THE BIBLE CORNER

HOW TO BUILD AND RELEASE THE WISDOM AND POWER OF GOD

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I praise and give thanks to God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ that he will grant us a fresh revelation of who we are in Him and who He is in us.  As I was reading my word preparing to do a work that God had assigned, I came across these scriptures that opened up new revelation to aid in my understanding: 

1 Corinthians 1

²⁴   But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God
³⁰   But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
Colossians 1

 ²⁶   Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
²⁷   To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
²⁸   Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:

2 Peter 1

 ³   According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
⁴   Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

1 Corinthians 1

 ¹⁸   For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

²¹   For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

Romans 10:

 ⁶   But the righteousness, which is of faith, speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (That is, to bring Christ down from above:)
⁷   Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (That is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.)
⁸   But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach.

This knowledge helps me to know that the power and wisdom of God is released through me as I speak trusting the Father and the Spirit for my words.  Because this word (Christ:  the wisdom and power of God) is in me, the faith base is already established.  Since faith comes by hearing, I simply say what God has said about any situation or circumstance to change it to fit what God has stated in the scripture.  The saying of what God has written /spoken builds my confidence (faith) in God as it renews my mind to think and act like God, my Father.  This renewing process builds until I have a revelation (an understanding) of what God is saying through my spirit to my mind.  In all my getting, I must get understanding for this is the key to any victory.  These verses state how the Spirit of God uses my words to help establish a revelation so that victory in knowing God is realized:

 1 Corinthians 2

 ⁴And my language and my message were not set forth in persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom, but they were in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit and power [a proof by the Spirit and power of God, operating on me and stirring in the minds of my hearers the most holy emotions and thus persuading them],
⁵So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men (human philosophy), but in the power of God.
⁶Yet when we are among the full-grown (spiritually mature Christians who are ripe in understanding), we do impart a [higher] wisdom (the knowledge of the divine plan previously hidden); but it is indeed not a wisdom of this present age or of this world nor of the leaders and rulers of this age, who are being brought to nothing and are doomed to pass away.
⁷But rather what we are setting forth is a wisdom of God once hidden [from the human understanding] and now revealed to us by God-- [that wisdom] which God devised and decreed before the ages for our glorification [to lift us into the glory of His presence].

  My victory comes in speaking God's words.  The Holy Spirit power that is operating through me stirs in my mind and begins to persuade me that I am what God's words say that I am.  Preaching helps renew my mind to accept what I speak as a believer.  My mind then begins to train my body to respond in line with the word of God.  Releasing the wisdom and power of God is a continuous process that builds on itself because of the inherent power of the word of God in the believer.   As I release the word daily it builds a strong foundation and a habit of speaking, listening, thinking and acting like God.  Through this fellowship, information and knowledge are revealed through His Spirit to my spirit and then to my mind.   He and I become one as our relationship grows.  I become more conscious of a new way of thinking entering my mind, causing my mind to be transformed and informed by the word of God.  Things that I couldn' t have thought or believed before are now becoming everyday occurrences.  I believe them because I have experienced God' s ways of thinking and doing.  This knowledge of God helped bring light to these scriptures:

1 Corinthians 2
¹⁰   But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
¹²   Now we have 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.
¹⁶   For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? but we have the mind of Christ.

My renewed mind, being the mind of Christ, has been transformed and is instructed by God to form an understanding of His word until it becomes just as natural as thinking is to my mind.  As I continue to hear from God, I am obedient to his word and act accordingly.  Speaking releases my faith into the circumstance/situation.  Using the words that I have received causes a change to take place in the circumstance/situation confronting me.  Agreeing with God is the new creature at his best.   Walking in the truth, exercising the word of God, and being in time with God, releases the wisdom and power of God. 

Note:  Scripture words were bolded and underlined to express emphasis by the author.