Thursday, February 16, 2017
1 Corinthians 2:10-11 ... But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 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....
GOD'S HIDDEN WISDOM--THE GOSPEL (4)
If even the highest IQ minds of this world are unable to discover God's secret wisdom, where does this leave you and me? How did you and I discover this "hidden wisdom" that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, our Savior? There can be only one answer to that question. God has graciously revealed it to us by His Spirit.
As Paul puts it, who knows what the thoughts of our mind are at any given time? Only we ourself know the thoughts which are "hidden" within us, and only our spirit can reveal them to others.
That is equally and more so the case with regard to God and His wisdom. Only the Holy Spirit, as God, is all-knowing. Only the Holy Spirit can know the "deep things" of God--such as who God is, what God thinks, what God plans, how He brought the world into being, how He would save the world of sinners, how He governs the affairs of the world, and yes, how He, in His loving and providential care, governs our individual lives.
Simply put, it's all to the credit of the Spirit, as we sing in the hymn:
All our knowledge, sense, and sight,
Lie in deepest darkness shrouded
Till Your Spirit breaks our night
With the beams of truth unclouded.
You alone to God can win us;
You must work all good within us.
(Lutheran Service Book, 904:2)
