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
Do you know anybody famous, anybody who has risen to the top of their field and is highly regarded for their expertise and knowledge? I mean, do you personally know such a person, on a first name, sit-down-and-chat basis? Most of these people are far beyond our circle of friends, but those who do know them are privileged to look into great minds. They hear of ideas and concepts that never cross the minds of ordinary mortals. And yet, all the wise and wonderful people of this world are severely limited in what they can understand, limiting their knowledge to only one or two fields of expertise. They are also severely limited in what they can express, either in verbally or in writing. Nobody can actually get very far into their minds. Certainly not nearly as well as you and I can get into the mind of our Lord and Saviour.
Our text points out that there is nobody who could ever know enough or understand God enough to inform Him of anything. The human mind is so far inferior to the mind of God, as a fruit fly’s mind is inferior to ours. And yet, God has revealed His mind to us in the person of His Son, and in the Word of God. In our text’s reminder that we have the mind of Christ, we have the reminder that God has shared the plan, purpose, and perspective of Christ. This means that we can understand His plan to bring glory to Himself, to restore creation to its original perfection, and to bring salvation to lost sinners. We can grasp something of His purpose to seek and to save that which was lost (Luke 19:10). And we can also comprehend something of His perspective of humility and obedience to His God and His infinite love for the souls of poor sinners.
Before we could ever have the mind of Christ, we needed to repent and be converted from the depraved and pathetic state that we were in as sinners. God’s salvation brought us into the availability of the mind of Christ. Submitting to the leading of the Holy Spirit brought us into the influence of the mind of Christ. As we learned obedience, and as we studied God’s Word, we grew closer to the likeness of the mind of Christ.
Because we have the mind of Christ, we have the wonderful truths of God revealed to us, truths that were once hidden from us until Christ revealed Himself to us. -Jim MacIntosh