_PAUL’S RESOLUTION_ ‘For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.’ 1 Corinthians 2:2 With St. Paul everything else but ‘Jesus Christ and Him crucified’ was a matter of secondary importance, and in this resolution of his we see a striking proof of the infl... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE RELATION OF THE SEEN TO THE UNSEEN_ ‘Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him. But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit.’ 1 Corinthians 2:9 We belong to two worlds, which are, in very truth... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SPIRIT OF PROMISE_ ‘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.’ 1 Corinthians 2:12 Lost by man’s sin, this blessed power of communion with the Father of spirits must be restored by the S... [ Continue Reading ]
_SPIRITUAL JUDGMENT_ ‘But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.’ 1 Corinthians 2:15 It is sometimes said that the evidence for the revelation made to man by our heavenly Father must be in all reason and justice precisely the same as the evidence on which we... [ Continue Reading ]