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It ever intrigues me that when a scripture is (oft) misquoted,
that the answer to its misuse is actually attached to, or juxtaposed to
it. Such is the case with “Purposing to know only Christ Jesus
and Him crucified”. Paul was referring to the method and mode of
message he adopted to reach and teach a carnal bunch of intellectuals,
who were rife with contention and strife.
The thing I particularly like about Vic’s translation is that it
untangles and demystifies much of the misrepresentations found in Greek
sourced texts, and this is why preachers avoid using it or cross
referencing with it – in that it bursts the bubbles on many an oft
vaunted and misapprehended text, or worse still, scripture which
has been deliberately twisted by twisted minds to establish dogma which
is contrary to Meshiach.
1. And I, my brethren, come to you neither with great speeches, nor
with wisdom do I preach to you the sermon of God. (God’s words)
2. And I do not judge myself among you like I know something, except
for Jesus Christ, also [Jesus] as he was on the cross. (In other
words, it is not about WHAT I know, or by MY wisdom, but rather WHO I
know, by HIS wisdom – His mind – speaking the Mind of Christ – the
Oracles of God.)
3. And I come to you with much fear and trembling. (I have
experienced this while preaching (and writing), a trembling and quaking
at the Power of and upon the Word, my flesh barely able to operate and
those in the congregation slain by the presence.)
4. And my manifestation and preaching are not through deliverance by
words of wisdom, except through the revelation of the Spirit and power.
5. So as your faith may not be in the service of humanity, except through the power of God.
6. Wisdom, however, we speak of among those who are mature, neither the
wisdom of this world, nor of the authorities of this world which shall
come to naught,
7. Except we speak the wisdom of God through the sermon that was hidden
and which God had chosen from before [the foundations of] the universe,
for our glorification. Compare Ephesians 1:9-10
http://www.v-a.com/bible/letters/ephesians.html
8. That which not one of the authorities of this world know about, for
if they know it, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory.
9. Except as it is written in Scriptures,
No eye has seen and no ear has heard, and the human heart has not perceived,
that which God has consecrated for those who have mercy on him.*
10. To us, however, God revealed it through His Spirit, for the Spirit can fathom anything, even the depths of God.
11. For which human being knows what it is to be human, if it were not
for the human spirit within them. Likewise no human being knows about
God, except for the Spirit of God.
12. We, however, did not receive the spirit of the world, except [we
received] the Spirit from God, in order that we may know the endowment
we received from God.
13. Even these things that we speak, are not through the knowledge of
words, by human wisdom, except through the enlightenment of the Spirit,
and regarding spirits we have contemplated spiritually.
14. For the human being is a lone soul and [human beings] cannot
receive that which is spiritual*, for that causes contention* in them,
and they cannot comprehend how to judge the spiritual.
15. The holy Spirit, however, judges everything, and He cannot be judged by any human being.
16. For who understands the Lord's perception, so as to teach Him? We, however, have Christ's perception (Mind).
Footnotes
*1 Cor 2:9 Lit. Ar. idiomatic construction: "Eye does not see and ear
does not hear, and over the heart does not rise the thing God graced to
those who mercy Him."
*1 Cor 2:14.1 Lit. Ar. id.: "Spiritualism."
*1 Cor 2:14.2 Lit. Ar. idiom retained: "Redundancy."
Jesus referred to His preaching in parables to withhold the mysteries
from people – if I have been guilty of anything at times it is of
sharing that which is Holy with dogs, of sharing the deep things of God
with some who seek to know God by their own natural senses and to
comprehend Him with their own mind. These people are darkened and
in rebellion, and often are seeking understanding from an oblique or
intellectual perspective, but as they are inherently dishonest and of
their father, the devil, who is the father of lies, they come seeking
wisdom but not the Way. Jesus said that if they were to see with
THEIR eyes and to hear with THEIR ears, He would be constrained to heal
them – that they would be licensed to place demands on them which would
not be proper, as their hearts would still be darkened and their
motives wrong. This is why we must come to Him with a broken
heart and a contrite spirit, lest we be proud and lifted up and it be
about us. He is not a “hold-out” for His own good, but for
ours.
God said to me about 6-7 years ago, that He wanted me to ask of Him the
“HARD QUESTIONS” – and the first that came to mind was, “What about the
devil, what is with him?” I was told, “If I had not created him,
you would have become your own devil.” I was given to see a
vision/image of an old western type rail spur, with a buffer at the end
of the line, and I was given to understand that this represented the
devil. If you can receive it, he is there so that when you are
coming to the end of yourself, his defining presence and sense of evil
will stop you totally going off the rails. I can even sense him
screaming NOOOOO at the thought that despite all that he tries to do to
undo the work of God, that he is the unwilling servant of God – a
vessel to dishonor.
The hindering factor is PRIDE and its accompanying UNFORGIVENESS – this
is what keeps us from the LOVE of God and the fulfillment of ALL IN ALL
– the more you realise that all your provision and equipping it is all
for the kingdom and all about HIS GREAT LOVE, with which He first loved
us, then the more you will gain an access to the kingdom and the more
peace and assurance and knowledge will be yours to share, but not
knowledge as the world brings, with attachments and strings, but the
full and certain knowledge of Jesus Christ, and Him crucified for
us. This is the gateway to ALL TRUTH – if you KNOW THIS, then you
KNOW ALL, for HE IS ALL and ALL were crucified together in HIM!
Do you feel that anointing? – That is the POWER of the Resurrection.
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