First Corinthians 2:1-16
When Paul wrote this letter to the church of God in Corinth as directed
by God and the Lord Jesus Christ, he did not include chapter or verse
divisions or the punctuation which are in many translations and versions
today. These are all added by man with the view to make it easier for
people to find certain scriptures and as a help to understand it better
- however, that is not always the case, as here in the division between
verse 31 of chapter 1 and verse 1 of chapter 2, when clearly it flows
from one to the other. Therefore let us continue reading remembering
what has already been taught in chapter 1.
I Corinthians 2:1-5:
2:1And I, having come towards you
brothers, came not according to superiority of word or of wisdom
messaging to you the mystery of God, .2for I did not
judge to have known2 something among you except Jesus
Christ and this-person having been crucified2; .3and
I became in weakness and in fear and in much trembling
towards you, .4and my word and my heralded-proclamation
(were) not in persuasions of wisdom but in
pointing-out of spirit and of ability .5in order that
your belief may not be in men's wisdom but in God's ability.
Paul writes about himself and thereby gives himself as an example to the
Corinthian holy-people, and again he addresses them as "brothers"
reminding them that they were all brothers because all of them had the
same holy spirit-life within them, including Paul.
When I previously came to you, brothers, emphatically I did not come in
accordance with superiority (prominence or eminency, holding a position
or rank which is over others, like a rock projection jutting-out above
and beyond what is under it) proceeding-from word (the spoken-account of
my inner-thoughts) nor with superiority proceeding-from wisdom (the
skillful or expert application of my personal-knowledge) during the time
that I was presently and actively bringing the message consisting-of the
mystery (secret) of God down to you. [Some Greek texts read "witness"
instead of "mystery" in verse 1.]
The word “mystery” throughout Paul’s letters means “secret.” A mystery
contains the details that are known and can be understood by those
involved in it and by those to whom it has been revealed – it is not
inexplicable to those involved in it.
Paul's emphasis was not on his being superior over the holy-people
because of his eloquence or how intellectually-learned his speech was or
the language he used when messaging to them, nor on his skillful or
expert application of personal-knowledge – even if it were accurate or
not, because that would have been a total lack of consideration of the
content of the message which he was bringing to them which was God's
mystery. Paul has reminded them about God’s mystery in chapter 1 - "…we
herald-forth Christ having been crucified2…to the
called-people themselves both Judeans and Greeks Christ (is the)
ability of God and (the) wisdom of God" – etc. Throughout this
letter Paul continues to teach about Christ and all that he has
accomplished, some of which had previously been kept a mystery/secret by
God.
What reason does Paul give for not coming to them according to
superiority of word or of wisdom when he was messaging the mystery of
God to them? In truth, I did not judge (make my own decision
determining) to know/perceive anything among you - except Jesus Christ
who was crucified, and this fact and truth has not changed. This Jesus
is the Christ who has made the sacrifice of himself towards God by means
of his crucifixion. Paul did not judge to know anything else among the
brothers, and he continues reminding the holy-people of how he behaved
himself while he was with them.
Also emphatically I caused myself to become within weakness (without the
strength emanating from my flesh) and within fear (fright, being afraid
at the consequences of the performance of any wrong behavior, exhibiting
the awe and respect that ought to be shown for the things of God) and
within a lot of trembling (as a shaking or quaking –
tremendous-intensity in my obedience to the things of God) towards you -
which is the opposite of imposing any superiority proceeding from
fleshly or worldly word or wisdom! Paul was not among them as
though he were higher-up the "ladder of
success" or as though he were "more spiritual" or as a tyrant towards
them.
And, the word that I spoke and the proclamation that I heralded-forth
were not within the sphere of persuasions (convictions, confident
reliances) emanating or proceeding from
fleshly/worldly wisdom, but on the contrary, my word and my
heralded-proclamation were within the sphere of pointing-out (a
demonstration, exhibition, indication as pointing out with the finger
away-from other objects towards one particular object) proceeding-from
spirit (holy spirit-life) and proceeding-from able-power (the ability
within me).
Why? For the purpose and result that your belief (faith, trust) would not
be in men's wisdom (within the sphere of the wisdom which proceeds-from
men - all flesh put together, to the exclusion of holy spirit-life), but
on the contrary, in order that your belief would be in God's ability
(within the sphere of the able-power or capability which proceeds from
the only true God, Who is the source of the ability within the holy
spirit-life within me).
[Reference: Acts 2:36, and 4:10-12; Romans 15:18 and 19; II Corinthians
4:5-7; Galatians 2:20, and 6:12-14; Ephesians 3:3-7; Colossians 1:25-29;
I Thessalonians 1:5.]
Verses 6-10:
.6but we utter-forth wisdom among
complete-people, but wisdom not of this age nor of the rulers of
this age, the (rulers) being rendered-ineffective .7but
we utter-forth God's wisdom in a mystery, the (wisdom) having
been hidden-away2, which(-wisdom) God
marked-out-definitely-beforehand before the ages into our glory,
.8which(-wisdom) not-one of the rulers of this age
knew for if they knew they did not ever crucify the Lord of glory,
.9but according as it was written2,
"Which-things eye did not see and ear did not hear, and it did not
ascend on (the) heart of man which-things God prepared for
the (people) loving1 Him," .10for God
revealed (them) to us by means of the spirit, for the spirit
searches all-things, even the deep-things of God;
Now Paul not only changes from the past tense to the present tense but he
also uses "we" and not "you-I" or "you-we" – thereby teaching that all
holy-people are included (the Corinthian holy-people also – who became
holy when they believed God's Word, Paul himself being one of those who
had taught them previously).
We holy-people speak wisdom (the skillful or expert application of
personal-knowledge) among the complete-people.
The "complete-people" are those who are complete in the
holy spirit category. All holy-people are
complete spiritually (having reached and arrived at God's intended
ending-issue available today for us, which is referring to the truth
that each holy-person has already received the gift of holy spirit and
therefore we are spiritually complete, perfect by the ultimate arrival
of the state of completeness available now). All holy-people became
members initiated into the church belonging to God the moment we
received holy spirit-life; now we are spiritually complete and this
truth cannot change in the spirit category.
Here, Paul is reminding them about God's point of view which is that they
are His children and they cannot sin within their holy spirit-life. All
holy-people (sanctified-people, Christians, saints, children of the only
true God) are complete or perfect in the spirit category. All of us have
as much as is presently available from God by means of the Lord Jesus
Christ, and all of us have the hope of glory.
Paul could not have been referring to the Corinthian Christians'
walk/behavior during their everyday living as being "complete" because
he has already written that there were divisions, etc, among them in
relation to the way they behaved themselves - and this definitely was
not perfect!
Next, Paul continues clarifying what kind of wisdom all holy-people
utter-forth to one-another when we are in accordance with our holy
spirit-life. We utter-forth wisdom among complete-people, but wisdom
which is:
-
not
of, belonging-to, pertaining-to or consisting-of this age (the lifetime
duration that we live in today),
-
nor
the wisdom of, belonging-to, pertaining-to or consisting-of the rulers
(the ones being chiefs, those in the first-place or
dignified-hierarchical positions whether they be people or spirits)
belonging-to this age – these are the rulers presently being rendered
ineffective (inactive, inoperative and useless; they are willingly
rejecting what God says and so they are being rendered ineffective
relative to God and His realm which includes all holy-people).
But contrary to the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age
who/which are being rendered-ineffective, we (Paul and all holy-people)
presently and actively speak God's wisdom which is contained within a
mystery (a secret). God's wisdom is:
-
the wisdom which had been hidden away
(completely or fully concealed and protected) and remains hidden-away
because it is of, belongs-to and proceeds-from the only true God –
that's why it is in a mystery (secret), and
-
the wisdom which God had previously
marked-out as the boundary (He set the limited-area, the horizon,
separated off the boundary in advance) ahead of the duration of the
different lifetimes (from Genesis 3:15 onwards) – for what purpose? –
into, with a view to, directed-to and
resulting-in "our glory" – all holy-people together, and
-
the wisdom which none (not even one!) of the
rulers of this age personally knew; in truth, if they had personally
known this wisdom they would never have crucified the Lord of glory. The
Lord of glory is the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ who has been made
glorious (given the importance and splendor and renown) by God his
Father, and it is by means of the Lord Jesus Christ that we holy-people
presently have the spirit of Christ within us now, and in the future we
will receive the fullness of our glory when he comes to be present to
gather us all together with him. Since the day of Pentecost, instead of
there only being one man (Jesus Christ) with the power which he had
before he was crucified literally walking on the earth, now there are a
lot of people (from among the Judean/Israeli and the
Gentile/other-nation backgrounds) with the power of the resurrected Lord
Jesus Christ within us literally walking on the earth and who also have
the hope of glory!
But contrary to not knowing the wisdom of God in a mystery, we (all
holy-people) can, by the freedom of our own will, utter-forth the wisdom
of God in a mystery, according as it has been written down, which is
that: the things which the eye (any eye, the organ of sight) did not see
(perceive, know) and the things (words which a voice speaks) which the
ear (any ear, the organ of hearing) did not hear, and it did not come-up
onto the heart of man (the center of mankind's being, the seat of his
whole personal self and life) the things which God made-ready for/to the
people who are presently and actively loving1 God Himself.
This is a reference to the Book of Isaiah chapter 64.
Isaiah 64:4:
For since the beginning of the world men have
not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O
God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that
waiteth for him.
Only God knows those things which He has prepared (made ready) for the
people who wait for Him – and as Paul writes by revelation in this
letter to the Corinthian holy-people: "…God prepared for the (people)
loving1 Him."
The word "love1" or the verb "to love1" comes from
the Greek word agape which is God's kind of love. To love with
His love means to love the same way as God loves, to manifest God's love
towards another, whether it is towards God Himself, the Lord Jesus
Christ, yourself, your Christian neighbor, or towards anyone else. God
tells His children today (all who have the spirit of Christ within us)
how to Godly-love by means of His previously-revealed written Word and
also via our holy spirit-life whereby we receive information from Him
regarding how to love in different specific situations. It is the
carrying out of God's commandments, His Word, which is the correct usage
or way to manifest God's kind of love according to His will (refer to I
Corinthians chapter 13 and I John 5:1-3). It is not the same as the
brotherly or friendly kind of love, nor is it the same as the
emotional/feelings/sexual kind of love.
Verses 6-9 tell us that we utter-forth wisdom among complete-people, but
wisdom not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, the rulers being
rendered-ineffective but we utter-forth God's wisdom in a
mystery, the wisdom having been hidden-away and continuing hidden-away,
which wisdom God marked-out-definitely-beforehand before the ages into
our glory, which wisdom not-one of the rulers of this age knew for if
they knew they did not ever crucify the Lord of glory, but
according as it was written and continues written, "Which-things eye did
not see and ear did not hear, and it did not ascend on (the)
heart of man which-things God prepared for the (people) loving1
Him."
How is it possible for all holy-people to utter-forth the things
contained in God’s wisdom among one-another? "For God revealed (them)
to us by means of the spirit, for the spirit searches all-things, even
the deep-things of God." In truth, the only true God, Who is the Father
of every holy-person in the holy spirit category, has revealed
(uncovered, as removing the veil or covering so as to expose what was
previously hidden – God revealed) these-things to us, His children, by
means of the spirit - the gift of holy spirit that every child of God
received which is what makes a person a child of God. The reason how/why
God was and is still able to reveal the things which are contained in
His wisdom in a mystery, through the holy spirit-life within all
holy-people, is because this holy spirit-life searches (traces or
tracks, as a child traces a picture or drawing from a book by using
semitransparent tracing paper and a pencil – the spirit searches)
all-things – what things? – emphatically the
deep-things of God (the thoughts of great purpose and importance which
had been hidden-away deep within God).
God is the only One Who knew these things because He did not previously
make His own thoughts regarding these plans known to any person or to
any other spirit. The knowledge of the things which God has prepared for
those who Godly-love Him could only be tracked by God Himself. No-one
else or no other spirit (for example a private investigator or
satan) could have traced what God knew. God's
plans could not be searched no matter what the devil or any
person may have tried to use in their investigation. Therefore, God
Himself, Who is Holy Spirit, made known the things which He has prepared
for those who Godly-love Him to the holy spirit-life which He has given
and placed within every holy-person by means of the Lord Jesus Christ.
God and the holy spirit within all of His children are in communication
with one-another. God reveals His wisdom to the holy
spirit in a holy-person, and that holy spirit communicates that
information to the holy-person's physical mind when that holy-person is
receptive to its communication, and then that holy-person can know it
for himself, and if he has permission from God he can also communicate
it to others.
[Reference: Daniel 2:19-23; Matthew 5:48, 11:25-27, and 25:31-46; John
5:39, and chapter 14; Acts 3:13, 4:26-28, and 13:26-37; Romans 8:26-28,
9:22-24, and 16:25-27; II Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians chapters 1 and 3;
Philippians 3:15; Colossians 1:25-29; II Timothy 3:16; Hebrews 1:3;
James 3:13-18; II Peter 1:20 and 21.]
I Corinthians 2:11-13:
.11for who of men knew2 the-things
of the man except the spirit of the man, the (spirit) in him,
thus also the-things of God not-one (person or spirit) knew2
except the Spirit of God; .12and we did not
receive the spirit of the world but the spirit, the
(spirit) out-from God, in order that we may have known2
the-things having been graced to us by God, .13which-things
also we utter-forth, not in taught words of manly wisdom but
in taught-things of spirit - judging-together spiritual-things with
spiritual;
In truth, what man among men (all men together)
knows (perceives, sees) the deep, hidden, secret thoughts and purposes
pertaining-to the man (any specific man) except the spirit of,
pertaining-to and belonging-to the man (the man's spirit) which is
within him. Man’s spirit is the consistency and constitution of the
soulish living and moving man within the
man’s sphere of action, which is the soulish
and fleshy realm. The body and soul man is limited to the sphere of
action of his fleshy body and his soul-life, which is evidenced by
breathing. It is his soul-life that keeps his body living. The spirit of
the man excludes God’s consistency and constitution, and the gift of
holy spirit that is currently available to
mankind from God Who is Holy Spirit.
No man among men knows the things of another man except the man himself.
The man himself is the only man who knows what are his own
deep-thoughts, his personal feelings and desires, etc, unless that man
makes them known to somebody else and then that other person can also
know, but if the man does not tell anyone what he is thinking or
feeling, etc, then no other man really knows what is going on deep-down
inside him. They could guess but guessing cannot give a deep and full
and accurate answer!
For who of men knew2 the-things of the man except the spirit
of the man, the spirit in him – thus also not-one person or spirit
personally-knows (has a truly active and relative knowing)…. This “know”
is a different word to the "know" of the man and his knowing of himself
which is only a perceptive knowing!
For who of men knew and continues to know (perceive) the-things of the
man except the spirit of the man, the spirit in him – it is in this
manner also that not one person or spirit knew and still knows
(personally) the deep, hidden, or secret thoughts and purposes
pertaining-to the only true God except the Spirit of God, that-which the
living God consists-of which is His own Holy and Spirit being. Only God
Himself really personally-knows what His deep-thoughts, His personal
feelings and desires, etc, are – unless God Himself makes them known to
some other spirit or person and then that other spirit or person can
also know. But if God does not tell anyone what He is thinking or
feeling, etc, then nobody or nothing else really knows what is going on
deep-down inside Him. They could guess but guessing cannot give a deep
and full and accurate answer!
Only God Himself personally-knows what He is planning, etc, unless He
reveals it - and He has already told us here via Paul that He did reveal
some of His wisdom to the holy spirit within Paul and then Paul taught
it to the Corinthian people who also now have holy spirit-life within
them and so they too can receive wisdom from God.
There is a helpful verse in the Book of Deuteronomy chapter 29 regarding
this topic and let us read it for our learning.
Deuteronomy 29:29:
The secret things belong unto the Lord our
God: but those things which are revealed belong unto
us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words
of this law.
We can clearly see that it is only those things which God reveals and
makes known that can be known outside of God. No spirit or person can
force God into revealing or making-known His knowledge or wisdom,
etc, nor can any spirit or person access that
information without God's permission.
Now, let us continue with First Corinthians 2:12 and 13:
I Corinthians 2:12 and 13:
.12and we did not receive the spirit of
the world but the spirit, the (spirit) out-from God,
in order that we may have known2 the-things having been
graced to us by God, .13which-things also we utter-forth,
not in taught words of manly wisdom but in taught-things of
spirit – judging-together spiritual-things with spiritual;
Paul continues reminding and teaching the Corinthian
holy-people. We (all holy-people) did NOT actively receive...
- the spirit of the world (pertaining-to,
consisting-of or proceeding-from the cosmos, the ordered arrangement that
God originally created, the creation, created-thing) –
...but on
the contrary, we actively received (took what was given to us to use,
which is)...
- the spirit, emphatically the spirit that is out-from the
interior of God Himself.
God made this holy spirit-life available to be
received by us for the purpose and result that we would know (perceive,
see) the-things which have been graced to us (bestowed without any merit
on our part) by the power of the only true God. God is the source and
the instrumental or efficient agent of our receiving the gift of holy
spirit which is out-from Him in order that we may have known and
continue to know perceptively the-things which He has graced to us.
We did not take hold of the spirit of the world, which is what the devil
offers -
the devil is a created-being! The spirit of the world refers to satan
(the devil, the evil spirit) and the devil-spirits (demons) which take
their instruction from satan. We did not receive a devil-spirit and that
is not what was given to us by the only true God. BUT we received the
spirit, emphatically the spirit out-from God. The spirit from God is the
consistency and constitution of the spiritual living and moving
God within God’s sphere of action, which is His spirit realm.
We holy-people received the gift of holy spirit from God in order that we
may know all the things involved with the reception of this holy
spirit-life which God has graciously given to all of us holy-people.
We utter-forth the-things which God has graciously bestowed to us – not
within the words which are instructed proceeding-from or consisting-of
the wisdom which pertains-to mankind (human wisdom), but on the
contrary, we utter-forth the-things having been graced to us by God
within the instructions taught to us proceeding-from the holy
spirit-life within us. God Who is Holy Spirit communicates to the holy
spirit within us (perfect communication at all times) and our holy
spirit communicates this to our physical mind when we are receptive to
it – like two-way voice and/or data and/or video communications whereby
all parties are actively connected one to another and all are
transmitting and receiving information with one-another in the correct
manner without interference nor any packets being lost, otherwise one
may endeavor to communicate but the other is either not receptive to it
or only allows the reception of the communication intermittently!
When we utter-forth the things that God communicates to our holy spirit
and that our holy spirit communicates to us, we spiritual-people are
presently and actively judging-together spiritual things with spiritual.
We join all spiritual matters together and combine them so that the
judgment (decision-made) is based on comparing spiritual with spiritual,
not based upon things proceeding-from the flesh, the
soulish and natural/physical category.
Spiritual things are the things which belong-to or proceed-from spirit;
these include people with spirit in them either holy or unholy, God Who
is Holy Spirit, the Lord Jesus Christ who is now in his new
spiritual-body, God's and the Lord Jesus Christ's angels and other
spirit-beings, or the devil and his devil-spirits (demons, the angels
which reject the only true God).
[Reference: Job 12:10; Zechariah 12:1; John 14:17, 26, and 16:13-15;
Romans 8:8-16; I Corinthians 12:3-13; II Corinthians 4:3 and 4, and
10:12; Ephesians 2:2; II Timothy 3:16. Also it is interesting to note
that the Septuagint, which is the Greek rendering of the old covenant
writings, uses the word translated "judging-together" above in relation
to interpreting spiritually-given dreams in Genesis 40:8, 16, 22, and
41:12, 13, 15, and in Daniel 5:16 and 17.]
Verses 14-16:
.14but soulish man
does not accept the-things of the Spirit of God for they are
dullness to him and he is not able to know (them) because
they are spiritually judged-up, .15but the
spiritual-person judges-up all-things but he is judged-up by
not-one (person or spirit), .16for "Who knew
(the) mind of (the) Lord, he-who will compact it together
with (his mind)?" - but we
have (the) mind of Christ.
Paul continues by teaching clearly the difference between the people who
do not have holy spirit-life within them – and those who have
received holy spirit-life from God by means of the Lord Jesus Christ.
The soulish man is referring to the man who
does not have holy spirit-life because he has not believed
what God has given to be believed regarding Himself and His son, the
Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 10:9 and 10). The soulish
man only has soul life which keeps him alive in the fleshy and physical
category (evidenced by his breathing in the natural/physical realm). The
soulish man does not accept (he does not
welcome, does not willingly take to himself what is presented to him, he
does not accept) the-things pertaining-to and proceeding-from God Who is
Holy Spirit.
The soulish man does not accept the-things of
the Spirit of God. Why not? In truth the things which belong to God and
which He would like to communicate to every man are dullness to the
soulish man (they are considered to be
foolishness, absurdity, not-acute by the soulish
man)! Plus the soulish man does not have the
ability (the capability, able-power) to personally-know the-things of
the Spirit of God because God's communications are via
holy spirit and therefore are spiritually
judged-up - they can only be carefully-examined or investigated by means
of holy spirit-life, which the soulish man
does not have.
But on the other hand, the spiritual-person….
The spiritual-person is the person who has received God's gift of holy
spirit by means of the Lord Jesus Christ because he has believed what
God has given to be believed regarding God and His son, the Lord Jesus
Christ. The spiritual-person presently and actively judges-up
(carefully-examines or investigates) all-things pertaining-to and
proceeding-from the only true God Who is Holy Spirit, the source of His
information. This information may be either pertaining-to the spirit
realm (i.e. regarding God Himself, or the Lord Jesus Christ, or God's
and the Lord Jesus Christ's angels, or those people who have holy spirit
within them, or regarding satan or satan's
angels which are devil-spirits, or those people who are dominated or
controlled by/with one or more devil-spirits), or it may be
pertaining-to the physical/natural realm (i.e. regarding whatever
subject, situation or circumstance God may want to reveal information
about within the physical/natural realm). God can reveal information to
the holy spiritual-person's holy spirit and
his holy spirit communicates that information to that person's physical
mind if that person is willing to communicate with his own holy
spirit-life within him.
But the spiritual-person himself cannot be judged-up (carefully-examined
or investigated) by not one, none, no person or spirit from God's point
of view. This is referring to the spirit category; it is not referring
to the walk, behavior, fellowship category. The holy spiritual-person is
not judged-up by any person or spirit in the spirit category - why not?
Paul now references what had been previously written down as part of the
old covenant writings: in truth, what person or spirit personally-knew
the mind of the Lord (the Lord's mind-set, His organ of mental
perception, His mentality), that is, he who will compact God's mind in
conjunction with his own mind (cause God's mind-set to be brought or
come together and so knit or united with his mind-set as far as
reasoning, thinking, instruction, teaching, etc)? It is written in the
Book of Isaiah chapter 40:
Isaiah 40:13 and 14:
Who hath directed the spirit of the Lord, or
being his counsellor hath taught
him?
With whom took he
counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path
of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and
shewed to him the way of understanding?
The only logical and truthful answer to these questions at the
time-period when Isaiah wrote this is: nobody, no-one,
no spirit, not anything! BUT - here in the
Book of First Corinthians, Paul throws new light on what is written in
the Book of Isaiah and shows it as prophecy regarding this time-period
since the day of Pentecost (Acts chapter 2) and this truth is still in
effect today as we await Christ to gather us together with him.
The spiritual-person judges-up all-things, but he himself is judged-up by
not-one person or spirit, for who personally knew the mind of the Lord,
so that that-person will compact it together with him? The answer for
this administration of blessing and grace in which we live in today is:
we holy-people presently and actively have the mind of Christ.
Emphatically we have the mind of our Lord who is the Lord Jesus Christ.
We have holy spirit-life within us which is the spirit of Christ. In the
spirit category, we holy-people judge-up all-things but we cannot be
judged-up by anybody or anything because they cannot know our true mind
which is the mind of Christ in us. We have God's mind in Christ's mind
in us – that is: within our holy spirit!
God has access to us spiritually via the holy spirit-life within us and
we have access to God spiritually via the holy spirit-life within us
which is the spirit of Christ in us. We do not have the whole of God's
mind within us – but we do have the mind of Christ within us! We have
the great privilege of God revealing His information to us via the
holy spirit in us. We have the mind-set of
Christ in us and we can think and do all of our mental calculations
according to that gift of holy spirit. We
have all the ability spiritually that the resurrected Christ has, who
himself has already received his spiritual-body and he is continuing to
do the will of his Father and our Father – the only true God.
We have the mind of the resurrected Christ (who always does those-things
which please God) spiritually in us. We do not know everything that God
knows, we do not have all the wisdom that God has, etc, but because we
have the spirit of Christ within us God is able to communicate as much
information as He intends via that holy spirit-life to all of us or to
particular individuals among us at particular and specific times during
our lives. All holy-people are in the same spirit category
as God and His son, the Lord Jesus Christ – that is why no unholy spirit
and no person who does not have holy spirit-life within him/her can make
an accurate or right/just judgment concerning us.
Of course, it is up to each individual holy-person whether he/she will be
receptive to the holy spirit-life within him/her or whether he/she will
choose to ignore it during the everyday living of our lives awaiting
Christ's coming to gather all holy people together with him.
As we continue on in this study we will learn more about all that is
involved with the gift of holy spirit that God by means of the Lord
Jesus Christ has given every holy-person (the spirit category), and also
we will learn more about how every holy-person is supposed to
walk/behave in accordance with it (the walk/behavior category).
[Reference: John 8:27-59, and 14:15-26, and 16:12-15; Romans chapter 8,
and 11:33-36; I Corinthians 1:18; Galatians 3:26-29; Philippians 2:13;
Colossians 1:27; Jude 19. Note: verbs with a superscript 2 (2)
immediately following them indicate the "perfect" tense - details are
provided in the "Relevant Notes" link of this study.]
