God has revealed through the Spirit God's things to those that love God.
The Spirit's God's instrument and agent to enlighten us.
In the missionaries' case, the Spirit worked when they were engaged in the work of preaching the Gospel.
Since their days, the revelation comes to us through the preaching based upon the missionaries' word.
This work of revealing salvation is done by the Spirit. She investigates all things, even God's depths. She's familiar with God's plans and thoughts. What she's discovered she discloses to us. God's depths where God's will for humanity's salvation lay hidden, the Spirit has made known to us.
Since the Spirit has access to God's secrets, she must be God. No one knows a person's depths except the person. No person can know the feelings of another unless that person reveals themself to them. Even so no one has, by searching, by examining, found out God, had access to God's plans and purposes; only the Spirit of God has that knowledge, and therefore can and does reveal God.
Christians haven't received the world's spirit. Theirs is rather the Spirit of God who has been bestowed upon them by God. The result is that Christians have gifts from God. Said gifts are included in Christ and realized through him. They're useful to Christians since the Spirit has opened their eyes to see God's favor.
The Spirit's God's instrument and agent to enlighten us.
In the missionaries' case, the Spirit worked when they were engaged in the work of preaching the Gospel.
Since their days, the revelation comes to us through the preaching based upon the missionaries' word.
This work of revealing salvation is done by the Spirit. She investigates all things, even God's depths. She's familiar with God's plans and thoughts. What she's discovered she discloses to us. God's depths where God's will for humanity's salvation lay hidden, the Spirit has made known to us.
Since the Spirit has access to God's secrets, she must be God. No one knows a person's depths except the person. No person can know the feelings of another unless that person reveals themself to them. Even so no one has, by searching, by examining, found out God, had access to God's plans and purposes; only the Spirit of God has that knowledge, and therefore can and does reveal God.
Christians haven't received the world's spirit. Theirs is rather the Spirit of God who has been bestowed upon them by God. The result is that Christians have gifts from God. Said gifts are included in Christ and realized through him. They're useful to Christians since the Spirit has opened their eyes to see God's favor.