Christianity’s Exclusive Revelation of the Gospel
By Robb Brunansky - Posted at The Cripplegate:
Throughout Scripture, we are reminded of the great treasure we have in the Word of God, yet our lives often betray a heart that does not prize His wisdom as much as it ought. We far too easily look to the world’s wisdom, and we can prize our own intellectual abilities and opinions more than the truth revealed in the Bible.These issues were the very problems Paul addressed in the Corinthian church in his first letter to them. To help the Corinthians shape their thinking by the mind of Christ, rather than fallen men, Paul showed them that the mind of Christ is eternal, hidden, and glorious (vv 6-9) and that it is only divinely revealed by the Spirit (vv 10-11).
Lastly, Paul tells us that this revelation of God’s wisdom must be received, which leads to the reception of the mind of Christ (vv 12-16). Believers have received the mind of Christ (v. 12). God’s purpose for giving us the mind of Christ by the Spirit is so we might know the things God has freely given us. In these verses, Paul explains three reasons why we need the mind of Christ as believers.
The first reason why the reception of Christ’s mind is necessary to understand the things of God is because Scripture is inspired by His Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:13 stands as one of the strongest verses in the New Testament for the verbal, plenary inspiration of God’s Word. This means that every word throughout Scripture has been inspired by God’s Spirit, and nothing in the Bible originated in the minds of fallen men.
There are two levels to this divine operation. On one level, we have divine truths from the Spirit. These are the thoughts in the mind of God from all eternity. These truths exist eternally, and they are beyond all human language because of the unfathomable depth of God’s mind.
