Radical Disciples – A Remnant Revolution

1 Corinthians 2:16 ‘For who hath known the mind of Yahweh that he may instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.’

Christ being the head of the body knew His Father’s mind, but as the question asks, who can instruct Him? The answer and the truth is no one instructs the Lord God. He is the Father. We all were made to conform to His will. Any other behavior is rebellion. The world is in a state of constant rebellion. We cannot think like the world thinks.

1 Corinthians 2:12 ‘Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of the Creator; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of the Creator.’

Like Jesus, we as Christians can have the mind of Christ, a mind anointed by the spirit of the Creator God the Father. We cannot instruct Him with this mind but we can learn how to be in accord with His will, work in harmony with His Holy Spirit – content in His desire.

John 5:30 ‘I can of Mine own self do nothing. . . I seek not Mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent Me.’

This is the most difficult part of being a Christian – and yet the most powerful part. Knowing what has been freely given to us by Jesus frees us from understanding and caring about the wisdom and spirit of the world.

1 Corinthians 2:14 ‘But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of the Creator: for they are foolishness unto them. . .’

When you read Scripture, you have to learn to look beyond the natural man. Those who choose to mock, doubt and condemn Scripture are doing so according to the yearnings of the flesh – and often times it is hard to admit but they are correct because what Scripture states is hardly ever conducive to the flesh, it is not beneficial to its pleasure or existence.

John 6:63 ‘It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing; the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.’

Mysterious Glory

By staying in the natural mode of thinking and reasoning, the Bible will always appear foolish and cold. You can’t make the Bible make sense to anyone who wants the Word to benefit their flesh man. Romans 8:7 tells us that the carnal mind is enmity against the Creator and to think and reason with it and live according to it, is death.

This is such a hard confession to embrace but as Christians, we have to come to the conclusion that all life under the sun is truly vain. Our carnal mind does not want to accept such a foolish notion and it struggles every day to convince us that there is some importance to what we as humans accomplish.

1 Corinthians 2:6-7 ‘Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of the Creator in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which the Creator ordained before the world unto our glory:’

Remember, we want the mind of Christ and not the wisdom of the world. As Christians we have to see clearly that the things scientist, politicians and nations accomplish are vain and come to nought. They are all the result of the wisdom of this world, and of the princes of this world.

When anointed, we as Christians speak the wisdom that is a mystery and utter foolishness to them. Technology and advancements in science, medicine, education, engineering and history are all that matter to worldly people, the evolution of the human species. The Lord warned us that the accomplishments of worldly wisdom and worldly works are no different than the bread Moses gave. (John 6:27-35) It is temporal fodder and not conducive to eternal life.

1 Corinthians 2:3 ‘And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.’

Do you find that the biggest preachers and noblest teachers, the bastions of education, science and politics walk amongst the common people?

As Christians we choose – either the apple or the orange – but we cannot have both
Apples and Oranges

When anyone preaches from a pedestal, from a place of success and prosperity, they are doing so from a place of carnal strength, confidence and security. It is easy for them to tell people who have nothing to have faith in “God” because they can go out in the world and buy and sell as they wish, the mark of the beast is upon them; and they are part of the beast system. To them, the beast system can be used for the good of “God.” To them, people should not oppose the beast system but rather enter it and conform to it – take the Mark and use it. To them, the Lord lets the beast breathe for the good well-being and health of the carnal Christian.

1 Corinthians 2:1-2 ‘And I brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or wisdom, declaring unto the testimony of the Creator. For I determined not to know anything among you, save Yahshua the Messiyah, and Him crucified.’

Jesus was crucified by the world and the worldly.

How many Christian preachers have branched out into other avenues of worldly life wisdom? How many Christian preachers produce tapes and sermons that talk about worldly finances and prosperity, about entering politics and introducing change? How many of them want to convince you that you that there can be peace and you can be part of the carnal world and the spirit world at the same time?

1 Corinthians 2:13 ‘Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Spirit teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.’

We don’t compare spiritual things with worldly things, nor worldly things with spiritual things – it is apples and oranges.

Romans 8:5 ‘For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.’

What is the result of walking spiritually and not carnally?

1 Corinthians 2:4-5 ‘And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstrations of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of the Creator.’

The Creator gave us incredible power, so much more than we know. Our carnal minds have blinded our spiritual minds. We walk and touch with our hands while our spirits grope and bump about in darkness. We stand confused and unsure how to use our spiritual eyes, how to open our minds to the possibilities of the things we cannot see. It is only by faith, by closing our worldly eyes that we can begin to see the truth and trust that He is.

1 Corinthians 2:9 ‘But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which the Creator hath prepared for them that love Him.’

Right now, many are looking darkly into the mirror, and their spirit is still straining to see. We have to die to our fleshly understandings. The carnal eye, ear and heart will never see, hear or understand.

1 Corinthians 1:27 ‘But the Creator hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. . .’

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, evidenced by things not seen. As Christians, our power comes from believing more in a world to come, then the world that is.

The mind of Christ knows without a doubt, the wisdom of the world is vain and everything accomplished amounts to nothing. With that anointed belief, we can be Christ-like and love our neighbors as ourselves and meet the needs of people who have needs without counting any cost as loss.

1 Corinthians 2:7-8 ‘But we speak the wisdom of the Creator. . .which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.’

The world will crucify anyone who speaks with too much power of the righteous things to do. When your actions, your power in Christ, become louder than your words, you become a threat to their worldly prosperity and their foolish vanity like Jesus did to the Pharisees and Sadducee s.

Matthew 4:23-24 ‘And Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease among the people. And His fame went throughout all Syria. . .’

We see Christian preachers gain fame today but the worldly are not threatened by them and in fact, the worldly flock to them. I wonder if you would ever hear a prosperity preacher tell a rich man to sell all he has and follow him. If anything, he’d probably tell him to donate more to their church and that’s about it.

Matthew 5:11-12 ‘Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.’

If you have the mind of Christ, the world thinks your reasoning and faith is foolish. They will speak evil and accuse you falsely of being almost inhumane. Don’t forget, many believe the Bible is a book of hate. As a Christian, you have to put your faith in a higher court than man’s court. As it stated in 1 Corinthians 2:7 & 9, the worldly princes can’t even begin to fathom the things the Creator hath prepared for us unto our glory.

1 Corinthians 2:15 ‘But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.’

When we have the mind of Christ, we can judge all things ‘spiritually’ and the world may disagree with our conclusions but we are not judged by man and we know it. We have no fear of what man can do to us when we walk in the Spirit. We shall be justified on that great day of judgment and so we rejoice and are exceedingly glad when we are reviled for our faith. The truth truly does set us free.

Amen