Good Morning Friends,
“As it is written: ‘No eye has seen, no ear has
heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him’ --
but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things,
even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man
except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts
of God except the Spirit of God. We have not received the spirit of the world
but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely
given us.” (1 Corinthians 2:9-12)
Who could possibly have thought up the Gospel
story? It is incomprehensible that God Himself, the Creator and Ruler of the
universe would become a man, walk on the earth, teach, heal, and do all the
things that Jesus did. No man could have come up with the story of Jesus’ life
and all that it meant. That’s why the world turned against Him, because it just
couldn’t understand Him. They killed Him because they did not know who He was
and could not even fathom His real identity.
What Jesus did here on earth is just the
beginning of what God has prepared for those who come to Him! The life-changing
power of the Holy Spirit. The very presence of God Himself, indwelling us by
His Spirit. The opportunity to reign with God. The glory and majesty of
heaven’s eternity. An eternity around the throne of God. The angelic majesties
that worship and serve Him there -- and here. All of these, and much more,
cannot be understood by men in all that they mean. All of these things, and
more, God has prepared for us because we love Him.
Man didn’t make it all up, man couldn’t. God’s
Spirit has revealed these things to us. His Spirit revealed the Gospel through
Jesus. His Spirit provided the Word. His Spirit works in each of those who
comes to Him to accomplish God’s work in us and through us. The message doesn't
come from man, it comes directly from God.
His, by Grace, Steve
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