Sunday, November 9, 2014

Not us but by God's Holy Spirit

Matthew 16:13-17 KJV
(13) When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
(14) And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
(15) He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
(16) And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
(17) And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:10-16 KJV
(10) But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
(11) For 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.
(12) Now 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.
(13) Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
(14) But 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.
(15) But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
(16) For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

If we know right from wrong it is not anything with in us but rather God’s Holy Spirit that has revealed it to us. For none is righteous, no not one for who can understand the things of God unless it be explained by the One who spoke it? We are as babes still in need of our mother’s milk who are we to explain things of the spirit, do we not walk by faith because we cannot see with our own eyes? Do not forget our dependence upon the One who walks before us. No matter how good our life looks, when we venture away from our guide and the lamp unto our path we will inevitably stumble and lose our way. If we were not in need of a Savior Jesus surely wouldn’t have gone through everything He did. He would have simply allowed the strong to triumph over the weak but He said that He did not come for the healthy but instead for the sick and those who know they need help. As for the healthy, they are sick too but haven’t realized it yet.

Romans 3:9-10 KJV
(9) What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
(10) As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: