Sunday, August 25, 2019

1 Corinthians 2:10-14 -- On Spiritual Searching

"But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
1 Corinthians 2:10-14


The phrase "the Spirit searcheth all things" here made me think of a search engine.  Obviously the Holy Ghost isn't an unintelligent earthly algorithm, but the Spirit does some similar things for us... it brings things to our attention that we might not have known, can remind us and teach us, and it has access to vast stores of information that we don't have, but which can help us in our lives.

As these verses continue, we are reminded that the Spirit is of God, and that it doesn't teach man's wisdom, and in fact can't even be understood by the natural man, but the things that it teaches are spiritually discerned.  Which means that we have to be in tune with God to be able to understand what the Spirit is saying to us.

Unlike worldly technology, the Spirit of God can't be used for evil.  Anytime we even imagine something bad, we lose that essential spiritual contact.  There can be only goodness and truth from this source, which makes it remarkable... even miraculous, compared to the far inferior earthly means of accessing information we are used to, and to honor that source, we have to be sensitive to the requirements of contacting it.  We have to be good, and if we slip, then our contact with it slips too.  Access to the Spirit is a good indicator of how we're doing spiritually.

Today, as we have questions in our lives, let's be sure to tune in to God through prayer and honoring our covenants.  As we do, we can gain access to his Spirit, which will not only teach us all things (John 14:26) and help us know the truth of all things (Moroni 10:5), but will also help us search the "deep things of God" for the answers God freely offers.

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