16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ. - 1 Corinthians 2:16.
I know we talk alot about Paul and his writing's but Paul gives some amazing insight into the mind of our father. Basically you get the 'mind of Christ when you read Paul.' When you read Paul you are reading the mind of Christ. Now let's stop here for a moment and reflect on that. The mind of Christ is the most talked about subject in scripture and among believers so it should be given alot of attention.
Why wouldn't God just say "ok boys and girls I have a book and it has several people I will use to write it and one particular writer is going to stand out his name is Saul to be Paul. When he writes he will be writing the mind of Christ." That would be nice right, but to do that what Paul writes or any other writers would loose what it has. It has to be revealed to you, scripture declares they must be spiritually discerned. Now that sounds like small wording but those small words 'spiritually discerned,' will turn out to mean everything to an on going believer. Those that are comfortable in their understanding those words may not mean anything. But to a hungry longing heart to know their father with that ache in heart for understanding they will mean everything.
You have to understand your bible is not like any other book that is written. Every other book has a human author, not your bible. Your bible is the inspiration of God, penned by man but given by God. It is as if God Himself wrote the bible by himself with no help. So when reading Paul the mind of Christ is written in the Epistles. Some people say that is true for all scripture and that is true to a point. The major difference is what Paul is saying. You cannot go anywhere else in written scripture and find the same declaration as far as who we are, and how we got to be who we are, and what to do with that knowledge. Nowhere else can that be fully accomplished in scripture like Paul's Epistles.
The scriptures are majestically put together and to be trusted to the fullest. Time and men try to exclude scripture from life but it has never worked and never will. It is the only life line for humanity and their Creator not to be messed with, dire warning given in scripture for such; men should heed. Man has been given to their own interpretations of written scripture and feel they will do humanity a service and rewrite what is written. Something easier to read one writer explained to me.
No when I write or listen to another or read a book or bible someone has constructed, I keep in mind the scriptures say "let every man be a lier for God is true." Do we purposely mislead, maybe some do but most are doing their best but it doesn't matter it is still never going to be what you need and can only get from your father himself.
When the father spoke audibly as Jesus was baptized "this is my son hear him," and hollered out of heaven at Paul on the road to Damascus and got his attention. He was saying "this is going to be my servant Paul hear him because he will tell you things that have never before exsisted on earth or with men." Something new that has never been in exsistence before now is happening and you need to know what it is, follow my servant.
Following my servant is the only way humanity can know anything (spiritually).
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. - 1 Corinthians 2:13-14.
I know we talk alot about Paul and his writing's but Paul gives some amazing insight into the mind of our father. Basically you get the 'mind of Christ when you read Paul.' When you read Paul you are reading the mind of Christ. Now let's stop here for a moment and reflect on that. The mind of Christ is the most talked about subject in scripture and among believers so it should be given alot of attention.
Why wouldn't God just say "ok boys and girls I have a book and it has several people I will use to write it and one particular writer is going to stand out his name is Saul to be Paul. When he writes he will be writing the mind of Christ." That would be nice right, but to do that what Paul writes or any other writers would loose what it has. It has to be revealed to you, scripture declares they must be spiritually discerned. Now that sounds like small wording but those small words 'spiritually discerned,' will turn out to mean everything to an on going believer. Those that are comfortable in their understanding those words may not mean anything. But to a hungry longing heart to know their father with that ache in heart for understanding they will mean everything.
You have to understand your bible is not like any other book that is written. Every other book has a human author, not your bible. Your bible is the inspiration of God, penned by man but given by God. It is as if God Himself wrote the bible by himself with no help. So when reading Paul the mind of Christ is written in the Epistles. Some people say that is true for all scripture and that is true to a point. The major difference is what Paul is saying. You cannot go anywhere else in written scripture and find the same declaration as far as who we are, and how we got to be who we are, and what to do with that knowledge. Nowhere else can that be fully accomplished in scripture like Paul's Epistles.
The scriptures are majestically put together and to be trusted to the fullest. Time and men try to exclude scripture from life but it has never worked and never will. It is the only life line for humanity and their Creator not to be messed with, dire warning given in scripture for such; men should heed. Man has been given to their own interpretations of written scripture and feel they will do humanity a service and rewrite what is written. Something easier to read one writer explained to me.
No when I write or listen to another or read a book or bible someone has constructed, I keep in mind the scriptures say "let every man be a lier for God is true." Do we purposely mislead, maybe some do but most are doing their best but it doesn't matter it is still never going to be what you need and can only get from your father himself.
When the father spoke audibly as Jesus was baptized "this is my son hear him," and hollered out of heaven at Paul on the road to Damascus and got his attention. He was saying "this is going to be my servant Paul hear him because he will tell you things that have never before exsisted on earth or with men." Something new that has never been in exsistence before now is happening and you need to know what it is, follow my servant.
Following my servant is the only way humanity can know anything (spiritually).
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. - 1 Corinthians 2:13-14.
