We Have the Mind of Christ

IIT UBF - University Bible Fellowship at IIT

We Have the Mind of Christ

Date: Mar. 19, 2021

Passage

1 Corinthians 2:6-16 (ESV)

6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written,

  “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
    nor the heart of man imagined,
  what God has prepared for those who love him”—

10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.

14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 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.

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Daily Bread

Key Verse: 2:16

“For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

1. We declare God's wisdom (6-10)

The message spoken by God's servants is a message of wisdom. But it is not from human wisdom. The wisdom is God's. But God's wisdom is also a mystery. It is not wisdom that can be discerned with the human mind or the human eye. For if it could be discerned by ourselves, the Lord of glory would not have been crucified. The mysterious wisdom is given to us by the Holy Spirit. What did God reveal through the Spirit? 'What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived.' This is the message of the gospel of salvation.

2. Who has known the mind of the Lord? (11-16)

Thank God he has given us the Holy Spirit. Through it we can discern the wisdom of God. It is not a mystery to those who God has called and given his Spirit. With the Spirit of God, we understand the message of God's wisdom. It is no longer a mystery to us! Those without the Spirit cannot understand. God's message is only foolishness to them. But to those who have the Spirit, God's message is one of power and salvation for the entire world.

Prayer: Father, help me to have the mind of Christ. Grant me deep discernment of your word.

One Word: Have the mind of Christ

Do Not Rejoice Israel

Hosea 9:1-17

Key Verse: 9:17

  My God will reject them
    because they have not listened to him;
    they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Today's Question

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