1 Cor.2:14 - Someone living on an entirely human level rejects the revelations of God’s Spirit, for they make no sense to him. He can’t understand the revelations of the Spirit because they are only discovered by the illumination of the Spirit. The things of the Spirit are obviously foolishness to the lost or perishing …
ILLUMINATION OF THE SPIRIT
1 Cor.2:14-16 - Someone living on an entirely human level rejects the revelations of God’s Spirit, for they make no sense to him. He can’t understand the revelations of the Spirit because they are only discovered by the illumination of the Spirit. Those who live in the Spirit are able to carefully evaluate all things, …
KINGDOM PLANS
1 Cor.2:10 - But God now unveils these profound realities to us by the Spirit. Yes, he has revealed to us his inmost heart and deepest mysteries through the Holy Spirit, who constantly explores all things. This passage could give us a key insight into the purpose of the prayer language. Praying in tongues is …
TONGUES AND PROPHESY
Acts 19:5-7 - When they understood this, they were baptized into the authority of Jesus, the Anointed One. And when Paul laid his hands on each of the twelve, the Holy Spirit manifested and they immediately spoke in tongues and prophesied. This passage gives us great insight to the secret power of the early church. …
THE MIND OF CHRIST
1 Cor. 2:14-16 - Someone living on an entirely human level rejects the revelations of God’s Spirit, for they make no sense to him. He can’t understand the revelations of the Spirit because they are only discovered by the illumination of the Spirit. Those who live in the Spirit are able to carefully evaluate all …
LORD OF SHINING GLORY
1 Cor.2:8 - None of the rulers of this present world order understood it, for if they had, they never would have crucified the Lord of shining glory. Have you ever noticed the title Paul gives to the Lord Jesus in this passage? I had never really caught it until I was digging into Corinthians …
MYSTERY
1 Cor.2:1,4,5 - My brothers and sisters, when I first came to proclaim to you the secrets of God, I refused to come as an expert, trying to impress you with my eloquent speech and lofty wisdom....The message I preached and how I preached it was not an attempt to sway you with persuasive arguments …
Deep Places
1Cor. 2:10 ¶ these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. We were created to know God and to glorify God by the pleasure and life He brings to us. We are blind to Him and His love (actually thinking we can see) …
“OH THE PLACES WE WILL GO!”
MERRY THURSDAY- “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” 1 Cor. 2:19 Years ago when our first child was graduating high school and on the way to college; Frank’s sister gave …
FOOLISHNESS OF MAN
1 Cor. 2:14 But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because …