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I Corinthians 2:6-8
Excerpted from: Do You See God?

If mankind had seen Christ, if they had clearly identified with Him, the history of the world would be exceedingly different. But they did not see because, as Paul writes here, they were not mature. Mature, in this context, means converted. It does not always mean exactly that, but in this context it does. There is a contrast between those who are able to see and those who are not able to see. And, those who are able to see are, in this context, those who are mature.

Even though Christ quoted - and lived - the scriptures that many in His audience were clearly familiar with, they did not see God working through Him. This is the way that it has always been with God's servants. Christ was not the only one. Christ Himself testified that those people killed the prophets. Now, I think that they would not have killed the prophets if they clearly saw them as being messengers from God. If they clearly believed in God and were fearful of His authority over His creation, His governance of it, they would not have dared to have done that! That is the way it has always been - there are those who see and there are those who do not see.

Paul testifies here that people are looking into a mystery. This mystery is not a puzzle that is difficult to solve, but a secret impossible to penetrate. So the world, as a result, is not all there upstairs. So it accepts its own and rejects the truths of God.

I Corinthians 2:6-10
Excerpted from: Grace Upon Grace

Is not that plain? What we have—he is talking about the gospel here—is a revelation. Now this—the subject of verse 10, that God has revealed—has to be tied to the word mystery, to the word wisdom.

But let us consider mystery in verse 7. Mystery in English does not mean exactly the same thing as mystery in Greek does. Mystery in English means a puzzle that is difficult to solve. But in Greek, it means a secret that is impossible to penetrate. So, the word of God, His purpose and plan, is a mystery. It is a secret that is impossible to penetrate. He is saying that man would never find out what it is, but God gave it to us. He revealed it to us.

What we have in this way is in no way earned. What we have, we have because it pleased God to give it to us. He has withheld it from others, but He has given it to you and me. God is in no way beholden to us as if He owed us something. He does not owe us anything. We could dig in His word our entire lifetime and we would never come to what He freely gave to us for His purposes, for His own reasons.

Articles
Do You See God? (Part Two)
Eternal Torment?
Judgment, Tolerance, and Correction
Parables and Prophecy
Religious Confusion and You
Seeing Is Not Believing
Time and Life
Who Is Doing the Work of God?

Booklets
Preparing the Bride

Essays
All About Attitude
Are These Your Feasts? (Part One)
Citizens of Heaven
The Bible's Claims About Itself
The Fifth Teacher (Part Two)
The Unique Greatness of Our God (Part Two)
Trust the Bible (Part One)

Sermons
How Emotions Affect Spiritual Maturity
Teaching Us to Think (Part Two)
Spiritual Renewal
That No Flesh Should Glory
Sight to the Blind
Who Are You?
Self-Government
Without a Parable
Teach Us To Pray! (Part 1)
Marriage and the Bride of Christ (Part 9)
Approaching God Through Christ (Part 1)
Themes of I Corinthians (Part 3)
Why Many Do Not Understand
Immutable Scientific Laws
Christ Our Wisdom
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Thirty-Three): Ecclesiastes 8:10-9:1
A Calendar Summary
Our Awesome Destiny (2000)
How the Human Mind Shapes What We Believe
The Kingdom of God
The Handwriting Is on the Wall (1996)
How Big Is God?
Stewards of the Mysteries of God
The Pure in Heart
'But I Say To You' (Part One)
Strategies for Escaping Babylon (Part Two)
Strategies for Escaping Babylon (Part Seven)
Ecclesiastes Resumed (Part Thirty-Two): Ecclesiastes 8:1-9

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