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1 Corinthians 2: 6-16 (MSG) God’s Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit
"No one’s ever seen or heard anything like this - Never so much as imagined anything
quite like it—What God has arranged for those who love him.
But you’ve seen and heard it because God by his Spirit has brought it all out into the
open before you.
The Spirit, not content to flit around on the surface, dives into the depths of God,
and brings out what God planned all along. Whoever knows what you’re thinking and
planning except you yourself? The same with God—except that he not only knows
what he’s thinking, but he lets us in on it. God offers a full report on the gifts of life
and salvation that he is giving us. We don’t have to rely on the world’s guesses and
opinions. We didn’t learn this by reading books or going to school; we learned it from
God, who taught us person-to-person through Jesus, and we’re passing it on to you in
the same first-hand, personal way. The unspiritual self, just as it is by nature, can’t
receive the gifts of God’s Spirit. There’s no capacity for them. They seem like so much
silliness. Spirit can be known only by spirit—God’s Spirit and our spirits in open
communion. Spiritually alive, we have access to everything God’s Spirit is doing, and
can’t be judged by unspiritual critics. Isaiah's question. " is there anyone around who knows God's Spirit, anyone who knows what he is doing?" has been answered; Christ knows and we have Christ's Spirit"
How easy as Christians is it to be side tracked by those who express opinions that
resonate with us somehow making sense as there is certain truth in what they say , so
we wander off pushing Christ’s spirit into the background as we slip into the darkness
of the unspiritual world?
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