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NASB | 1 Corinthians 2:16 For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 2:16 For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND and PURPOSES OF THE LORD, SO AS TO INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ [to be guided by His thoughts and purposes]. [Is 40:13] |
Bible Question: Does God think negative thoughts. |
Bible Answer: Hello, Asis. Are human beings equipped, really, to answer this question? I rather doubt it and base my reason upon the fact that the question calls for a thorough knowledge of the nature of the mind of God with which created human beings are not, and cannot be, possessed. God is transcendent, beyond comparison, without peer. He is eternal, omnipotent, sovereign. Man is none of these things. The poet of Psalm 89 asked, "For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the Lord?" ..... God speaking through Isaiah (55:9) said, "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts." No, I do not think it valid to try to characterize the thoughts of God as being either negative or positive in the sense that we use these words to describe the characteristics of human thoughts. Suffice it to say that God is God and God's thoughts are God's thoughts. --Hank |