But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor
have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those
who love Him.” But God has revealed them
to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep
things of God. (1
Corinthians 2:9-10 )
Often verse nine is misapplied,
taken from the context, and made to speak of the unimaginable marvels awaiting
believers in Heaven. That such future
glory is beyond our finite capacity to comprehend is true, of course, and yet
this is not what the passage is teaching.
As you examine it carefully, you discover that these are the deep things
of God—buried treasure, if you will—that are in the Word of God and taught by
the Spirit of God. It is the work of the
Holy Spirit called illumination. It
isn’t new truth, but it has a fresh and gripping reality to us as we
study. The light comes on! Has that ever happened to you? These are things that are written on the
page, but our eyes had not seen them.
These are messages which had been unheard until the Apostles proclaimed
them—now they can be known by us in this New Testament dispensation. Imagine, that even men like Abraham and
Moses—friends of God—did not know what we may know! The Bible is God’s love letter to His
Bride. The truths it contains are for
her eyes only. While they may seem as
nonsense to those who are blinded by sin, they are precious realities to those who
have come to the Light. Digest the Book,
savor each morsel, meditate on the message—it is for you!
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