Do Christians have the mind of Jesus? ~ Cross reference of 1 Corinthians 2:16 to Isaiah 40:13
Paul in this passage is saying that Christians have been given a spirit of god and the mind of Jesus. This spirit is what allows Christians to see who Jesus was. Jews did not have this spirit but were using their own understanding and hence were not able to appreciate that Jesus was the messiah who came to die for their sins if they believed in Jesus. Also one contradictory point Paul makes, is because the Jews did not have the spirit of god they crucified Jesus. This contradicts the belief of Christian theology that Jesus had to die so people who believe in him will be saved from their sins. So why does Paul complain, when the Jews HAD to be blinded and Judas HAD to be possessed by Satan so Jesus could die on the cross? He quotes Isaiah 40:13 to prove that this was spoken by Isaiah. All Images are links to Google Images. Copyright violations not intended. All Greek Text references are from NIV and Tanakh references are from Chabad. This post is not intended to o...