The Mind of Christ

The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment:  "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ. (1Cor 2:14-16) 

As I continued to meditate on “taking every thought captive and making it obedient to Christ” … not only thinking about it but doing it … the Spirit led me to the verses I have quoted above, and the realization swept over me that this passage is about our freedom in Christ!  I have been transformed by the renewing of my mind. I am no longer subject to any man’s judgment because I have the mind of Christ!  How did I get it? By yielding to the Holy Spirit as He speaks to me about the thoughts and attitudes of my heart. Moment by moment He has been forming in me the mind of Christ!  What awesome freedom that gives me!

 I am free to be what God created me to be. I don’t have to strive to be something my culture tells me I should be. I don’t have to follow the formalities of any religion. I don’t have to climb the ladder of success as prescribed by my secular culture. I don’t have to submit to the rules and traditions of my family of origin that have been passed down from generation to generation. I don’t listen to the judgments of the world. God is my judge! I have learned to discern and hold onto the thoughts and attitudes that glorify God and cast out those that do not.   When we can do this for ourselves we do not need anyone to tell us how to behave.  The Spirit is our teacher, “…the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. (1Joh 2:27). We have grown up into Christ the Head. We have not only the imputed righteousness of Christ that became ours at the foot of the cross, but we have the wisdom of Christ who is drawing each of us into our very own unique destiny. “For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Ephe 2:10). To be continued...