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.
- How do men get to know the things of God?
- How do christians understand the deep things of God?
- What is a spiritual christian?
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