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Vital Principles of Relationship
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which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are
not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory
in His presence. But of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is
made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and
redemption: that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him
glory in the Lord.” The human being who undertakes to become
wisdom for another will find himself coming short.
“I was with you,” Paul continues, “in weakness, and in fear, and
in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with
enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit
and of power: that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men,
but in the power of God. 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: but we speak the wisdom of God
in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before
the world unto our glory: which none of the princes of this world
knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord
of glory.”
Taught by the Spirit
In the next words the apostle brings to view the true source of
wisdom for the believer: “God hath revealed them unto us by His
Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
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
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the Spirit of God.... Which things also we speak, not in the words
which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;
comparing spiritual things with spiritual.”
These words mean very much to the soul that is trying to run the
race set before him in the gospel. “The natural man receiveth not
the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him:
neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged
of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may
instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.”
Read also the third chapter of this book, and study and pray over
these words. As a people our faith and practice need to be energized