The Power Of God

1 Corinthians 2

And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. ² For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. ³ I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. ⁴ And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, ⁵ that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

⁶ However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. ⁷ But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, ⁸ which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
⁹ But as it is written:

“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

¹⁰ But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. ¹¹ For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. ¹² Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

¹³ These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. ¹⁴ But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. ¹⁵ But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. ¹⁶ For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

God's word is the only word that matters.  God's word trumps human words and wisdom by leaps and bounds.  His word opens up doors that no man can shut and shuts doors that no man can open.  God's word is life building, life sustaining, and life ordained to see us into our inheritance.  God says He will make the simple wise.  He will build us into beings that all can come to, and rest, feeling at ease in our company.  We can only walk in great fear and trembling when God's word has been worked in faith and He has revealed Himself to give you His approval.  Then when that has happened, you will know that the rest of the scriptures are also true, helping us to throw off yokes and bonds that are keeping us from our destiny.  God states His word is good yesterday, today and forever.  The same things that were done in ancient times are still being done today through man's finite wisdom.  We are getting nowhere with the thinking of man, only now exchanging more money to cover up hundreds of years of mistakes.  We must read, train, and grow in love and the power to defeat satan at his tactics to destroy us.  We must learn the wisdom and knowledge of the obedience of Christ our example, in how to die to our flesh to conquer everlasting riches and eternity.  God destined us to win before He ever spoke His universe into existence.  And man's thinking, without the word of God is destroying us.  “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Eph.2:10) We must love the Man who rules Heaven, earth, and all the things below it.  We must open our hearts, minds, body and soul to the Holy Spirit who wants to companion with us to see us into our victory.  God says whoever puts their trust in man is cursed.  So we must break the curses off ourselves and off our surroundings to grow in the power to bring peace on earth.  As we see in verse 15 we the children of God can judge, when we're judging according to God's standards and lifestyle of living in righteousness.  We are to take on the mind of Christ, put off our sin and break down the barriers in the power of God.  

Bless us Lord as we take on Your power to move mountains,

Vincent Young, Christian Analyst.