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We shall now examine the main quality of the Holy Spirit. 1 CORINTHIANS 2 : 14 says, But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Man cannot receive anything from God without having a relationship with God and without the help of the Holy Spirit. And even we cannot know anything without the Holy Spirit. We may be a great scholar, a high dignitary etc. but without the Holy Spirit, we cannot know the spiritual things. So, according to the above verse, any man can know or receive anything from God, only through his personal spiritual experience of the Holy Spirit. When we are gathered together as a congregation and worship God, the Holy Spirit works to quench the person’s spiritual thirst by the Word of God and we become spiritual. 1 CORINTHIANS 2 : 4 - 5 says, And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom but in demonstration of the spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. The above verse high lights faith. If we analyse it deeply, we get to know that we can receive God’s power through faith. This faith is a means to live an abundant life. 1 CORINTHIANS 2 : 6 says, Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are prefect: The verse says that wisdom is preached among the perfect. Who are perfect? Those who receive the Holy Spirit are perfect! Those who have believed Christ are perfect, holy, believers and God’s children. These people are eligible to 20 The Acts November 2013 listen to the Word of God and God will preach them “Now we have the Word. 1CORITHINANS 2 : 7 says, But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the World unto our glory: received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.” The worldly wisdom is foolish and it is far away from the divine plan of God. We can not know the divine plan of God through the worldly knowledge. But the wisdom of God will be with us in all matters which is a mysterious hidden wisdom. We have to dig deep into this mystery to understand it and only then we will be able to change the spiritual gifts into the physical blessings and experience them. The Holy Spirit will help us to experience them. We can unravel the meaning of this message only by reading the Holy Bible. 1CORITHINANS 2 : 9 says, But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. God has hidden things which the eye did not see, ear did not hear and heart could not understand for people who love him. This theory is not found in any scriptures or in any research labs. This is prepared only for people who love God. And it is possible only for people who desire to meditate on the word with the help of the Holy Spirit. And even before the foundation of the earth, God has hidden it for people who love Him. For this reason, let us now decide that we will love Jesus. People who love Jesus will meditate the word. And if they are regularly attending the church, then they are showing their love through this action. 1CORINTHIANS 2 : 10 says, But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. The people of the world are unaware that God will give His Spirit to the people who love Him. The Holy Spirit through the Spirit of God will give us the things which the eye can not see, ear can not hear and heart can not understand. When we live an abundant life because of this, then people who do not know Christ will see it and follow Christ. This is Christianity and it is an extraordinary blessing. This blessing can be called as the Power. Christ will not receive glory through ordinary powerless sermons but only by the power that we exhibit and which cannot be comprehended by people. The miracles that we receive from the Holy Spirit cannot be discerned by any scholar which is not possible in any era. But this can be possible only for a believer who has the Holy Spirit in Him. For all the problems on the earth, only Christians should be able to show all the solutions. If only the princes of this world could understand this, then they would not have crucified him. They would instead bow down before him and strive to establish his kingdom. For this reason, it has been recorded in the scriptures that God has blessed the little children with this wisdom. If we wish to receive this great power of the Holy Spirit, then we have to meditate on the Word of God and pray for the help of the Holy Spirit. 1CORINTHIANS 2 : 11 says, For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.