Isaiah 55:8-9

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Aerials1978

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8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9

We all have our opinions/beliefs and want to proclaim them to everyone we can. The Holy God of Creation reminds us that our thoughts and ways are in no comparison to His. We are but a mist; seen for a short time and soon gone. Let us not forget and be humbled.
 

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Aerials1978 said:
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9

We all have our opinions/beliefs and want to proclaim them to everyone we can. The Holy God of Creation reminds us that our thoughts and ways are in no comparison to His. We are but a mist; seen for a short time and soon gone. Let us not forget and be humbled.
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What if we make His thought our thoughts?
 
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Aerials1978 said:
Impossible. He is from above and we are from below as the Lord declared to Isaiah.
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“For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.”
 
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Not sure about the (We all have our opinions/beliefs and want to proclaim them to everyone we can)


somethings are futile to mention.
 
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Aerials1978 said:
8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9

We all have our opinions/beliefs and want to proclaim them to everyone we can. The Holy God of Creation reminds us that our thoughts and ways are in no comparison to His. We are but a mist; seen for a short time and soon gone. Let us not forget and be humbled.
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There is only one right way on each believe, And that is the way that the BIBLE says as a WHOLE, Other words our believes haft to line up with All of the WORD , from the first page to the last,

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Aerials1978

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John146 said:
“For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.”
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That verse indicates that we do not have worldly wisdom, but wisdom given by Christ. You have to go back to verse 13 to get the context.
 
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Aerials1978 said:
That verse indicates that we do not have worldly wisdom, but wisdom given by Christ. You have to go back to verse 13 to get the context.
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Spiritually mature believers have the mind of Christ. They seek and understand the meat of the word of truth.
 
Aerials1978

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John146 said:
Spiritually mature believers have the mind of Christ. They seek and understand the meat of the word of truth.
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Yes. The verse from Isaiah states that God by His being so far above ours. He is different and His way are different. He is God and we are humans. There’s no comparison
 
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Aerials1978 said:
We all have our opinions/beliefs and want to proclaim them to everyone we can.
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Beliefs are not necessarily opinions if they are based upon divine revelation (Bible Truth and Gospel Truth). Then they correspond to God's thoughts. Furthermore, God gives the Holy Spirit to His children, in order to not only comprehend God's thoughts but to appropriate them. We should also interpret the OT in light of the NT (which many fail to do).

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 God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
 
Aerials1978

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Nehemiah6 said:
Beliefs are not necessarily opinions if they are based upon divine revelation (Bible Truth and Gospel Truth). Then they correspond to God's thoughts. Furthermore, God gives the Holy Spirit to His children, in order to not only comprehend God's thoughts but to appropriate them. We should also interpret the OT in light of the NT (which many fail to do).

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 God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
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I totally agree with you.
 
Aerials1978

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JamOn said:
Not sure about the (We all have our opinions/beliefs and want to proclaim them to everyone we can)


somethings are futile to mention.
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What is it you’re not sure of?
 
Roughsoul1991

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John146 said:
Spiritually mature believers have the mind of Christ. They seek and understand the meat of the word of truth.
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The mind of Christ doesn't give us all the answers to the type of questions God asked Job. Job including all mankind couldn't possibly answer or understand many of God's questions dealing with creation or design. We are finite beings with limited intelligence compared to a infinite God who knows all things.

God provides enough through his word and reality to give us all the knowledge needed for soul salvation.
 
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Roughsoul1991 said:
The mind of Christ doesn't give us all the answers to the type of questions God asked Job. Job including all mankind couldn't possibly answer or understand many of God's questions dealing with creation or design. We are finite beings with limited intelligence compared to a infinite God who knows all things.

God provides enough through his word and reality to give us all the knowledge needed for soul salvation.
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It gives us all the answers we need to know to live a crucified life. Nothing else matters. If we needed to know, it’s in His word for us to know.
 
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John146 said:
Spiritually mature believers have the mind of Christ. They seek and understand the meat of the word of truth.
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Amen....the bible was clear...

Let this mind be in you that was in Christ JESUS

The context of the cited verse in the OP was aimed at the ways/thoughts of man as opposed to the ways/thoughts of GOD and has nothing to do with OUR MIND being transformed by a study of and application of the word of GOD.....OUR thoughts can indeed be the THOUGHTS of GOD when we dwell on the TRUTH and apply the truth.......
 
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