1 Corinthians 2:9

1 Corinthians 2:9: But as it is written:
"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

The gifts of God do not proceed to those who do not love Him (1 Corinthians 2:10^a). Those who love God learn the things of God (ie, the things of God are revealed to those who love Him through His Holy Spirit.) We are greatly blessed! And imagine, if you will, the things God has prepared for us in heaven if He has withheld from some the things of the earth! The thought is marvelous and exciting!

When we are apart from God, we don't like the things of God (1 Corinthians 2:14^b). But when we are in the Spirit, we judge--we see all that is good and evil--for the sake of ourselves so that we may follow God. All of this is accomplished through Christ. (1 Corinthians 2:15-16^c)

^a = 1 Corinthians 2:10: But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

^b = 1 Corinthians 2:14: But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

^c = 1 Corinthians 2:15-16: [15] But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. [16] For "who has known the mind of the LORD that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ.