Deep Things Revealed!

"But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God." (I Corinthians 2:9, 10 NKJV)

I encourage all who are reading this to read entire chapters to maintain the context of what is being said. What I find truly amazing--is every time I read a passage of Scripture, again, I get new insight and understanding.

I remember how excited I was when I first read this chapter and understood that God has not revealed all He has prepared for us to those who do not love Him, but through His spirit--when we listen, Holy Spirit speaks--and does just what Jesus said He would do--"bring back to our remembrance those things we've learned and reveals to us those things to come!" 

The key here is in understanding that it is to those who love Him, not just anybody. For those who either continue to deny His existence--no problem; for those who claim to know Him and yet in opposition to His Word--no problem. This promise is only for those who love Him because when we love Him, we obey Him and when we obey Him, we please Him, and when we please Him, He gives us the desires of our hearts! Glory!

When people say--out of ignorance--there is no God and they know more than God--we can ignore them, not argue with them. For there are many who refute that He is and scorn and mock those of us who believe Him. They spend a great deal of time searching out those they think they can manipulate by engaging in foolish debates. "Argue not with a fool because we do, we become like them." So let them keep believing that they believe--they will not be in position to have the deeper things revealed to them and we will.

I'm not saying that we shouldn't share the Gospel; I'm saying we should not debate our beliefs. When someone is sincerely interested in what we have to say about Jesus, let's share. But don't get caught up in "false sincerity" designed to engage into debate so we can be ridiculed. "Be wise as a serpent, but gentle as a dove"--hear Holy Spirit when He speaks, exercising discernment of spirits and know which spirit is operating in your conversations. "Try the spirits, by the Spirit to see if they are of God."

Holy Spirit reveals things to those who love God and we readily admit we have no other way of knowing what we know. He shows us future events and the end results. If we are willing to hear and obey Holy Spirit, we will have the deep things revealed to us.