First Letter from Small Man to the Sacred Family in Village of Pleasure 2
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WISDOM FOR THE SPIRITUAL
1My sacred family members, when I came among you to tell you about Creator’s mysterious ways, I did not use big words or high-sounding wisdom. 2For I decided not to know anything while I was with you except about Creator Sets Free (Jesus), the Chosen One—and his death on the cross. 3I came to you as a weak human being in fear and trembling. 4I did not come with strong words or great wisdom, but with the Spirit showing his power in my weakness. 5In this way your trust would not rest on the wisdom of human beings, but in the Great Spirit’s power.
6On the other hand, there is a wisdom that we speak among those who are mature in the Chosen One. It is not the wisdom of this present world or of its rulers, who are fading away. 7Instead, with a strong voice we make known the wisdom of the Great Spirit. A wisdom that is mysterious and hidden away in Creator’s heart. He decided long ago, before the world began, that this wisdom would be for our honor.
SPIRIT WISDOM
8None of the rulers of this present world have understood this wisdom. If they had, they never would have killed our great and shining Honored Chief. 9The Sacred Teachings tell us that no human being has ever seen or heard or imagined all the good things the Great Spirit has planned for the ones who love him.#2:9 Isaiah 64:4 10But Creator has revealed these things to us by his Spirit.
The Spirit searches everything, even the deep things found in the mind and heart of the Great Spirit. 11No one can know the thoughts of another except for that person’s own spirit. In the same way no one can know Creator’s thoughts except his own Spirit. 12We have not received the spirit of the world, but we have received Creator’s Spirit. This is how we can know the things that have been gifted to us by the Great Spirit.
13So when we speak, we do not use words taught by human wisdom. Instead we use words taught by the Spirit—speaking in a spiritual manner about spiritual things. 14Humans without the Spirit are not able to see the things revealed by Creator’s Spirit. These things sound foolish and are beyond their understanding, for they must be interpreted in a spiritual manner. 15On the other hand, the spiritual are able to see into the meaning of all things in ways the unspiritual do not understand.
16“For who understands the mind and heart of the Great Spirit and can sit in council with him?”#2:16 Isaiah 40:13 But we who share his Spirit do understand the mind and heart of the Chosen One!
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