NO EYE, NO EAR, NO HUMAN HEART!

      Hello again, I'm Arlen Yoder from the Soulwinnersr.us website. Remember—the angels in heaven rejoice when a loved one or friend gives their heart to Jesus.
      The title of my post today is “NO EYE, NO EAR, NO HUMAN HEART!” It’s about why I consider 1 Corinthians 2 one of the most wonderful Bible chapters. I’m going to tell you five reasons why it’s so wonderful.

Reason 1:
Paul indicated in verse 1 the following: God’s relationship with mankind is a great mystery. He said, “When I came to you, brothers and sisters, announcing the mystery of God to you—” I sometimes think that the church in its present form, and church people in their fallen state, including myself, outsiders look at us as boring, stale, and lifeless. But Paul declares that God’s plan is a great unfolding mystery—far from boring, stale, or lifeless.

Reason 2:
Verses 2-5 reveal the infinitely important role the Holy Spirit plays in our lives in bringing about God's will. Paul said that he didn’t, in himself, have great “brilliance” or “persuasive words of wisdom”. But in his weakness, God was very present, “with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power.” And where God’s powerful Holy Spirit is present, great things are inevitably going to follow.

Reason 3:
Paul declared in verses #6-8 that God’s great wisdom far surpassed the wisdom of the rulers of the age. He said, “On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory.” Can outsiders see in us lives that reveal “God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery”?

Reason 4:
Paul declared in verses #10-11 that God reveals this great wisdom and mystery to those of us who have the Holy Spirit inside us. Here’s what he said:

“Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, since the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except his spirit within him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.”

Reason 5: 

Paul wrote what I think is the crescendo, if you will, of 1 Corinthians, Chapter 2. In one of my recent video posts entitled “The Greatest ‘Super’ Book of All Time, Revealing the Greatest ‘Superhero’ of All Time!” I commented on what I termed ‘superlative’ Bible words, like “unsearchable”, “incomprehensible”, and “immeasurable”. I Corinthians 2:9 contains what I call one of the Bible’s most ‘superlative statements’! I want you to take in the wonder of the following promise:

“What no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has conceived—God has prepared these things for those who love him.”

      ‘No eye, no ear, no human heart!”
      See you next time.