Truth Be Told: A Blog by Pastor Bill Alderson

  but just as it is written, "THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN, AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM ." For to us, God revealed them through the Spirit ; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows [understands, comprehends] the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, the thoughts of God no one knows [understands] except the Spirit of God.       1 Corinthians 2:9-11 The Apostle Paul understood the role and power of the Holy Spirit like no other New Testament writer. One of the most important of these is the ability to understand and comprehend truth. Paul identifies that this kind of understanding comes to those who love God. Without this understanding, divine truths would never be perceived, never mind understood. The rational mind, even one of superior intellect, is incapable since the Holy Spirit searches al...

  Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable [ aphtharsía - incorruptible]. Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable [incorruptible] , and we will be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable [incorruptible], and this mortal must put on immortality [ athanasía - without death]. But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable [incorruptible] , and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory. "O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law, but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ .      ...