Identity in Christ: ”I have Received”

1 Corinthians 2:12

How are the things of God given to us?

John 1:4-5

1 Corinthians 2:1-5

Isaiah 55:1

Romans 6:23

Micah 7:18

The things of God are given to us “Freely.”

How do I have the power to receive the things of God? 

1 Corinthians 2:14

John 3:4-6

I have the power to receive the things of God because I was given that power by God through the work of the Holy Spirit.

How do I have the knowledge to understand the things of God?

2 Timothy 3:16-17

Matthew 5:18-19

I have the knowledge to understand the things of God because I have access to the Holy Scriptures and a guide in the Holy Spirit

(NASB 2020)