John 3:27-30 ESV
John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven. 28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him. ’ 29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.”
To receive, one must decrease as the Christ inside grows, to make room.
We are born first, earthly and mortal, then if we are willing, transformed into new creatures who rejoice in the sound of His voice. This is how the kingdom works and grows. Adam was charged with multiplying and subduing the earth. He was not up to the task, but Jesus is well able. Of His dominion there will be no end.
There is no reason to boast, or be puffed up, for everything comes from God. We have been graced with the gift of life and our contribution to the kingdom is as unique and singular as that life received.
John reminds his disciples and speaks the word of truth for us today. We are complete and whole because of what Jesus has done. Our joy is becoming more like Him and He promises He will do it. Within each person the earth is made new. How lovely is the dwelling place of The Lord.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his government and of peace
there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
James 1:16-18
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 18 Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
Philippians 2:2-4
complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.
1 Corinthians 4:7
For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it?
Matthew 3:11-12
“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
1 Peter 4:10-11
As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace: 11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Isaiah 62:4-5
You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,
and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.
5 For as a young man marries a young woman,
so shall your sons marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so shall your God rejoice over you.
Word for Life in Love— Scripture Meditations By Stephen Brown
Friday, November 16, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
That I Have -Luke 24:38-53
Luke 24:38-53 ESV
And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41 And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and he took it and ate before them.
44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and were continually in the temple blessing God.
Jesus appears before them. They still struggle with disbelief with what they see. Jesus stands in front of them, yet they know He was crucified. They are transfixed and dumbfounded. He tells them to touch Him for themselves and see that He is flesh and bones. It seems significant that He says, "flesh and bones", rather than flesh and blood. We can look to Genesis and see the same reference to Eve who is taken out of man. His blood was shed for all and life no longer resides in the blood of the creature, but in the Spirit of God, the living water.
It says He opened their minds to Scripture, and then began to speak. The disciples saw with their eyes, touched with their hands, and heard with their ears the very word of God. What is written is fulfilled in Jesus.
Jesus sits on the throne in heaven, now clad with His immortal body, flesh and bones of a kind unfamiliar to us. With this same body He was raised up into the clouds, into heaven, the first of many that would come.
It is with this flesh and bones that He will receive His bride, and they will become one, just as Adam and Eve became one in the Garden.
We become His flesh on earth , an incarnation now filled with an immortal spirit, we are a new creature, transported into kingdom of God through the provision of the Holy Spirit. At His coming, we will be joined with our immortal, incorruptible bodies. Heaven and earth become one.
Hosea 6:2-3
After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
3 Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord;
his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us as the showers,
as the spring rains that water the earth.”
1 Corinthians 15:50-52
50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
1 John 1:1-4
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
Psalms 110:1
1 The Lord says to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”
Genesis 2:23
Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.”
And he said to them, “Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me, and see. For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.” 40 And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. 41 And while they still disbelieved for joy and were marveling, he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?” 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and he took it and ate before them.
44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, 47 and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
50 Then he led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands he blessed them. 51 While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 And they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and were continually in the temple blessing God.
Jesus appears before them. They still struggle with disbelief with what they see. Jesus stands in front of them, yet they know He was crucified. They are transfixed and dumbfounded. He tells them to touch Him for themselves and see that He is flesh and bones. It seems significant that He says, "flesh and bones", rather than flesh and blood. We can look to Genesis and see the same reference to Eve who is taken out of man. His blood was shed for all and life no longer resides in the blood of the creature, but in the Spirit of God, the living water.
It says He opened their minds to Scripture, and then began to speak. The disciples saw with their eyes, touched with their hands, and heard with their ears the very word of God. What is written is fulfilled in Jesus.
Jesus sits on the throne in heaven, now clad with His immortal body, flesh and bones of a kind unfamiliar to us. With this same body He was raised up into the clouds, into heaven, the first of many that would come.
It is with this flesh and bones that He will receive His bride, and they will become one, just as Adam and Eve became one in the Garden.
We become His flesh on earth , an incarnation now filled with an immortal spirit, we are a new creature, transported into kingdom of God through the provision of the Holy Spirit. At His coming, we will be joined with our immortal, incorruptible bodies. Heaven and earth become one.
Hosea 6:2-3
After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
3 Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord;
his going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us as the showers,
as the spring rains that water the earth.”
1 Corinthians 15:50-52
50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
1 John 1:1-4
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us— 3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete.
Psalms 110:1
1 The Lord says to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”
Genesis 2:23
Then the man said,
“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called Woman,
because she was taken out of Man.”
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Entering The Light
We enter the light
When entering His presence
Turning to Him
He comes into us
His Spirit with our spirit
There we are made clean
And holy and made new
In that refining fire
We become like Him
When entering His presence
Turning to Him
He comes into us
His Spirit with our spirit
There we are made clean
And holy and made new
In that refining fire
We become like Him
All Are Going To Him -John 3:22-26
John 3:22-26 ESV
22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized 24 (for John had not yet been put in prison).
25 Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over purification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”
Jesus and His disciples part ways with John. People continued to come to John, but more and more were coming to Christ instead. This is evidence that John had fulfilled his mission of announcing and preparing the way for the Savior of the world.
Jesus was not baptizing with water, as we are told in John 4, but his disciples do. John's disciples raise this issue with teacher. The transition and kingdom movement continues, just as John had always said, but the reality of his words set in. The people are going to Jesus. John's mission of preparing the way was successful. The appeal to God through the water of John's baptism of repentance leads to Christ. When we are sealed with the Holy Spirit, we are then confirmed in the kingdom of God, which is the body of Christ. That body has yet to be made ready. It has not borne the sins of the world, or been raised in glory. The baptism of the Holy Spirit will come after Jesus has returned to the Father.
John 4:1-2
1 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),
Hebrews 9:22-26
Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
23 Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, 26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
1 Peter 3:21-22
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized 24 (for John had not yet been put in prison).
25 Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over purification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”
Jesus and His disciples part ways with John. People continued to come to John, but more and more were coming to Christ instead. This is evidence that John had fulfilled his mission of announcing and preparing the way for the Savior of the world.
Jesus was not baptizing with water, as we are told in John 4, but his disciples do. John's disciples raise this issue with teacher. The transition and kingdom movement continues, just as John had always said, but the reality of his words set in. The people are going to Jesus. John's mission of preparing the way was successful. The appeal to God through the water of John's baptism of repentance leads to Christ. When we are sealed with the Holy Spirit, we are then confirmed in the kingdom of God, which is the body of Christ. That body has yet to be made ready. It has not borne the sins of the world, or been raised in glory. The baptism of the Holy Spirit will come after Jesus has returned to the Father.
John 4:1-2
1 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),
Hebrews 9:22-26
Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
23 Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, 26 for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
1 Peter 3:21-22
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
God So Loved The World-John 3:16-18
John 3:16-18 ESV
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
The gospel is initiated by God, as is everything. He loved and He gave. This He did by giving Himself, His only Son, for that love. In doing this, He says "I love you!" to each and everyone of us. If we are able to believe this and accept it, we are told we will have life because that's what He wants for us. He has cried out in His love and desire for us on the cross and in His word, but He left us with the choice.
How is it that we are already condemned? Moses was given commandments by God that would reveal our nature and our inability to comply. He did this because He wanted to save us. Only by revealing our need would we have reason to seek Him, to choose Him. He could have given up on mankind at the Garden fall, but He so loved the world. Who can explain love? Who can explain God?
16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
The gospel is initiated by God, as is everything. He loved and He gave. This He did by giving Himself, His only Son, for that love. In doing this, He says "I love you!" to each and everyone of us. If we are able to believe this and accept it, we are told we will have life because that's what He wants for us. He has cried out in His love and desire for us on the cross and in His word, but He left us with the choice.
How is it that we are already condemned? Moses was given commandments by God that would reveal our nature and our inability to comply. He did this because He wanted to save us. Only by revealing our need would we have reason to seek Him, to choose Him. He could have given up on mankind at the Garden fall, but He so loved the world. Who can explain love? Who can explain God?
Monday, November 12, 2012
Gathered Together -Acts 4:25-29
Acts 4:25-29 ESV
who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit,
“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his Anointed’ —
27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, 28 to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. 29 And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness,
The first believers were plagued with those gathered against them, just as they continue to gather today. Dismissiveness and hostility against The Lord and His Anointed are an ever present and growing reality for the follower of Christ. The unexplained rage and emptiness of that gathering points to the author of rebellion, the darkness we know as Satan.
We ask The Lord to be with us and grant us the privilege and strength to shine a light in the world with your word of salvation.
who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit,
“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?
26 The kings of the earth set themselves,
and the rulers were gathered together,
against the Lord and against his Anointed’ —
27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, 28 to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place. 29 And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness,
The first believers were plagued with those gathered against them, just as they continue to gather today. Dismissiveness and hostility against The Lord and His Anointed are an ever present and growing reality for the follower of Christ. The unexplained rage and emptiness of that gathering points to the author of rebellion, the darkness we know as Satan.
We ask The Lord to be with us and grant us the privilege and strength to shine a light in the world with your word of salvation.
If I Tell You Heavenly Things -John 3:9-14
John 3:9-14
Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
So how do we know? We are immersed in this world here on earth. Our understanding of who we are is derived from this place. Nicodemus is trying to understand what Jesus is saying, but the words are not making earthly sense. His position as a leader and teacher of the people of Israel is of no help as he earnestly seeks the God of his fathers.
The words only make sense to one who is touched by the Spirit, for they are Spirit words. Jesus speaks with the authority of that Spirit, not just of heaven, but from heaven. The word has descended into His own creation and brings with Him the words of life. It was a challenge to believe God when He was in the shape of a man saying these things, that He is indeed God, just as it is a challenge today. From the world's perspective, it is a foolish proposition. It goes against the grain of human intelligence and experience to believe, until one recognizes that we are talking about something beyond human intelligence and something outside of our experience in this world.
He descended from heaven, but would be lifted up by man and God. Moses foreshadows the way man would lift Him, beaten and hung on a cross, ill treated and violently rejected. In the wilderness, Moses would also show us how God would heal His people from the poisonous snakes. Those who look to Jesus, the Son of God, will be saved, just as those wanderers in the desert so long ago.
This account is in the Scripture that Nicodemus held so dear, but the light of understanding had yet to enter his heart. When it does, he will know.
Isaiah 29:10-12
For the Lord has poured out upon you
a spirit of deep sleep,
and has closed your eyes (the prophets),
and covered your heads (the seers).
11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” 12 And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”
Matthew 11:25-26
25 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
Matthew 22:29
But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Psalms 51:6
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
Isaiah 53:1
1 Who has believed what he has heard from us?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
1 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,
1 Corinthians 2:7-8
But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1 Corinthians 15:47-49
The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
So how do we know? We are immersed in this world here on earth. Our understanding of who we are is derived from this place. Nicodemus is trying to understand what Jesus is saying, but the words are not making earthly sense. His position as a leader and teacher of the people of Israel is of no help as he earnestly seeks the God of his fathers.
The words only make sense to one who is touched by the Spirit, for they are Spirit words. Jesus speaks with the authority of that Spirit, not just of heaven, but from heaven. The word has descended into His own creation and brings with Him the words of life. It was a challenge to believe God when He was in the shape of a man saying these things, that He is indeed God, just as it is a challenge today. From the world's perspective, it is a foolish proposition. It goes against the grain of human intelligence and experience to believe, until one recognizes that we are talking about something beyond human intelligence and something outside of our experience in this world.
He descended from heaven, but would be lifted up by man and God. Moses foreshadows the way man would lift Him, beaten and hung on a cross, ill treated and violently rejected. In the wilderness, Moses would also show us how God would heal His people from the poisonous snakes. Those who look to Jesus, the Son of God, will be saved, just as those wanderers in the desert so long ago.
This account is in the Scripture that Nicodemus held so dear, but the light of understanding had yet to enter his heart. When it does, he will know.
Isaiah 29:10-12
For the Lord has poured out upon you
a spirit of deep sleep,
and has closed your eyes (the prophets),
and covered your heads (the seers).
11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot, for it is sealed.” 12 And when they give the book to one who cannot read, saying, “Read this,” he says, “I cannot read.”
Matthew 11:25-26
25 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.
Matthew 22:29
But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Psalms 51:6
Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,
and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.
Isaiah 53:1
1 Who has believed what he has heard from us?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
1 Corinthians 3:1-2
1 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready,
1 Corinthians 2:7-8
But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
1 Corinthians 15:47-49
The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
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