1 Corinthians 2.
Things New and Old.
Bible Treasury, 2nd Edition, Volume 1, April 1857.
(1st. Edition, April [01 1857 181])
[01 1857 177]
The mind of Christ is what belongs to the saint as a new man. The Spirit of God first quickened, and now he has the mind of Christ, to mind the things above, as quickened out of the system of this world. He has the intelligence of Christ, through the Holy Ghost and the word. It is the communicated mind of God as it has formed itself in His purposes of Christ.
When taught of God, we shall find proportion in truth; it will find its place. Where this is not the case, persons will overstate or wrongly apply truth, and find it will not tell. Then, in place of judging themselves, they will judge the truth, and make no progress.
Error in judgement is connected with wrongness of affection. When the man in the parable said, "I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused," it was as much as to say, I prefer oxen to the supper. If a person says, I cannot see, then his eye is not single; he cannot justify himself before God. "If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light." Whenever we walk in conscience before God, we shall find our path simple: having the mind of Christ, things are as clear as day.
We have in Acts 13 an instance of the ability of applying scripture, with the mind of Christ, to the circumstances in which they were. "Paul and Barnabas waxed bold and said, it was necessary," etc. In this scripture we do not find positive particular command to Paul or Barnabas; but as having the mind of Christ, they could find command there and say, "for so hath the Lord commanded us" … The apostle found his place with Jesus. (See Isaiah 49:6.)