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b) God WANTS you to KNOW HIM and UNDERSTAND TRUTH: John 14:26, 16:13. See also: John 16:14-15 c) The Holy Spirit REMOVES our spiritual HARDNESS and BLINDNESS so we can SEE and DELIGHT in God: 2 Cor. 3:16–17. See also: v. 18; Matthew 13:16; 16:17; John 8:32 d) God gives us SPIRITUAL TEACHERS to INTERPRET and APPLY spiritual truths to our lives: 1 Cor. 2:13. See: Ephesians 4:11-14

3) God gives us CHRIST’S MIND (way of thinking) so we can see, know TEXT: 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 and treasure God’s plan as HIS FRIENDS: 1 Cor. 2:16b; John 15:15 • PRACTICAL SIDENOTE – TEST the WORLD’S WISDOM against God’s God’s WISDOM is MYSTERIOUS: 1 Corinthians 2:7a WORD but DON’T test God’s Wisdom by EARTHLY STANDARDS: 1 1) It’s the BASIS for an unfathomably ANCIENT and BEAUTIFUL PLAN: Corinthians 2:15. See also: :8 1 Corinthians 2:7b. See also: Ephesians 1:4-5; 2 Timothy 1:9 • PRACTICAL SIDENOTE – Be DILIGENT to GROW UP in LIVING OUT • Mystery = that which was previously hidden but now revealed God’s WORD: 1 Corinthians 2:6a; 3:1–2. See also: 1 Cor. 3:3-4 2) It’s the OVERFLOW of God’s UNIMAGINABLE GOODNESS to ALL who LOVE HIM: 1 Corinthians 2:9 See also: Isaiah 64:4, 65:17 WHAT (or WHO) is God’s MYSTERIOUS WISDOM? 1) : Colossians 2:2c; 1 Cor. 1:24b; John 15:26. See: 1 Cor. 1:30 NATURAL people CAN’T understand, accept, or believe in God’s 2) Jesus, ALIVE, indwelling His PEOPLE: Colossians 1:26–27 MYSTERIOUS WISDOM: 1 Corinthians 2:14 3) That WE, spiritual outsiders (Gentiles), are INCLUDED in God’s 1) God’s Wisdom is DIFFERENT from the WISDOM of this age: 1 PEOPLE because of Jesus: Ephesians 3:6. See also: Ephesians 3:4-5 Corinthians 2:6b; Isaiah 55:8–9 4) That God wants to bring MORE people to FAITH-FILLED OBEDIENCE 2) We’re NOT God and therefore UNABLE to understand, to Jesus: :25c–26. See: John 10:16, Acts 1:8 comprehend or critique God’s MYSTERIOUS PLAN (on our own): 1 5) That God is putting JESUS’S LOVE on DISPLAY through the Cor. 2:16a; Rom. 11:33; Deut. 29:29. See: Isaiah 40:13; Rom. 11:34 CHURCH: Ephesians 3:9–11 3) God’s Wisdom is rarely UNDERSTOOD or VALUED by the WISE and • PRACTICAL SIDENOTE – “Being “S/spiritual” does not lead to POWERFUL: 1 Corinthians 2:8. See: 1:18, 21, 23, 25; Acts 13:27 elitism; it leads to a deeper understanding of God’s profound 4) We’re HARDENED against and can’t SEE God’s Wisdom: 2 mystery—redemption through a crucified Messiah.” – Gordon Fee Corinthians 3:14–15; Matthew 13:15 5) WE’RE OPPOSED to God’s Wisdom: Romans 8:7. See: James 4:4 REFLECT on and APPLY this message using these questions: • PRACTICAL SIDENOTE – BE SKEPTICAL of and DON’T PURSUE claims 1) BELIEVE: WHAT TRUTHS did God REVEAL to me through His Word of “secret” or “higher” knowledge: Isaiah 8:12–13 See: Jer. 9:24 today about HIM and/or MYSELF? 2) ASSESS: HOW do these truths ENCOURAGE and/or CHALLENGE We ALL NEED the HOLY SPIRIT to UNDERSTAND God’s MYSTERIOUS (convict) ME? WISDOM: 1 Corinthians 2:10a. See also: 1 Corinthians 2:14 3) PROCESS: WHY is this message GOOD NEWS (GOSPEL) to ME today? 1) The Holy Spirit ALONE COMPREHENDS the SCOPE of God’s MIND, (CONNECT the GOSPEL story to MY present story) INTENTION and PLANS: 1 Corinthians 2:10b–11 4) CHANGE: WHERE will I APPLY (BELIEVE, REPENT, DO) this message 2) God GIVES us His SPIRIT freely so we can KNOW HIM: 1 Cor. 2:12 in MY own life this week? a) ALL BELIEVERS have the HOLY SPIRIT: Romans 8:9. See also: 5) PROCLAIM: WHO does God want ME to share these truths with this Romans 8:14-16; Ephesians 1:13; Acts 1:5, 8 week? 6) PREPARE for NEXT WEEK: Read :1-17