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Sermon: Mind of Christ - True Wisdom from the Spirit

Sermon: Mind of Christ - True Wisdom from the Spirit

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 Sermon Date: 11/02/2025 Bible Verses: 1 Corinthians 2:6–16 Speaker: Rev. Timothy "Tim" Shapley Theme: https://uppbeat.io/t/northwestern/a-new- Introduction: Hidden Wisdom We live in an age of unparalleled access to knowledge. With just a few taps on a screen, you can look up any fact, stream lectures from Ivy League professors, learn a new skill, or analyze world events in real time. Our generation has more data than ever before—but somehow, still feels lost. Despite all the education, information, and innovation, people still ask the most basic and eternal questions: What’s the point of my life?Why is the world the way it is?What happens when I die?How do I know what’s true? It’s proof that information does not equal wisdom. And just because you’re smart doesn’t mean you’re right with God. Paul writes 1 Corinthians to a church in Corinth—a city that was obsessed with knowledge, rhetoric, philosophy, and status. To them, eloquence was power. Education was everything. Sound familiar? But Paul doesn’t try to outwit them with higher philosophy. Instead, he points to something deeper, older, truer. “We do speak wisdom... but not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.” (1 Corinthians 2:6) He’s saying: There is a wisdom that this world can’t see. There is a truth that isn’t found in books or scrolls, but only in the Spirit. There is a mind available to those in Christ—a mind the world cannot comprehend. And that’s what we’re unpacking today. What is this hidden wisdom? Why can’t the world see it? How does the Spirit reveal it? And what does it mean that we have the mind of Christ? If you’re tired of shallow answers, surface-level religion, and worldly confusion—this passage invites you deeper. Not into speculation or philosophy—but into revelation. Let’s dive in. God’s Wisdom Is Not of This World (vv. 6–8) “Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature—but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.” (1 Corinthians 2:6) Paul is making a bold distinction: There is wisdom in the Christian faith, but it isn’t the kind the world praises. It doesn’t appeal to pride. It doesn’t feed the ego. It doesn’t promise comfort or applause. It’s a crucified King. It’s a blood-stained cross. It’s love that looks like surrender… and a victory that came through death. The rulers of this age couldn’t see it—so they crucified the Lord of Glory (v. 8). To them, the cross looked like failure. But to us who believe, it is “the power of God and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:24). Cross-reference: Isaiah 55:8–9 – “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” 💭 Key Thought: If your life makes perfect sense to the world, you might not be living by God’s wisdom. When you walk in the wisdom of God, people might call you foolish: Why forgive when it hurts? Why stay when it’s hard? Why give away when you could hold on? Why live for eternity instead of this moment? Because you’re living for a kingdom they can’t yet see. Application: Don’t be surprised when the world doesn’t understand your faith. Be faithful anyway. We’re not here to impress the world—we’re here to obey the wisdom of Heaven. God’s Wisdom Is Revealed by the Spirit (vv. 9–13) “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.” (vv. 9–10) These verses are not just about heaven—Paul is talking about wisdom and understanding that is unseen by the world, but revealed to the believer through the Spirit. You don’t stumble into God’s truth by accident. You don’t reason your way to salvation. You don’t earn revelation with IQ or education. It’s revealed. It’s a gift. It’s Spirit-given. Paul gives us three essential truths about the Spirit’s role in wisdom: 🔹 1. The Spirit Searches All Things (v. 10) “For the Spirit searches all things—yes, the deep things of God.” There are depths in God that human minds can’t fathom—but the Spirit searches them. Do you want to grow in wisdom, depth, discernment? You need more than study. You need the Spirit. 🔹 2. The Spirit Knows God Fully (v. 11) “No one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.” Just like only you know your deepest thoughts, only God’s Spirit knows His—and He shares them with us. This isn’t surface-level religion. This is intimate knowing. And that’s what the Holy Spirit invites you into. 🔹 3. The Spirit Teaches Us Spiritual Truth (v. 13) “These things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit…” There is a language of Heaven. ...
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