Dear America: Chapter Two (vs. 6-16)

(Continued from Chapter Two)

That being said, to those of you who are spiritually mature, you know first hand the wisdom I am talking about. We have not been fooled by even presidents or kings, who are assumed to be wise, but are ultimately as damned as the next person. 

When we speak of Christ on the cross, we refer to a mystery. That's what it is, mysterious. For thousands of years this wisdom was hidden from the world. The Gentiles had no idea it even existed, and while the Jews waited for it to be revealed, they completely missed it when it was. This is obvious since they put our Savior on the cross.

Remember the words Isaiah the prophet wrote?

"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."

When he wrote that, Isaiah longed to know those things which God had prepared. It was a mystery. It was hidden. But dear Americans, it no longer is! 

We hold the very key which opens these secrets...inside of us. To those of us whom God has called, we hold His very Spirit, which reveals this wisdom. Most of your citizens, no matter how wise they may sound, have only the spirit of the world in them, and this is ultimately useless.

Therefore, do not stumble over the simplicity of my message, because I am not concerned about winning any speaking competitions. I speak only as the Spirit of God leads me that I might preach, not pleasing the ears, but your spirits. 

The average person will leave church disregarding the words of this letter, since human knowledge tries to convince that person it is all stupidity. This is not shocking to me. For if that person does not accept this message, they are spiritually dead, and it is literally impossible for them to understand spiritual things. My words will sound like a foreign language, and they lack the Spirit of God to act as an interpreter. 

Those who have the Spirit of God are able to discern all things rightly. They are able to see beauty where others cannot. They are able to see sin where others see none. They are able to see the foolishness of this world's wisdom and the holiness of God. But just as God's wisdom looks foolish to the average human, so will you look foolish to them. 

But you know otherwise. 

Isaiah also once said, "For who has known the mind of The Lord that he may instruct Him?"

We now do! We know, at least in part, the mind of Christ! And while it would be great sin still to "instruct" him, we live with unmatched power because we have the mind of Christ inside of us.