help me to take correct decisions. In Jesus name I pray. Amen