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Re: 1 Cor. 2: 15-16
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Originally Posted by Maximilian
What are you thinking it means, Sandy?
When you look at those you know well, or even not so well, do you see mortals who are dying? Do you see flaws and idiosyncrasies?
MB's re-post of the NLT says (and in other versions as well) "to those being saved".. they perceive our life differently. I agree it's interesting. So many thoughts.... so many angles...
But, MB... did you paste the right verses? 1 Corinthians 2:15-16 or 2 Corinthians? 
The unspiritual self, just as it is by nature, can't receive the gifts of God's Spirit. There's no capacity for them. They seem like so much silliness. Spirit can be known only by spirit—God's Spirit and our spirits in open communion. Spiritually alive, we have access to everything God's Spirit is doing, and can't be judged by unspiritual critics. Isaiah's question, "Is there anyone around who knows God's Spirit, anyone who knows what he is doing?" has been answered: Christ knows, and we have Christ's Spirit. |
LOL!!!!! I probably shouldn't post after 1 a.m. 
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abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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