naturally, seeing the thread topic and reading the originating post, i looked up in the scripture where "the mind of Christ" is written of. first thing i found is quoted below..
hmm wonder who "we" is in this passage:
these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.
The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, for,
(1 Corinthians 2:10-16)
it's not "me" that has the mind of Christ -- but the Spirit of God knows the mind of Christ, and teaches me - the Spirit has this mind, and God has given us of this Spirit. if i "have" it it's not expressing 'ownership' or 'origin' from within myself, but being owned by God, and originating in God.
i think then if we don't have the mind of Christ, we are not in Him, because who is in Him is sealed with this Spirit. if we have part in this spirit, though, we all do have the mind of Christ, having not our own mind, but instead crucifying our own vain thinking along with our transgressions, and taking part in the life that is Christ.
how else could it be? that we put to death the sin of our carnal bodies, but not our carnal way of thinking? or that we have no mind at all?
hmm wonder who "we" is in this passage:
these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.
The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, for,
“Who has known the mind of the Lord
so as to instruct him?”
But we have the mind of Christ.so as to instruct him?”
(1 Corinthians 2:10-16)
it's not "me" that has the mind of Christ -- but the Spirit of God knows the mind of Christ, and teaches me - the Spirit has this mind, and God has given us of this Spirit. if i "have" it it's not expressing 'ownership' or 'origin' from within myself, but being owned by God, and originating in God.
i think then if we don't have the mind of Christ, we are not in Him, because who is in Him is sealed with this Spirit. if we have part in this spirit, though, we all do have the mind of Christ, having not our own mind, but instead crucifying our own vain thinking along with our transgressions, and taking part in the life that is Christ.
how else could it be? that we put to death the sin of our carnal bodies, but not our carnal way of thinking? or that we have no mind at all?