I Cor 2616 Introduction Corinthian church was a church in turmoil The people held worldly views The church was influenced by pagan practices Pride and sin from human depravity ID: 613146
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The Spirit of Enlightenment
I
Cor
2:6-16Slide2
Introduction
Corinthian church was a church in
turmoil
The people
held worldly views
The church was
influenced by
pagan
practices
Pride
and sin from human depravity.
All swirled
in
a
spiritually immature
church
The
passages
is challenging, and you will be challengedSlide3
I Corinthian 2:9-16 (ISV)
But
as it is written, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined the things that God has prepared for those who love him
."
But God has revealed those things to us by his Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the deep things of God.
Is there anyone who can understand his own thoughts except his own inner spirit? In the same way, no one can know the thoughts of God except God's Spirit.
Now, we have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who comes from God, so that we can understand the things that were freely given to us by God. Slide4
I Corinthian 2:9-16 (ISV)
(13) We don't speak about these things with words taught us by human wisdom, but with words taught by the Spirit, as we explain spiritual things to spiritual people. (14) A person who isn't spiritual doesn't accept the things of God's Spirit, for they are nonsense to him. He can't understand them because they are spiritually evaluated. (15) The spiritual person evaluates everything but is subject to no one else's evaluation. (16) For "Who has known the mind of the Lord so that he can advise him?" However, we have the mind of the Messiah. Slide5
The Perfect and the Spirit of
God
Perfect men -
τελείοις
– Spiritually mature individuals
Implies they are NOT mature
Distinguished by having spirit of man or Spirit of God
And
the distinction is whether they have the spirit of man or the Spirit of God
.Slide6
Immature Christians
“For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of man within him
?”
Immature Christians:
Do not
know the Spirit of
God
Do not understand the hidden secret (mystery) of Christ and His cross
They
are compelled
by
the wisdom of man
They
are of the
flesh,
not of the Holy Spirit Slide7
A mature Christian
U
nderstands the centrality of Christ and His Cross
Has the work
of the Holy Spirit in this
person
N
ot
detracted by the trappings of the world and the traps of human flesh.
This man has the Spirit of
GodSlide8
Application
Challenge questions:
How well do you know the Holy Spirit?
Are you a mature or immature Christian?
Slide9
Question
Keep the gospel of Christ and His cross central in your life
The Holy Spirit teaches and enlighten us about God
Christian maturity is important, and knowing the Holy Spirit is important
Assess your current spiritual maturitySlide10
Conclusions
Keep the gospel of Christ and His cross central in your life
Know the enlightening Holy Spirit
Christian maturity is
important and needs to be pursued
Assess
your current spiritual maturity