WEBVTT 00:00:00.900 --> 00:00:03.700 Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're 00:00:03.700 --> 00:00:05.719 taking this journey together to read the Bible 00:00:05.719 --> 00:00:09.419 in a year. Today's reading is the second epistle 00:00:09.419 --> 00:00:12.740 of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, chapters 1 00:00:12.740 --> 00:00:17.440 to 3, as well as Acts, chapter 19, and the first 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:19.859 epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, chapters 00:00:19.859 --> 00:00:25.380 1 and 2. Second Thessalonians, chapter 1. Paul, 00:00:25.380 --> 00:00:28.399 Silvanus, and Timothy, to the Church of the Thessalonians, 00:00:28.420 --> 00:00:30.480 in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:00:30.940 --> 00:00:33.640 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:36.679 the Lord Jesus Christ. We are bound to thank 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:39.399 God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:42.380 because your faith grows exceedingly, and the 00:00:42.380 --> 00:00:45.179 love of every one of you all abounds toward each 00:00:45.179 --> 00:00:48.799 other, so that we ourselves boast of you. among 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:51.299 the churches of God for your patience and faith 00:00:51.299 --> 00:00:54.359 in all your persecutions and tribulations that 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:56.979 you endure, which is manifest evidence of the 00:00:56.979 --> 00:00:59.719 righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:02.700 worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also 00:01:02.700 --> 00:01:06.040 suffer. Since it is a righteous thing with God 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:08.760 to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, 00:01:08.859 --> 00:01:11.799 and to give you who are troubled rest with us 00:01:11.799 --> 00:01:14.500 when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with 00:01:14.500 --> 00:01:17.659 his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance 00:01:17.659 --> 00:01:20.599 on those who do not know God, and on those who 00:01:20.599 --> 00:01:23.219 do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:26.400 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction 00:01:26.400 --> 00:01:29.159 from the presence of the Lord and from the glory 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:32.150 of his power. when he comes in that day to be 00:01:32.150 --> 00:01:35.209 glorified in his saints and to be admired among 00:01:35.209 --> 00:01:37.790 all those who believe, because our testimony 00:01:37.790 --> 00:01:41.209 among you was believed. Therefore, we also pray 00:01:41.209 --> 00:01:44.590 always for you that our God would count you worthy 00:01:44.590 --> 00:01:47.849 of this calling and fulfill all the good pleasure 00:01:47.849 --> 00:01:50.709 of his goodness and the work of faith with power, 00:01:50.890 --> 00:01:54.230 that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be 00:01:54.230 --> 00:01:57.349 glorified in you and you in him, according to 00:01:57.349 --> 00:02:00.260 the grace of our God and the Lord. Jesus Christ. 00:02:02.620 --> 00:02:31.409 Chapter 2 the son of perdition, who opposes and 00:02:31.409 --> 00:02:35.069 exalts himself above all that is called God or 00:02:35.069 --> 00:02:38.270 that is worshipped, so that he sits as God in 00:02:38.270 --> 00:02:41.210 the temple of God, showing himself that he is 00:02:41.210 --> 00:02:44.590 God. Do you not remember that when I was still 00:02:44.590 --> 00:02:47.090 with you, I told you these things? And now you 00:02:47.090 --> 00:02:49.930 know what is restraining, that he may be revealed 00:02:49.930 --> 00:02:52.699 in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness 00:02:52.699 --> 00:02:56.719 is already at work. Only he who now restrains 00:02:56.719 --> 00:02:59.419 will do so until he is taken out of the way. 00:02:59.539 --> 00:03:02.800 And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom 00:03:02.800 --> 00:03:05.240 the Lord will consume with the breath of his 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:07.680 mouth and destroy with the brightness of his 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:10.479 coming. The coming of the lawless one is according 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:13.319 to the working of Satan. with all power, signs, 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:16.719 and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:19.680 among those who perish, because they did not 00:03:19.680 --> 00:03:22.360 receive the love of the truth, that they might 00:03:22.360 --> 00:03:25.280 be saved. And for this reason God will send them 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:28.139 strong delusion, that they should believe the 00:03:28.139 --> 00:03:31.300 lie, that they all may be condemned who did not 00:03:31.300 --> 00:03:34.280 believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:37.259 But we are bound to give thanks to God always 00:03:37.259 --> 00:03:40.400 for you. Brethren, beloved by the Lord, because 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:42.919 God from the beginning chose you for salvation 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:45.900 through sanctification by the Spirit and belief 00:03:45.900 --> 00:03:49.020 in the truth, to which he called you by our gospel 00:03:49.020 --> 00:03:59.819 for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord. 3. 00:04:16.819 --> 00:04:20.199 Finally, brethren, Pray for us, that the word 00:04:20.199 --> 00:04:22.819 of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:26.160 just as it is with you, and that you may be delivered 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:28.860 from unreasonable and wicked men, for not all 00:04:28.860 --> 00:04:32.040 have faith. But the Lord is faithful, who will 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:34.160 establish you and guard you from the evil one. 00:04:34.259 --> 00:04:36.480 And we have confidence in the Lord concerning 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:39.740 you, both that you do and will do the things 00:04:39.740 --> 00:04:42.670 we command you. Now may the Lord direct your 00:04:42.670 --> 00:04:45.689 hearts into the love of God, and into the patience 00:04:45.689 --> 00:04:48.509 of Christ. But we command you, brethren, in the 00:04:48.509 --> 00:04:51.110 name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw 00:04:51.110 --> 00:04:54.209 from every brother who walks disorderly, and 00:04:54.209 --> 00:04:56.769 not according to the tradition which he received 00:04:56.769 --> 00:04:59.829 from us. For you yourselves know how you ought 00:04:59.829 --> 00:05:02.670 to follow us, for we were not disorderly among 00:05:02.670 --> 00:05:05.750 you, nor did we eat anyone's bread free of charge, 00:05:05.970 --> 00:05:08.750 but worked with labor and toil, night and day, 00:05:09.079 --> 00:05:11.319 that we might not be a burden to any of you, 00:05:11.379 --> 00:05:13.899 not because we do not have authority, but to 00:05:13.899 --> 00:05:16.680 make ourselves an example of how you should follow 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:19.600 us. For even when we were with you, we commanded 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:22.819 you this, If anyone will not work, neither shall 00:05:22.819 --> 00:05:25.800 he eat. For we hear that there are some who walk 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:28.860 among you in a disorderly manner, not working 00:05:28.860 --> 00:05:32.500 at all, but are busybodies. Now those who are 00:05:32.500 --> 00:05:35.379 such we command and exhort. through our Lord 00:05:35.379 --> 00:05:38.279 Jesus Christ, that they work in quietness and 00:05:38.279 --> 00:05:40.899 eat their own bread. But as for you, brethren, 00:05:41.139 --> 00:05:44.220 do not grow weary in doing good. And if anyone 00:05:44.220 --> 00:05:47.399 does not obey our word in this epistle, note 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:49.959 that person and do not keep company with him, 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:52.959 that he may be ashamed. Yet do not count him 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:56.519 as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. Now 00:05:56.519 --> 00:05:59.220 may the Lord of peace himself give you peace 00:05:59.220 --> 00:06:02.319 always in every way. The Lord be with you all. 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:05.730 The Salutation of Paul with my own hand, which 00:06:05.730 --> 00:06:09.350 is a sign in every epistle, so I write. The grace 00:06:09.350 --> 00:06:12.610 of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. 00:06:15.149 --> 00:06:19.490 Acts chapter 19 And it happened, while Apollos 00:06:19.490 --> 00:06:22.370 was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through 00:06:22.370 --> 00:06:25.310 the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding 00:06:25.310 --> 00:06:27.720 some disciples, he said to them, Did you receive 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:30.160 the Holy Spirit when you believed? So they said 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:32.660 to him, We have not so much as heard whether 00:06:32.660 --> 00:06:35.180 there is a Holy Spirit. And he said to them, 00:06:35.279 --> 00:06:37.819 Into what then were you baptized? So they said, 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:41.379 Into John's baptism. Then Paul said, John indeed 00:06:41.379 --> 00:06:44.180 baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying 00:06:44.180 --> 00:06:46.360 to the people that they should believe on him 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:49.519 who would come after him that is on Christ Jesus. 00:06:49.839 --> 00:06:52.639 When they heard this, they were baptized in the 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:55.740 name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid 00:06:55.740 --> 00:06:58.360 hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, 00:06:58.420 --> 00:07:01.420 and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. Now 00:07:01.420 --> 00:07:04.600 the men were about twelve in all. And he went 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:07.040 into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three 00:07:07.040 --> 00:07:09.899 months, reasoning and persuading concerning the 00:07:09.899 --> 00:07:12.879 things of the kingdom of God. But when some were 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:15.639 hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:18.259 of the way before the multitude, he departed 00:07:18.259 --> 00:07:21.360 from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning 00:07:21.360 --> 00:07:24.490 daily in the school of Tyrannus. And he continued 00:07:24.490 --> 00:07:27.250 for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia 00:07:27.250 --> 00:07:30.610 heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and 00:07:30.610 --> 00:07:33.850 Greeks. Now God worked unusual miracles by the 00:07:33.850 --> 00:07:36.930 hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or 00:07:36.930 --> 00:07:39.889 aprons were brought from his body to the sick, 00:07:40.029 --> 00:07:42.629 and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits 00:07:42.629 --> 00:07:45.500 went out of them. Then some of the itinerant 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:49.139 Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call 00:07:49.139 --> 00:07:51.819 the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:54.740 evil spirits, saying, We exorcise you by the 00:07:54.740 --> 00:07:58.300 Jesus whom Paul preaches. Also there were seven 00:07:58.300 --> 00:08:01.459 sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest who did 00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:04.519 so. And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:08.560 I know, and Paul I know, but who are you? Then 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:11.160 the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:13.600 them. overpowered them and prevailed against 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:16.220 them, so that they fled out of that house naked 00:08:16.220 --> 00:08:19.100 and wounded. This became known both to all Jews 00:08:19.100 --> 00:08:21.939 and Greeks dwelling in Ephesus, and fear fell 00:08:21.939 --> 00:08:24.480 on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:28.019 magnified. And many who had believed came confessing 00:08:28.019 --> 00:08:30.939 and telling their deeds. Also many of those who 00:08:30.939 --> 00:08:33.899 had practiced magic brought their books together 00:08:33.899 --> 00:08:36.580 and burned them in the sight of all. And they 00:08:36.580 --> 00:08:39.100 counted up the value of them, and it totaled 00:08:39.100 --> 00:08:41.919 fifty thousand pieces of silver. So the word 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:44.940 of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed. When 00:08:44.940 --> 00:08:47.379 these things were accomplished, Paul purposed 00:08:47.379 --> 00:08:50.340 in the Spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia 00:08:50.340 --> 00:08:53.500 and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After 00:08:53.500 --> 00:08:57.039 I have been there, I must also see Rome. So he 00:08:57.039 --> 00:08:59.580 sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered 00:08:59.580 --> 00:09:02.860 to him, Timothy and Erastus. But he himself stayed 00:09:02.860 --> 00:09:06.129 in Asia for a time. And about that time there 00:09:06.129 --> 00:09:09.070 arose a great commotion about the way. For a 00:09:09.070 --> 00:09:12.289 certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who 00:09:12.289 --> 00:09:15.309 made silver shrines of Diana, brought no small 00:09:15.309 --> 00:09:18.009 profit to the craftsmen. He called them together 00:09:18.009 --> 00:09:20.710 with the workers of similar occupation and said, 00:09:20.970 --> 00:09:24.129 Men, you know that we have our prosperity by 00:09:24.129 --> 00:09:27.120 this trade. Moreover, you see and hear that not 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:30.399 only at Ephesus, but throughout almost all Asia, 00:09:30.580 --> 00:09:33.080 this Paul has persuaded and turned away many 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:35.879 people, saying that they are not gods which are 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:38.799 made with hands. So not only is this trade of 00:09:38.799 --> 00:09:41.919 ours in danger of falling into disrepute, but 00:09:41.919 --> 00:09:44.480 also the temple of the great goddess Diana may 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:47.779 be despised and her magnificence destroyed, whom 00:09:47.779 --> 00:09:50.399 all Asia and the world worship. Now when they 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:52.559 heard this, they were full of wrath and cried 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:55.360 out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 00:09:55.539 --> 00:09:58.600 So the whole city was filled with confusion and 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:01.299 rushed into the theater with one accord, having 00:10:01.299 --> 00:10:05.279 seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:08.179 travel companions. And when Paul wanted to go 00:10:08.179 --> 00:10:10.860 into the people, the disciples would not allow 00:10:10.860 --> 00:10:13.940 him. Then some of the officials of Asia, who 00:10:13.940 --> 00:10:16.360 were his friends, sent to him pleading that he 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:18.909 would not venture into the theater. Some therefore 00:10:18.909 --> 00:10:21.990 cried one thing and some another, for the assembly 00:10:21.990 --> 00:10:25.230 was confused, and most of them did not know why 00:10:25.230 --> 00:10:27.929 they had come together. And they drew Alexander 00:10:27.929 --> 00:10:30.710 out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. 00:10:30.950 --> 00:10:33.769 And Alexander motioned with his hand and wanted 00:10:33.769 --> 00:10:36.049 to make his defense to the people. But when they 00:10:36.049 --> 00:10:39.269 found out that he was a Jew, all with one voice 00:10:39.269 --> 00:10:42.210 cried out for about two hours, Great is Diana 00:10:42.210 --> 00:10:45.070 of the Ephesians. And when the city clerk had 00:10:45.070 --> 00:10:48.350 quieted the crowd, he said, Men of Ephesus, What 00:10:48.350 --> 00:10:50.610 man is there who does not know that the city 00:10:50.610 --> 00:10:53.429 of the Ephesians is temple guardian of the great 00:10:53.429 --> 00:10:56.809 goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down 00:10:56.809 --> 00:11:00.370 from Zeus? Therefore, since these things cannot 00:11:00.370 --> 00:11:02.950 be denied, you ought to be quiet and do nothing 00:11:02.950 --> 00:11:05.870 rashly. For you have brought these men here who 00:11:05.870 --> 00:11:08.730 are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers 00:11:08.730 --> 00:11:11.509 of your goddess. Therefore, if Demetrius and 00:11:11.509 --> 00:11:14.269 his fellow craftsmen have a case against anyone, 00:11:14.490 --> 00:11:35.610 the courts are open. And when he had said these 00:11:35.610 --> 00:11:41.110 things, he dismissed the assembly. 1 Corinthians 00:11:41.110 --> 00:11:45.490 1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ 00:11:45.490 --> 00:11:48.509 through the will of God, and Sosines, our brother. 00:11:48.909 --> 00:11:52.230 To the church of God, which is at Corinth, to 00:11:52.230 --> 00:11:55.090 those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called 00:11:55.090 --> 00:11:57.929 to be his saints, with all who in every place 00:11:57.929 --> 00:12:01.309 call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both 00:12:01.309 --> 00:12:04.610 theirs and ours. Grace to you and peace from 00:12:04.610 --> 00:12:07.750 God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank 00:12:07.750 --> 00:12:10.149 my God always concerning you for the grace of 00:12:10.149 --> 00:12:13.629 God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that 00:12:13.629 --> 00:12:16.429 you were enriched in everything by him in all 00:12:16.429 --> 00:12:19.610 utterance and all knowledge, even as the testimony 00:12:19.610 --> 00:12:22.649 of Christ was confirmed in you, so that you come 00:12:22.649 --> 00:12:26.210 short in no gift, eagerly awaiting for the revelation 00:12:26.210 --> 00:12:29.529 of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm 00:12:29.529 --> 00:12:32.450 you to the end, that you may be blameless in 00:12:32.450 --> 00:12:36.370 the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, 00:12:36.570 --> 00:12:39.110 by whom you are called into the fellowship of 00:12:39.110 --> 00:12:42.639 his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Now I plead with 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:44.740 you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus 00:12:44.740 --> 00:12:47.679 Christ, that you all speak the same thing and 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:50.639 that there be no divisions among you, but that 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:53.120 you be perfectly joined together in the same 00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:56.279 mind and in the same judgment. For it has been 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:58.740 declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by 00:12:58.740 --> 00:13:02.120 those of Chloe's household, that there are contentions 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:05.500 among you. Now I say this, that each of you says, 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:08.980 I am of Paul, or I am of Apollos, or I am of 00:13:08.980 --> 00:13:11.909 Cephas, or I am of Christ. Is Christ divided? 00:13:12.269 --> 00:13:15.129 Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized 00:13:15.129 --> 00:13:18.629 in the name of Paul? I thank God that I baptized 00:13:18.629 --> 00:13:22.370 none of you except Crispus and Gaius, lest anyone 00:13:22.370 --> 00:13:25.230 should say that I had baptized in my own name. 00:13:25.429 --> 00:13:29.169 Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas. 00:13:29.450 --> 00:13:32.629 Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any 00:13:32.629 --> 00:13:35.389 other, for Christ did not send me to baptize, 00:13:35.409 --> 00:13:38.360 but to preach the gospel. not with wisdom of 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:41.179 words, lest the cross of Christ should be made 00:13:41.179 --> 00:13:44.480 of no effect. For the message of the cross is 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:47.200 foolishness to those who are perishing, but to 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:49.980 us who are being saved it is the power of God. 00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:52.779 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom 00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:55.360 of the wise and bring to nothing the understanding 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:58.799 of the prudent. Where is the wise? Where is the 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:01.990 scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has 00:14:01.990 --> 00:14:04.529 not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 00:14:04.730 --> 00:14:08.230 For since in the wisdom of God the world through 00:14:08.230 --> 00:14:11.870 wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through 00:14:11.870 --> 00:14:14.889 the foolishness of the message preached to save 00:14:14.889 --> 00:14:18.429 those who believe. For Jews request a sign, and 00:14:18.429 --> 00:14:21.429 Greeks seek after wisdom, but we preach Christ 00:14:21.429 --> 00:14:24.789 crucified. To the Jews a stumbling block, and 00:14:24.789 --> 00:14:27.409 to the Greeks foolishness. But to those who are 00:14:27.409 --> 00:14:31.110 called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power 00:14:31.110 --> 00:14:33.929 of God and the wisdom of God, because the foolishness 00:14:33.929 --> 00:14:36.830 of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of 00:14:36.830 --> 00:14:39.950 God is stronger than men. For you see your calling, 00:14:40.049 --> 00:14:43.029 brethren, that not many wise according to the 00:14:43.029 --> 00:14:46.509 flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. 00:14:46.710 --> 00:14:49.710 But God has chosen the foolish things of the 00:14:49.710 --> 00:14:52.669 world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen 00:14:52.669 --> 00:14:55.129 the weak things of the world to put to shame 00:14:55.129 --> 00:14:57.879 the things which are mighty. And the base things 00:14:57.879 --> 00:15:00.620 of the world and the things which are despised, 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:03.559 God has chosen. And the things which are not, 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:06.960 to bring to nothing the things that are. That 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:10.259 no flesh should glory in his presence, but of 00:15:10.259 --> 00:15:13.860 him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:17.080 wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:20.620 and redemption. That as it is written, he who 00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:27.860 glories, let him glory in the Lord. And I, brethren, 00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:30.600 when I came to you, did not come with excellence 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:33.419 of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the 00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:36.620 testimony of God. For I determined not to know 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:39.720 anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:42.919 crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:46.200 and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:48.980 were not with persuasive words of human wisdom. 00:15:49.370 --> 00:15:52.090 but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 00:15:52.210 --> 00:15:54.730 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of 00:15:54.730 --> 00:15:58.190 men, but in the power of God. However, we speak 00:15:58.190 --> 00:16:01.590 wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the 00:16:01.590 --> 00:16:04.429 wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this 00:16:04.429 --> 00:16:07.590 age, who are coming to nothing. But we speak 00:16:07.590 --> 00:16:10.590 the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom 00:16:10.590 --> 00:16:14.090 which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 00:16:14.250 --> 00:16:17.539 which none of the rulers of this age knew. For 00:16:17.539 --> 00:16:19.460 had they known, they would not have crucified 00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:22.899 the Lord of glory. But as it is written, I have 00:16:22.899 --> 00:16:25.980 not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into 00:16:25.980 --> 00:16:28.740 the heart of man the things which God has prepared 00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:31.840 for those who love him. But God has revealed 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:34.600 them to us through his Spirit. For the Spirit 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:37.559 searches all things, yes, the deep things of 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:41.000 God. For what man knows the things of a man except 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:44.659 the Spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, 00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:47.539 no one knows the things of God except the Spirit 00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:50.759 of God. Now we have received not the Spirit of 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:54.080 the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that 00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:56.720 we might know the things that have been freely 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.559 given to us by God. These things we also speak, 00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:04.140 not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but 00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:07.500 which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual 00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:10.470 things with spiritual. But the natural man does 00:17:10.470 --> 00:17:12.529 not receive the things of the Spirit of God, 00:17:12.710 --> 00:17:15.549 for they are foolishness to him, nor can he know 00:17:15.549 --> 00:17:18.029 them, because they are spiritually discerned. 00:17:18.109 --> 00:17:21.509 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet 00:17:21.509 --> 00:17:25.150 he himself is rightly judged by no one. For who 00:17:25.150 --> 00:17:27.990 has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct 00:17:27.990 --> 00:17:36.470 him? But we have the mind of Christ. I hope you 00:17:36.470 --> 00:17:38.849 enjoyed today's reading as much as I did. And 00:17:38.849 --> 00:17:40.690 I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow to 00:17:40.690 --> 00:17:42.950 continue on our journey. God bless you and have 00:17:42.950 --> 00:17:43.490 a great day.