1 Corinthians 2:10-12 English Standard Version
10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
We ended with verse 11 yesterday and this is that verse in context. Note how those things graciously given by God to us, to the benefit of His Son, still need to be understood. That would be like being given a gift and never opening the box to discover what is inside and the purpose for the gift. What use is there in a gift not understood or used?
This leads us to ask what preceded these verses that Paul is revealing to us.
1 Corinthians 2:6-9 English Standard Version
Wisdom from the Spirit
6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—
Focus on the words “God decreed” and not on secrets and hidden wisdom. We can love secrets to the exclusion of using wisdom during the search. This is not an emotional plea to search out secrets. It is a promise from God to reveal in us those things we need to know with purpose. His decree is His Word and God is not a liar. He will keep His Word.