July 19th
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.
Paul quotes Isa 64v4. Paul says that
no eye has seen yet nor ear has heard yet nor has it even been thought of, all
the things which God has prepared for them that love him, however God has revealed
all this unto us by His Spirit because the Spirit completely understands
everything even the deepest purposes of God. Who knows a man completely apart
from the spirit of that man? In the same way the things of God are not known by
man but the Spirit of God knows everything. When we were saved, we did not
receive the spirit of the world but the Spirit of God so that we might know the
things which have been freely given us of God. We talk about these things not
in human wisdom but in the wisdom which is given us of the Holy Spirit. We
compare spiritual things with spiritual things. The unbeliever does not receive
the things of the Spirit because they are foolishness to him nor can he know
them because these things are understood by those that are spiritual. The
spiritual man – the Christian who lives by walking in the Spirit, comes to a
judgment on all issues yet he is judged of no man. Because who has fully known
the mind of the Lord on every issue, that he may instruct him? Those that are
spiritual have the mind of Christ.
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