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I Cor. 2:14-16, The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.  The person with the Spirit makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, for,

“Who has known the mind of the Lord
    so as to instruct him?”

But we have the mind of Christ.

To put it mildly, Paul is frustrated with the church at Corinth.  Through the power of the Holy Spirit, they have access to the mind of Christ.  Paul is saying that even though they are believers who have received the Spirit, they are beginning to behave like unbelievers.

How easy it is for Christians to say yes to Jesus but then sit back and not grow.  There is also the temptation to slip into comfortable, easy Christianity (an oxymoron if ever there was one).  The reality is in our culture and society, a person can profess faith in Jesus, go to church, go through the motions, but never know the mind of Christ.  How critical it is to unite with other believers who will encourage us to grow and challenge us to live in the Spirit. 

Do you have the mind of Christ?  Do we have the mind of Christ as a body of believers?  What will it take for us to get there?

Let's pray...Jesus, we need you.  Bind us together.  Help us grow and stretch one another so that we can live according to your Spirit.  More of you, less of me.  In Your Name, Amen.