Mind of Jesus Christ

The intellectual capacity of Jesus Christ’s mind

In childhood

Luke 2:47 NIV

Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers.

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In adulthood

John 7:15 NIV

The Jews there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning without having been taught?”

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Jesus Christ’s mind was pure

The purity of Jesus Christ’s mind is declared by his words and actions and by his oneness with God.

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Examples of Jesus Christ’s use of his mind

In overcoming temptation

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Against opposition

Matthew 22:18–22 NIV

But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesar’s,” they replied. Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.

Jesus Christ’s mind is more than intellect

His thinking is supported by prayer

Luke 6:12–13 NIV

One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles:

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His thinking is tempered by understanding

Isaiah 11:2 NIV

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—

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His mind experiences anguish

John 12:27 NIV

“Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.

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Jesus Christ’s mind is extraordinary

He has unusual insight

Mark 2:8 NIV

Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things?

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He understands the future

Mark 8:31 NIV

He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.

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Jesus Christ’s mind did not know all things

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Jesus Christ’s strength of mind made him resolute

Luke 9:51 NIV

As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem.

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Jesus Christ’s mind was not always understood

Mark 9:32 NIV

But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.

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Christians should have the same mind as Christ

In his attitude

1 Peter 4:1 NIV

Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin.

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In his knowledge of Scripture

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In his awareness of God

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In the love in which Jesus Christ’s mind is exercised

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