Title: Those Who Know Divine Things
In verse 14, when referring to the natural man, the word flesh refers to the natural state of the soul of a normal human being. It is a term that includes both personal and instinctual qualities, and is made up of yuchv, which means the disposition to live by human selfish instincts and worldly thoughts ignorant of God (KJV, the natural(unspiritual)man). What do you mean? Who is the one who knows these spiritual things?
1. Those who know spiritual things, those who know Jesus.
Even if we say that we know a person, it will depend on the degree of our experience. Even in the fight of gangsters, the loser takes the victor as the eldest brother. What you can see in violent movies is that when you get to know the other person for sure, you realize your level together.
When you realize and experience God and Jesus right away, you will realize your true self. We come to know ourselves together when we experience it personally and recognize it properly.
1 Corinthians 12:3 "Therefore I make it known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say, Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit."
If you know about Jesus and do not know that you are a sinner, then you have not realized right away. You must submit to God and come to receive blessings. It is the act of one who has truly realized his self.
Matthew 13:16-17 "But blessed are your eyes to see and your ears to hear. Truly I say to you, many prophets and righteous people seek to see what you see, but do not see it; and to hear what you hear, but do not hear it. couldn't"
John 6:68-69 "Simon Peter answered, "Lord, if you have a word of eternal life, to whom shall we go? We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God."
In Matthew 16:16-17, he said that the confession of Peter was also a revelation from God. If you believe in the Lord, you will be understood, and if you understand, you will be believed. It is the work of the Holy Spirit. If you understand the word of the Lord as the word of eternal life, you are a person who has been revealed by God and knows spiritual things. A person who knows spiritual things has a higher knowledge than any strange thing in the world.
2. He who knows spiritual things judges all things.
Here, to judge is written as a word used together with the word to discern before it. A proper view of history can be established only when we know God who is the ruler and judge of heaven and earth who is the ruler of history.
Regarding God, if you become acquainted with the Jesus whom God sent, you will come to know how God is working through Jesus, so that right judgment will follow. The judgments of those who live without Jesus will later be said to be deceived, useless, regretful, etc. He said that life without Jesus is a deceitful and deceived world.
2 Timothy 3:13 "Evil men and deceivers are getting worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived."
Without the knowledge of unbelievers, Satan is leading the world with a false view of history and false values. The people of the world are blaming Jesus without knowing this.
Ephesians 2:2 “In those days you walked in them, following the customs of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the sons of disobedience.”
Satan was a precious archangel created by God, but he resisted God (the adversary; Satan) and was cursed by God and became the evil spirit of corruption. If you believe in Jesus, you will know all these facts.
John 8:44 "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and cannot stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. for he is a wretch and has become the father of lies."
I heard this word the first time I worshiped on Wednesday, October 16, 1974. When I heard the title, I started to hear whether it was a lesson about the deceitfulness of the world, but the preacher's content was the fundamental mystery of life. It was a strange story that Satan was deceiving the world. I was amazed and realized just how deceived the world is. It was the motive that motivated me to read the Word of God with longing for it. I thought I was living in the world personally, but I came to know that God controls the world, but Satan tempts unbelievers with evil.
According to the Bible, the Bible is to make us realize that Satan has dominion over this world and leads to death. You don't know that it's wrong by studying the theory of evolution, but when you believe and realize that God the Creator is wrong, you immediately realize that the theory of evolution is wrong. This is because we believe and understand that God created this world in a creationist way.
Religious common sense does not force us to reject worldly knowledge, but we do not accept unintelligible and baseless knowledge. It is the knowledge that we gain over time through the word of God that He created the heavens and the earth. Discernment of spirits is a gift, but all Christians have. If you exert yourself strongly, you will receive a gift. However, since a Christian understands and understands the source and words of this world according to the Bible, he can be said to have the ability to discern spirits with good judgment. If you believe in Jesus, you will have the ability to immediately judge the value of this world.
3. Those who know spiritual things will preach Jesus.
Those who know Jesus can judge the world rightly and become preachers of Jesus as well. Verse 16 says, "Who can know the heart of the Lord and teach Him? But we have the mind of Christ." Those who have the so-called heart of Jesus, that is, the heart of God, teach the Lord Jesus. Preaching Jesus is preaching the gospel. It is to preach God's covenant to live life through Jesus.
Preaching Jesus is not just a religious preaching. Witnessing Jesus is to confirm to the worldly people of the flesh in every field of life. with the spiritual heart of Jesus. It is more important to work as a pastor or teacher evangelist as a professional in this work, but it is a spiritual work for all Christians to bear Jesus in their hearts and testify of that Jesus.
The story of heaven, like a country that has evolved from the human world, is unbiblical and not divine. Because it is not correct in the Bible and gospel thought, it is cursed according to Galatians 1:8. It is a great mistake to tempt people by making sounds that are not in the truth. It is said that if you add or subtract from the Bible, you will be cursed. I hate the curse of hell, but the Bible already says it. It is the voice of God. You cannot change the words of the leaders of a country, but you cannot change the words of God. You cannot say anything that is not in the Bible.
Catholics make up mystical stories. Put the decisions of the Pope above the Bible. The Ten Commandments are also added or subtracted, and in various ways, the Blessed Mother is made up of words that are not in the Bible. But unfounded words are not spiritual. Rather, they are cursed.
1 Corinthians 1:18 “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” The gospel will seem even more foolish in this age of knowledge. However, we are well aware that the foolish gospel has triumphed over the knowledge of the world in historical terms.
In the Bible, we are called earthen vessels and Jesus is called precious. Although earthen vessels are of little value, earthen vessels are precious because they contain treasure. that appears.
How do we preach Jesus? When we participate in missions and strive diligently, we become truly spiritual people. That is why it is said that the fear of God is the beginning of knowledge.
In order to become our evangelical life that connects with the eternal kingdom, we immerse ourselves in the truth every day and sensitively fill with the guidance of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:16). When someone sees us, Oh! That man is a Jesuit! If he can make this sound come out clearly, he believes that he will be victorious as a spiritual person and a spiritual life.