The mind of Christ

But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ. – 1 Corinthians 2.15-16

Paul seems to capture the essence of this lengthy discussion about wisdom and foolishness and spiritual mindedness and fleshly mindedness with the simple statement ‘but we have the mind of Christ.’

I struggled a bit with just what Paul was saying here. When I first read it seemed a little presumptuous and it didn't make a lot of sense. I think though that I may have figured it out.

Paul is not claiming that he, or us, or anyone else already can always think like Christ and act accordingly. He is not claiming that we have Christ-like perfection.

Paul seems means that believers, because we have the Holy Spirit have the mind of Christ. It is just a fact. It means that we don’t have to think like the world. We don’t have to swallow the world’s way. We don’t have to behave the way the world behaves.

Indeed we, as God’s children, have the mind of Christ. The question we must ask ourselves is whether or not we use it.