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Dave Burnette's Commentary

1 Corinthians Chapter 2 

Written By: God through Inspiration
Penned By: Paul
Date Penned: (55 AD)
Overview: Paul Addresses Church Problems (c 1-6)
Theme: Divisions in the Church (c 1-4)
Message:The Spirit Gives Wisdom (v 1-18)

1 Corinthians 2 Commentary

(2:1-16) Paul Preaches Wisdom - The Corinthians were confusing the gospel by creating artificial standards of faith. They were using wisdom as the gauge. The more wisdom someone claimed, the more spiritual that person became. Standards were determined by teachers. They were arguing and dividing over which teacher had the deepest spirituality. For Paul, the gospel—God’s wisdom—was a pool of clear water. Believers were urged to go deeper, but they would find living water no matter how deep they dove.
 

 

 


David Burnette's Life Application

Walking in His Spirit

Each day we walk through the Bible chapter by chapter making an application of our text to help us grow in the Lord. Many applications can be made from each day's text. Today we continue the book of 1st Corinthians with Chapter 2 and in our text we see Paul explaining the truth that the Spirit of God that brings wisdom but the world rejects the wisdom of God and follows foolishness. In making application we see the truth that the believer is indwelt with the Spirit of God and as he matures will embrace the wisdom of the Word of God as we have the mind of Christ. While the natural man sees the things of God as foolishness and rejects His Word. How about you? Are you Saved? If so do you realize you have the Spirit of God endwelling you which leads you to His Word giving you the Mind of Christ? Let us learn from our text today and the truths that Paul shares as when we are Saved we have His Spirit, His Word, and the mind of Christ to lead us to do His Will for our Lives.

 

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1 Corinthians 2

1 Corinthians 2

 1And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

 2For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

 3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

 4And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

 5That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

 6Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

 7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:

 8Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

 9But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

 10But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

 11For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

 12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

 13Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

 14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

 15But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

 16For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.