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Exploring I Corinthians 2 Part 2

1Co 2:6-8  Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:  (7)  But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:  (8)  Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Wisdom as Man knows it is acquired through knowledge and experience. But there is a higher kind of wisdom which is the hidden wisdom of God. And this wisdom is ordained unto us so that by it we may glory!

As Pastor Chris taught us, wisdom is not a faculty of the human brain. It is not a product of rational thinking. Wisdom is an attribute of the Spirit: why you buy the things that you buy, why you eat the food that you eat, why you go to places you go to… These are all materialization of man’s wisdom.

In other parts of the Scripture it says: The entrance of thy words giveth light (Psa 119:130). As we grow in knowledge in the Word of God, we grow wiser in our actions; we start making the right decisions; we start walking towards success.

How does it work? It is a mystery. Have we not realized it yet that everything that we are is a mystery. Every time I look at my little boy Gabriel, I am always caught in awe of how this child could be my own flesh and blood. When I came to Qatar, it was just me. Then my wife followed a bit after. And now there are 3 of us in the room. It is a mystery to me how life multiplies. It is a mystery to me how, that from a husband and wife a child is born, and this child will grow up and have a life of his own. It is all so awesome to me. That from this body can come forth life; from this body can come forth another human being… It is all a mystery. All science can do is explain the process, but never redo it, or copy it, or recreate it. It was God who established it.

And there is a wisdom which we speak in a mystery which the whole world cannot understand; it bypasses the brain because it is communicated by the Spirit.

1Co 2:9-11  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.

Until we receive the Spirit of God, only then can we know and understand the deep things of God. Have you not read how that the Apostle Paul rebuked Israel saying:  “Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.”

The same goes to the religious pundits of today. Ever learning but never arriving at a knowledge of the truth.

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