Week of February 6, 2011, 1 Corinthians 2:1-16
One of the Scriptures for Sunday is from the first of Paul’s letter to the Corinthians, the first 16 verses of chapter 2 – it’s about God’s Word, and having the mind of Christ.
2When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. 2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. 4My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
6 Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. 7But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9But, as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him’—
10these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11For what human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God. 12Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. 13And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual.
14 Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are discerned spiritually. 15Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny.
16 ‘For who has known the mind of the Lord
so as to instruct him?’
But we have the mind of Christ.
Dear Lord, may my life proclaim Your life within me. May I live each day walking with You, Jesus, knowing that Your great love for each of us profoundly affects me, and affects every step I take. Jesus, help me to know You. May Your word come alive as I read about You. May I be a witness of Your love by example and by sharing my words with others – how You have been such a great part of my life, and what You, Jesus, have done in my life.
Remind me always, Lord, the hope that You have called to each of us – the hope of the resurrection, the hope and assurance of eternal life – the reminder that we can’t even begin to imagine what You have prepared for those who love You.
Jesus, thanks for Your Spirit in our lives – and gifts that You give as they are needed in Your Church - the Spirit of wisdom, the Spirit of joy and peace and love. And Jesus, that as we study Your Word, You instruct us, You counsel us, You comfort us, You direct us. And help us to understand what it means to have the mind of Christ – to begin to see the world from Your perspective, to be servants to our neighbor, to be helpful to others in whatever part of the world, to know and share Your unconditional and overwhelming love.
Jesus, thanks for Your peace and Your presence. Amen.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you His strength and His great peace. In the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
You may leave a message or prayer request by emailing me at: peacewm@tds.net.
May we have more and more the mind of Christ, and may we be always aware of God’s presence and God’s Spirit working in our lives each day.
2When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. 2For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. 4My speech and my proclamation were not with plausible words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5so that your faith might rest not on human wisdom but on the power of God.
6 Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. 7But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8None of the rulers of this age understood this; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9But, as it is written, ‘What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him’—
10these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11For what human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God’s except the Spirit of God. 12Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God. 13And we speak of these things in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual things to those who are spiritual.
14 Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are discerned spiritually. 15Those who are spiritual discern all things, and they are themselves subject to no one else’s scrutiny.
16 ‘For who has known the mind of the Lord
so as to instruct him?’
But we have the mind of Christ.
Dear Lord, may my life proclaim Your life within me. May I live each day walking with You, Jesus, knowing that Your great love for each of us profoundly affects me, and affects every step I take. Jesus, help me to know You. May Your word come alive as I read about You. May I be a witness of Your love by example and by sharing my words with others – how You have been such a great part of my life, and what You, Jesus, have done in my life.
Remind me always, Lord, the hope that You have called to each of us – the hope of the resurrection, the hope and assurance of eternal life – the reminder that we can’t even begin to imagine what You have prepared for those who love You.
Jesus, thanks for Your Spirit in our lives – and gifts that You give as they are needed in Your Church - the Spirit of wisdom, the Spirit of joy and peace and love. And Jesus, that as we study Your Word, You instruct us, You counsel us, You comfort us, You direct us. And help us to understand what it means to have the mind of Christ – to begin to see the world from Your perspective, to be servants to our neighbor, to be helpful to others in whatever part of the world, to know and share Your unconditional and overwhelming love.
Jesus, thanks for Your peace and Your presence. Amen.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you His strength and His great peace. In the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
You may leave a message or prayer request by emailing me at: peacewm@tds.net.
May we have more and more the mind of Christ, and may we be always aware of God’s presence and God’s Spirit working in our lives each day.
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