306 - Les Feldick Bible Study Lesson 2 - Part 2 - Book 26 - For We are Labourers Together with God

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 2 * PART 2 * BOOK 26 FOR WE ARE LABOURERS TOGETHER WITH GOD - PART 2 We had just commented on verse 9 so we're ready to go into verse 10. Ephesians 4:4-6 So now let's get back to our study in I Corinthians, Chapter 2, and let's read again verse 9 where we had stopped. I Corinthians 2:9 To the believer. Now verse 10. I Corinthians 2:10 "But God hath revealed them unto us (the believers) by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God." The Holy Spirit is the one Who communicates these things of course from the Word of God. He also searcheth the deep things of God. Now verse 11. I Corinthians 2:11 "For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him?..." I Corinthians 3:1a "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual,..." Now reading verse 1 again. I Corinthians 3:1 "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual but as unto carnal (believers who have not come out of the fleshly experience, and are still under the control of the old Adam rather than the Holy Spirit. However, in Romans 8 when Paul speaks of `carnal' he is speaking about an unsaved individual. I Corinthians 3:2a I don't expect them to all of a sudden comprehend all the deep things of God's Word. God expects growth from His children. Now verse 11: I Corinthians 2:11 even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God." In other words you cannot know the deep things of God unless the Spirit of God reveals them to us. And the Spirit can't reveal these things until we become a Child of God. I didn't turn it on, the Holy Spirit did! I Corinthians 2:12a Speaking of the spirit of the world, Paul didn't put the Corinthians through grade school, high school, and college did he? Now continuing on with verse 12. I Corinthians 2:12b "but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God." Now verse 13: I Corinthians 2:13 "Which things also we speak (the things that are of the Spirit of God), not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual." Your whole eternal destiny. By lining ourselves up with the Word of God. Let's look at a verse in II Peter Chapter 1 for a moment. And we just want to give you an example of what we mean by comparing Scripture with Scripture. II Peter 1:19 "We have also a more sure (or certain) word of prophecy (I think here Peter is not telling the future, but rather just to speak forth the Word of God); whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts; Now verse 20. Remember the gift of prophecy in the early Church was gifted men who simply gave forth the Word of God. Now completing verse 20: II Peter 1:20 Nothing that God has sent forth to us, the human race, is all wrapped up in just one verse. God knew He wasn't dealing with third graders. For the most part God is dealing with adults, and so He knows we have the ability to search the Scriptures. By comparing scripture with scripture. And when you compare Scripture with Scripture from Genesis to Revelation you can't be on a more solid rock. Now verse 21. II Peter 1:21 "For the prophecy (or again the speaking forth of God's Word) came not in old time (Old Testament writers) by the will of man; but holy men of God spake as they were moved (or inspired) by the Holy Ghost." Peter says nothing, even in the Old Testament, of men dreaming it up. Everything fits so beautifully if you will just compare Scripture with Scripture. Now we're going to compare Scripture with Scripture. Genesis 3:3 Now I always call this the very first law of man's dealing with a Holy God, and if he is going to disobey the revealed will of God, it's sin, and he's going to die of his sins. A spiritual death as well as physical. Now let's compare some Scripture with that in the Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 18 and see what Ezekiel says. Ezekiel 18:4 Now what did God tell Eve back in Genesis 2? "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." Now to compare Scripture with Scripture let's turn to Romans Chapter 3, and we will find that Paul will not disagree with Eve and Ezekiel. Let's look at verse 9 first. Romans 3:9 Sin! Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned (everyone), and come short of the glory of God:" So now all have died spiritually, and all will die physically. II Corinthians 5:14 II Corinthians 5:15 Now turn with me a little further to the Book of Ephesians Chapter 2, and we will look at a well-known verse. And that should be sufficient for this line of thought on comparing Scripture with Scripture. Ephesians 2:1 #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible