Focus: 1 Corinthians 2:16 - KJV
16. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
John 15:14-16
Knowing the mind of God is essential to having Him instruct us. That is why, when He revealed the Christ to us, He said “this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased; hear ye Him”. Of none other person that came before Jesus, did He make any such declaration of utmost pleasure, which was why Christ called them thieves and robbers. Not that they are not important in our walk, but their importance is to the extent of learning from their good and their dark sides so as not to make the mistakes they made. Since Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, we are to hear Him, being the only one who knows the mind of the father, which mind He revealed to us in full, before He departed the earth. Hence, we only get to know the mind of God if we follow Christ alone fully, to obey all that He alone commands us.
Unfortunately, there are so many teachers and even leaders of denominations in the Church who lack the understanding that the mind of God is only revealed through Christ. They are busy following some daring prophets of old whom God did not direct us to hear or follow. When they so follow these prophets, they do not know the mind of God and God cannot entrust them with His instruction because, like their scriptural mentors, they are bound to misconstrue the instructions as they would act based on their understanding which is clearly far from the mind of God. For instance, the mind of God is that sinners be brought to repentance unto salvation. If He instructs such preachers who lack understanding and they go ahead to call down fire to roast those they assume are sinners and deserve no salvation, like Elijah did, how are they able to fulfil the mind of God?
The Lord is asking us to focus on Jesus only, who happens to be the author and finisher of our faith. What that simply means is that He alone is the beginning and the ending of our faith and none other. Undulating between following Christ and following the old prophets and their tenets confuses our knowledge of the mind of God and make us no better than the heathen. It is only in the words and instruction of Christ that the mind of God is truly revealed and x-rayed. If the Almighty has said we should hear Him without pointing in any other direction, who are we to decide to pick anyone else to hear or listen to in abeyance of the Lord’s instruction? Please let us obey the voice of God and stop making monsters out of people meant for the kingdom, by teaching them things that do not conform with the mind of God.
SOLUTION: Whatever did not proceed from Christ is suspect in getting to know the mind of God. Let us learn of Christ fully and alone, that we may truly understand the mind of God so that we may become vessels unto honor in His hands.
Please pray:
· Thank God for the revelation of Jesus Christ who has led us into knowing the mind of our God
· Ask God to please fill you anew with the knowledge of His mind through the words and teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ
· Pray that the Lord will open the eyes of Christian leaders to the truth of the mind of God that they may not become rejected when the teachers are judged
· Ask God to use you from now on by instructing you in righteousness for the purpose of His Kingdom
· Please seek today your daily bread from the Lord.
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