Seek Wisdom

In 1 Corinthians chapter 2, Paul continues to share and encourage to the church of Corinth, but he steps back and reminds them that he is just a servant of Christ, an instrument. He is not any better than them, he is only sharing the wisdom of Christ through his speech and his actions. We must be reminded of this, to not have pride and ultimately to learn to rest our faith on God, not man (v.4-5).

The main bit of this chapter talks about the wisdom from the spirit. When you think about it, no one knows a man's thoughts except for his spirit. Same goes for God, only his spirit can be aligned with his thoughts. Fortunately, we have received the Holy Spirit when we believe and turn to Christ. And as we accept the spirit, we become aligned with Christ. We must learn to listen to the spirit as well as let it instruct and guide us.

Paul lastly brings up two different types of man. If you look at the end of the chapter, verse 14 and 15, he talks about a "natural man" vs a "spiritual man". A natural man is one who is foolish, who does not receive things from the Lord because he doesn't have wisdom from the spirit, where as a spiritual man is able to judge properly and has a mind of Christ. The trend continues to go on, as listed several times in previous posts, that a true believer will bear fruit that is distinctly different from a false believer.

Are you seeking the wisdom of God through the Holy Spirit?

verse of the day: Proverbs 1:7
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;    fools despise wisdom and instruction.