Sermon Notes: Double Minded? based on 1 Corinthians 2:10-16
Introduction: Go to google and type in top 10 lists and you will find a list of top 10’s about everything from animals, books, food, games, best jobs, best memes, music, famous people, TV characters, movies, most annoying, scariest things, drinks, stressful things in high school, brands, sports, vacation destinations, toys, to top 10 questions for those who look at all of these top ten lists from thetoptens.com As I was thinking about how to start the message today, I wanted to start with 10 things we know about the Holy Spirit according to Scripture.
Ten Truths about the Holy Spirit
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Fully God-uncreated, eternal, all knowing, all powerful, always present
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Counselor-Spirit of truth will be with you and in us-John 14:16-18
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Counselor will teach and remind you-John 14:26
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Counselor will testify about Jesus-John 15:26
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Counselor will convict-John 16:8-11
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Spirit of Truth will guide you into all truth and glorify
Jesus-John 16:13-15
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Spirit gives power-Acts 1:8
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Spirit reveals mystery-1 Corinthians 2:9-10
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Spirit gives gifts-1 Corinthians 12:11
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Spirit gives freedom-2 Corinthians 3:17
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Wind-John 3:8- The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its
sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is
with everyone born of the Spirit.”we can’t see Him, but we can see His working
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Fire-Acts 2:2-3- Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from
heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came
to rest on each of them.
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Water-John
7:37-39- On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said
in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in
me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”
39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him
were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since
Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Thoughts vs. 10-12
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Vs. 10-God revealed it by His Spirit
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This wisdom (not learned by this age or rulers of this age) but a wisdom
about God and his plan and purposes. This Jesus Christ and Him crucified is a
stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. This wisdom is not about Paul’s education or
in his message delivery but in the power of the Spirit. Why? So your faith is not in humans but in God.
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The same Holy Spirit that guided the
authors of Scripture to write also guides or helps us understand Scripture.
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Vs. 10-The Spirit searches the deep things of God
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Depth-knowledge that is profound
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Romans 11:33-34-“Oh,
the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are
his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! 34 “For who
has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?” We will return to this
thought at the end of the message.
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The Spirit has free and full access to
this knowledge, and thereby is able to reveal it…This wisdom is not attainable
by human beings without the aid of God’s Spirit[1]
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Thiselton describes it as the Spirit’s
revealing God’s inmost heart[2]
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Vs. 11-Our thoughts vs. God’s thoughts
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To help us understand this depth of knowledge, Paul uses a human
example. Look at the person beside
you. What are they thinking? We can guess but we would probably be
wrong. How can we understand someone’s
thoughts? They have to reveal them to
us. The same is true of the Holy Spirit
revealing to us God’s thoughts.
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Vs. 12-We have not received spirit of the world but Holy Spirit
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spirit of human wisdom that opposes God[3]
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Why? So we may understand what God has freely given us
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If we were to ask for a list of the
benefits to which Paul is pointing-1:30 is a good summary: “Christ Jesus,” our
“wisdom from God,” namely, “righteousness, sanctification and redemption.”[4]
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I would add salvation, mercy, grace, love,
presence, power, Word, Prayer, Church.
Truths vs. 13-15
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Vs. 13-We speak not in words taught by human wisdom but taught by Spirit
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This is how I would explain how God is
directing me to share Scriptures with people at YMCA, Lincoln Perk, Hesston MB
and more.
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Vs. 13-Expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words
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The idea of taking deep things of God and explaining them to others.
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spiritual person n. — a person characterized by the presence
of the Holy Spirit; especially of a mature, Christian life and its relation to
the Spirit. Moved by Holy Spirit
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Vs. 14-man without Spirit does not accept the things from Spirit of God
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Man without the Spirit is better translated as natural man-Greek means of
the soul, from the heart (psychikos-(see-kee-kos)) Soul-mind, will, emotions. Could
be the “soulish Christian”
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Why? Foolishness & cannot understand
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Spiritually discerned
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The “spiritual person” is in a position to
inquire into all things and find prophetic insight from God in connection with
the wisdom of the cross.[6]
But…vs. 16
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Isaiah 40:13 “Who can fathom the mind of the
Lord, or instruct the Lord as his counselor?
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What is the answer? No one.
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We have the mind of Christ
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Goes against the people of Corinth’s attitude of knowledge and philosophy.
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of pivotal importance-mind of Lord to mind
of Christ
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To “have the mind of Christ” means to look
at life from the Saviour’s point of view, having His values and desires in
mind. It means to think God’s thoughts and not think as the world thinks.[7]
Closing: “One Awkward Moment” by Casting Crowns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_IBVPFvNVQ
- o Convergence Awkward Moment (focus on couple, conversation at supper, Brad was feeling mercy and compassion for them, sharing Scripture, Brad sharing)
- o I am going to give you some time to reflect on the message as we listen to a song from Casting Crowns that Bethany shared with me.
- o Your One Awkward Moment could be coming forward to receive Jesus for the first time, could be coming forward for prayer for the first time, could be sharing an encouraging word or Scripture, could be showing compassion or mercy or appropriate touch with someone, could be offering to pray with someone in your neighborhood or at the store or at work.
- o The purpose is not to cause you feel guilt or shame for not sharing, but instead to ask God to empower and equip you to share at times even when it may be awkward based on who you are and how you are gifted.
[1] Ciampa, R. E., & Rosner, B. S.
(2010). The First Letter to the Corinthians
(pp. 129–130). Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans
Publishing Company.
[2]
Thiselton, A. C. (2000). The First Epistle to the Corinthians: a
commentary on the Greek text (p. 257). Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans.
[3] Ciampa,
R. E., & Rosner, B. S. (2010). The First Letter to the Corinthians
(p. 132). Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing
Company.
[4] Ciampa, R. E., & Rosner, B. S.
(2010). The First Letter to the Corinthians
(p. 132). Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing
Company.
[5]
Thiselton, A. C. (2000). The First Epistle to the Corinthians: a
commentary on the Greek text (pp. 266–267). Grand Rapids, MI: W.B.
Eerdmans.
[6] Ciampa, R. E., & Rosner, B. S.
(2010). The First Letter to the Corinthians
(p. 136). Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing
Company.
[7]
Wiersbe, W. W. (1996). The Bible exposition commentary
(Vol. 1, p. 577). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
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