1 Corinthians 2:6-14 NKJV

6However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. 7But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, 8which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9But as it is written:

“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.”

10But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

13These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The Natural Man

Now the Lord put in my mind a secular song called, “On My Own,” which is taken from the movie/musical “Les Misérables,” yet I do not recommend the movie/musical due to certain content. The song is about someone being “in love” with someone else who does not return the same affection. So this person lives in a fantasy world, having a love affair with this person in their own mind. And as I thought about that in relation to this Scripture passage, I thought about the “natural man” and how that might relate to him or her.

For the “natural man” is our flesh nature that we are born with. And those who live according to the flesh, and not according to the Spirit of God, will naturally think on and act on what is of the flesh, and not on what is of God. Even if they know about God, and even if they have studied the Scriptures, and even if they have made a profession of faith in Jesus, and maybe even have taught the Scriptures, they may still be those who are still living by the flesh, living in a fantasy world, not receiving the things of the Spirit of God.

So, who they are “in love” with may or may not be a person, but it could be an idea or a concept or a certain belief or a particular subject. Or it could just be the world – the lusts of the flesh and of the eyes, and the pride of life. And when I think of “fantasy” that can include movies, stories, and imaginary tales, which includes all kinds of sources of entertainment. But it could also include porn addiction, and/or romanticizing a relationship with whoever is in the video, which Jesus Christ calls adultery and also idolatry.

Of the Spirit of God

In contrast to the natural man who lives by the flesh, and not by the Spirit, we who are of the Spirit of God, via God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, by which we deny self, die to sin, and follow our Lord in obedience, we should be among the spiritually mature. We should not be those who are living in a fantasy world, living according to our flesh, getting our “high” from what is clearly against God. We should not be following the “wisdom of this age,” but rather the wisdom which comes from God.

For, if we have believed in Jesus Christ, in truth and in righteousness, and we have received his gift of salvation from sin, then we have not received the spirit of the world which tells us we can keep living however we want. But we have received the Spirit who is from God that we might know the things which come from God, that we might do all that God has planned for us to do and to be as his followers. And as his followers we must follow him in obedience to his commands and no longer live as slaves to sin.

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

For Those Who Love God

To love God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – is to obey him according to his New Covenant commandments written down for us in the New Testament books of the Bible. It is to deny self, die to sin daily, and to follow our Lord wherever he leads us in doing, and in being, and in speaking all that he has for us to do and to be and to say. It does not mean that we will never sin again (1 John 2:1-2), but that sin must no longer be our habit, what we practice. Now living the life God has for us is how we want to live.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

The Spirit Calling

An Original Work / November 12, 2019
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Hear the Spirit calling. He’ll keep you from falling.
Tenderly He’s calling, “Come and follow Him.”
Walk with Jesus daily. Don’t give in to lazy.
Folks may call you crazy. Fellowship with Him.

Follow where He leads you. Eat what Jesus feeds you.
His love will renew you, if you follow Him.
Do what Jesus tells you. Don’t let your faith fail you.
His love will avail you, if you walk with Him.

Jesus, Lord and Savior, reigneth now forever.
He gave us His favor, so we’d live with Him.
Turning now from our sin, Holy Spirit live-in.
Holiness we walk in, purified by Him.

We Speak the Wisdom of God
An Original Work / June 10, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love