![]() Perhaps we suddenly see how the passage applies to our specific context. Maybe we understand the contours of an argument that escaped us previously. These are examples of the Holy Spirit's work of illumination. In 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, the Apostle describes this work of illumination. It involves the Spirit searching the depths of God (v. 10), not because He does not know the mind of God-for the Holy Spirit is God-but in order to grant to us the understanding that the Lord wants us to have. ![]() In other words, He searches the mind of God for our sake. He does not just open our minds and hearts at conversion instead, He continues throughout our Christian lives to make the gospel make sense to us and convince us of its truth. ![]() This work of illumination does not operate by giving us secret insight that one cannot derive by reading the text in context. ![]()
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