“Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:10 HCSB https://www.bible.com/72/1co.2.10.hcsb
What things? Verse 6 tells us that it is the wisdom of God’s mysteries. Now God has revealed the wisdom of God’s mysteries to us by the Spirit. These things Paul did not preach to the masses but to the ones who would comprehend them, to the mature, to the ones who moved on from the elementary teachings of The Word to the meat, substance, of The Word.
“We have a great deal to say about this, and it’s difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand. Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the basic principles of God’s revelation again. You need milk, not solid food. Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant. But solid food is for the mature — for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.”
Hebrews 5:11-14 HCSB
https://www.bible.com/72/heb.5.11-14.hcsb
So The Spirit is the one who teaches the infant in Christ and the mature in Christ. It our responsibility to train our hearts to listen to The Spirit. Not just any spirit that passes our way but The Spirit that is from God, The Holy Spirit.
“Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God. But every spirit who does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist; you have heard that he is coming, and he is already in the world now.”
1 John 4:1-3 HCSB
https://www.bible.com/72/1jn.4.1-3.hcsb
Those who want to discover deeper things of God will find them in the deeper conversations with The Spirit through The Word of God.
“For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12 HCSB
https://www.bible.com/72/heb.4.12.hcsb
God knows us better than we know ourselves. The Spirit knows how to teach us better than any teacher can. The Word of God, Jesus, knows how to speak to us better than any other book in the world because He lives. Be known by God. Be teachable by The Holy Spirit. Be a listener of The Word of God. Then you can grow into the deeper mysteries of God and you will no longer need only the Milk of The Word of God but you will desire the meat of The Word of God also. Sometimes it is good to be reminded of the Milk so that you may continue to grow.
“So rid yourselves of all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all slander. Like newborn infants, desire the pure spiritual milk, so that you may grow by it for your salvation,”
1 Peter 2:1-2 HCSB
https://www.bible.com/72/1pe.2.1-2.hcsb
“For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with godliness, godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.
Therefore I will always remind you about these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you have. I consider it right, as long as I am in this bodily tent, to wake you up with a reminder,”
2 Peter 1:5-9, 12-13 HCSB
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