The ministry of the Holy Spirit

Friday 4 March 2011

1 Corinthians 2: 6-16

Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

Friday 4 March 2011

But, as it is written,

   "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,

   nor the heart of man imagined,

what God has prepared for those who love him"—

these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

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For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

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And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.

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"For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

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Revelation

...these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit.

Ps 36:9For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.

Friday 4 March 2011

Eph 1:17-18I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,

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"Two different realms: one is that of doctrine - the other is that of revelation. The first can be attained with a little effort, a little cleverness and a little eloquence. The second is beyond human ability."

"There is a word in the Bible which is beyond Greek or Hebrew - it is the word which all ministers seek to know. It is the word of God."

"It takes a strong and rich mind to fix the light."

Watchman NeeFriday 4 March 2011

Peter - “You are the Christ”

Us - 2 Cor 3:18And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Friday 4 March 2011

Understanding

....no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

Friday 4 March 2011

Psalm 119:130The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

1 Chronicles 12:32Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.

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Eph 5:8-10For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord.

Friday 4 March 2011

CommunicationThis is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. (NIV)

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Acts 6:4But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.

Friday 4 March 2011

2 Cor 3:5,6Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

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DiscernmentThe natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.

Friday 4 March 2011

Ananias & Saphirra - Acts 5

Slave girl & Paul - Acts 16:18...this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her." And it came out that very hour.

Friday 4 March 2011

Instruction

"For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?" But we have the mind of Christ.

Friday 4 March 2011

Isaiah 30:21Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”

John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.

Friday 4 March 2011

Romans 8:13-14For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

Friday 4 March 2011