Learning How to Communicate in a New Language
What the University Cannot Teach Us
André Ong
1 Cor. 2:10-16 (NIV)
1. The ____________ can capture and understand even the things that are missed by the rational mind.
11For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him?
The first level of communication is our spirit with another _____________
12We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.
The second level of communication is our spirit with___________.
14The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
2. The human spirit that is not __________ does not understand the spiritual language that comes from God’s spirit – but can occasionally hear rumors of it.
3. God communicates with us ________ through the Bible, __________ through preaching and _________through personal revelation.
We hear and familiarize ourselves with God’s communication best through ________________.
Luke 12:29-31 (NIV)
And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. [30] For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. [31] But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.