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The mind is greater than all the computers put together, for it can possess the mind of Christ and think God’s thoughts after him, wear his heart, and do his works.
Disciplines of a Godly Man, by R. Kent Hughes
The staggering fact is that the total number of possible pathways through the brain exceeds 10⁸⁰, which is more than all the protons and neurons in the universe.
Hughes describes this potential of our mind as “cosmic.” With all that power and capability, disciplining the mind for a Christian is at the same time critical and, for any human being, also seemingly rather difficult. Yet, the apostle Paul tells us that we have the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 2: 16(b) …we have the mind of Christ.
Paul immediately follows this unbelievable statement:
1 Corinthians 3: 1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3(a) for you are still carnal.
I take this to mean that while we have the mind of Christ, we can never move toward it or come close to realizing it without training and discipline.
