God's Plan For Man Final

who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed! Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.’” (Luke 12: 41-53) This will take place because the truth matters, and when the whole truth is exposed a spiritual fire will erupt. The side of the issue makes a difference and members of your family will reverberate, turning against those who test mere belief and acquire the truth. Paul also prophesied on Jesus’ behalf, and his words are spiritually applicable to those who know the meaning today. He said; “we do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No , we speak o f God ’ s s e c r e t wi sdom, a wi sdom t ha t has be en h i dden and t ha t God de s t i ned f o r our g l o r y be f o r e t ime be gan . None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. However, as it is written: ‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him’ − but God has r e v ea l ed i t t o us by h i s Sp i r i t . The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man’s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. We hav e no t r e c e i v ed t he sp i r i t o f t he wo r l d bu t t he Sp i r i t who i s f r om God , t ha t we may unde r s t and wha t God has f r e e l y g i v en us . This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man’s judgment: ‘For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?’ Bu t we hav e t he mi nd o f Chr i s t .” (1 Corinthians 2: 6-16) The mystery is veiled until the precise appointed time. At a precise time, which is today, they are unveiled for consumption: “For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one

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