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| PAVILION ENCLOSURE - GLASS WINDOWS AND DOORS August 30, 2023 |
We have not received the spirit of the world
but the Spirit that is from God,
so that we may understand the things
freely given us by God.
1 CORINTHIANS 2:12
Who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to counsel Him? But we have the mind of Christ (1 Cor 2:16).
Jesus said, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord. Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” (Lk 4:18-19,21)
The Spirit scrutinizes everything, even the depths of God. Among men, who knows what pertains to the man except his spirit that is within? Similarly, no one knows what pertains to God except the Spirit of God. (1 Cor 2:10-11) And we speak about them not with words taught by human wisdom, but with words taught by the Spirit, describing spiritual realities in spiritual terms (1 Cor 2:13).
Now the natural man does not accept what pertains to the Spirit of God, for to him it is foolishness, and he cannot understand it, because it is judged spiritually. The one who is spiritual, however, can judge everything but is not subject to judgment by anyone. (1 Corinthians 2:14-15)
The Lord is faithful in all His words and holy in all His works (Ps 145:13). Give thanks to God unceasingly, that, in receiving the word of God, you received it not as word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is now at work in you who believe (1 Thes 2:13).
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Lord, where can I go from Your Spirit? From Your presence where can I flee? If I go up to the heavens, You are there; if I sink to the nether world, You are present there. If I take the wings of the dawn, if I settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there Your hand shall guide me, and Your right hand hold me fast.(Ps 139:7-9) Let all Your works give You thanks, O Lord, and let Your faithful ones bless You. Let them discourse of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might. Making known to men Your might and the glorious splendor of Your Kingdom. (Ps 145:10:12)