BLESSINGS FROM REVEALED TRUTH

My Dear Precious Child,
    When Paul wrote to the Corinthians his first recorded letter, he had sternly corrected them for being divisive, some claiming to be from Paul's church, others from Peter's church, others from Apollo's church.  He told them that the body of Christ was not cut into parts.  Paul told the people at Corinth that when he brought the Good News to them that he preached Jesus Christ and Him crucified, not in some words of earthly wisdom.  He admitted that when he ministered the Good News to them that he did it with fear and dread because of their reputation for being so genuinely pagan.  He said that his words of Good News were not with worldly wisdom but by the power of My Holy Spirit.  As a result, he wrote that their faith was not from the wisdom of men but from My power.  (I Corinthians 2:1-5)
    He wrote to them that there is a real wisdom in which the apostles spoke to people who were spiritually mature.  Those words were not words from that age or from the rulers of that age who were headed for destruction.  He assured the people of Corinth that what he spoke was My wisdom, which he called a mysterious, hidden wisdom that I planned for him to speak which none of the pagans knew the mysterious wisdom because if they had known it they would not have crucified Jesus Christ, the Lord of Glory.  Paul wrote that My wisdom was identified as wisdom that eyes had not seen, ears had not heard, nor had it dawned upon any man what I had prepared for those people who love Me, which he quoted as coming from the prophet Isaiah.(Isaiah 64:3; I Corinthians 2:6-9)
    Paul went on in his letter to affirm to the believers in Corinth that by the Holy Spirit that I had revealed the wisdom that had previously been hidden from human beings, as was quoted by Isaiah.   He revealed that My Holy Spirit is privy to all truth, even the deep things of My mind.  As an example he explained that no person knows the thoughts of a person's innermost self except the man's spirit and so no man knows the depths of My wisdom and thoughts except My Holy Spirit. 
    He affirmed that the Spirit that they had received from Me was not from the world but He is from Me, helping people to recognize the gifts of wisdom that I have given to them through My Holy Spirit.  Only with the Spirit of Life that was in Christ can a person discern spiritual wisdom.  The natural man cannot accept spiritual truths from Me because he considers them absurd and ridiculous.  However, the spiritual person can value and accept spiritual truths but he or she cannot be judged by anyone.  The spiritual person has the mind of Christ with His insights into spiritual truths as revealed by the Holy Spirit.  (I Corinthians 2:11-16)
    Paul was also as upset by the divisiveness of the Christians in Corinth as he was upset with the ones in Galatia who had become deceived by false prophets who had manipulated them into adopting the Mosaic Laws relating to circumcision and perceived justification by observing the Law.  He did not reserve his words but in both instances he spoke truth in accusing them of having believed another gospel other than the True Gospel of the kingdom of God as having been bought and paid for by Jesus Christ in his sacrifice on the cross for the sins of the whole world and his sending My Holy Spirit to live inside of people in order to bring My kingdom of God into their lives on earth.  (Matthew 6:10) 
    Paul did not leave converts to Christianity in the dark when they digressed from the straight path.  He exhorted them and set them on the right path that leads to righteousness and soul peace.  His words and warnings are as true today as they were when he wrote them.  You must allow the Holy Spirit in you to discern which words of Paul's are of flesh and which are of Spirit, as revealed by My Holy Spirit.   He identified some of his guidance as being from his flesh, meaning they were from the traditions of men.
   Your Father, Your Guardian of Peace