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Wayne Manago

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May 2007

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#5 Foundation of Spiritual Understanding 7-30-06 handout

*THE MARKS OF AN EFFECTIVE CHURCH*
#5 – "*THE CHURCH: BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF *
*SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING*"
*1 Corinthians 2:3-16*
*Inland** Manor Baptist Church*
*Hobart**, IN**; 7-30-06 *
 
Introduction:
 
- Quick review of previous four basic foundations
 
1.     God’s _________ - 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
2.     Unity – 1 Corinthians 1:10-17
3.     God’s _________ - 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:2
4.     God’s _________ - 1 Corinthians 1:19-31
 
I. Spiritual Understanding is from God and Not Through Human Reasoning – 
   1 Cor. 2:3-6   
 
A.     Paul’s Personal _______________ – vs. 3-5  
 
1.     Paul confessed that when he was ________ that is when God was working his strongest through him.
2.     Remember the words of Zechariah ______ - “…/not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts/.”
3.     Paul’s _______________ was a “/demonstration of the Spirit and of power/” vs. 4.
 
B.      The Available Transforming Power – vs. 6
 
1.     Verse 6 is very clear to point out that this knowledge and understanding does NOT come from the wisdom of the ________ or from the rulers of this age.
2.     Listen to what the Bible says in Colossians 3:1-3.
3.     As sincere followers of God, your solutions must come from the ________ of _________.
 
II.  The Source of Spiritual Understanding – 1 Corinthians 2:7-11
    
  
A.     Spiritual Understanding Comes from the ___________ of God – vs. 7-8
 
 
B.      Spiritual Understanding is Revealed to His ___________ by the Spirit of God –    vs. 9-11
 
1.     God’s wisdom is only available to _________________.
2.     The Counselor, the Holy Spirit, will teach believers all things – John 14:6
 
III.  Spiritual Understanding Comes When You Seek the Mind of _________ – 1 
       Corinthians 1:12-16
 
A.     How Can You Know and Understand God’s Desires for Your Life? 
 
1.     The wisdom is divinely revealed by the power of the Holy Spirit – vs. 12
2.     Jesus promises the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit to all His followers.
 
B.      Pertinent _______________ Questions 
 
1.       Are you operating in the understanding and wisdom of the Spirit?
2.       That is, are you truly saved and are you daily yielding to the Holy Spirit's influences?
3.       Are you making moment by moment choices to walk in the truth the Holy Spirit is revealing to you?
4.       Are we as a church, walking in the Spirit?
5.       Do we understand the deeper things of God?
6.       Do we have the mind of Christ, and are we operating in that knowledge?
7.       How will we recognize when we are truly walking in the Spirit of God?
 
      a.  You are walking in the Spirit when you delight in your _______________ to 
           God.
      b.  You are walking in the Spirit when you produce the Fruit of the Spirit as related 
           in *Galatians 5:22-23*.
 
CONCLUSION:
 
;     In order to understand the ways of God you must know God personally by faith in His son the Lord Jesus Christ and be ___________ ______________ to His Spirit.
 
;     Are you yielded totally to Him today?

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