SPIRITUAL THINGS TO SPIRITUAL PEOPLE
By the work of the Spirit, God has revealed the things he is preparing for his people. And it's an awful thing that the people have not trusted in God's Spirit and received unto themselves this wisdom blessing.
The state of things according to the spirit of the world
Isaiah 64:7
No one calls on your name or strives to lay hold of you; for you have hidden your face from us and have given us over to our sins.
They are out of harmony with God. And therefore they cannot hear his voice. They don't receive it because it's foolishness to them. Mere humans, filled with envy and strife.
The state of things according to The Holy Spirit
1 Corinthians 2:6-7
We do, however, speak a wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. On the contrary, we speak God’s hidden wisdom in a mystery, a wisdom God predestined before the ages for our glory.
They have the mind of Christ. These are them who understand that only God gives growth. They're God's coworkers, working in the Spirit to build upon the foundations laid down by Jesus Christ. They are managers of the mysteries of God. And God's mystery managers must remain faithful to that firm foundation. They cannot follow after a different plan. These builders must follow nothing beyond what is written.
There are many instructors in Christ but there is One Father, One Spirit, and one truth. And it matters that the Spirit grows and guides these believers in this knowledge and wisdom. For the children of God will judge angels. And so it's a very deep responsibility to bear witness to Christ's truth and grow in His Spirit. This is why spiritual things are for spiritual people. The truth cannot and must not be hidden in the hands of the; sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, both passive and active participants in homosexual acts, nor thieves, or greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people, or swindlers (1 Corinthians 6:9-11). Ultimately God has the final word, and he has dispatched his Spirit to instruct in the ways of God so that his children will not confuse the truth as the worldly will.
Conclusion:
The world of spiritual people who pursue the worldly spirit want the blessings of God without the relationship. So they create towers of Babel trying to reach up to heaven. Towers built upon foundations of unfaithfulness. The people may build it from brick and asphalt, and they may rejoice with pride in its many qualities, but the Lord judges the good in things. And he scatters the foolish, confounding their speech for they held untruth in their mouths and sets them against one another giving them over to their sin.
Meanwhile Jesus, equal with God, hunbles himself for the truth. And those who follow his path sow to that Spirit of Truth. They follow and grow in his wisdom, his humility, his generosity, his faith, and most of all his love. They make nothing of themselves, but seek only to please God. Submitting to his word the spiritual people keep their word when they love the Lord Jesus with all their mind, strength, spirit and heart.
And so as a final word of truth and prayer for you today,
Isaiah 64:4
Since ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.