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gme-173	Grant, Paul E.	REVELATION CONFRONTS CULTURE	2010	5	.pdf	application/pdf	1162	41	53	And the intelligence of the clever1, But for grasping the knowledge of God Their mechanisms failed to deliver Reason needed something else, A mysterious Spirit power To possess its potentiality If God’s knowledge was to flower Paul spoke of a wisdom that was hidden2 The wisdom of Holy Spirit, When the mind consents to his Lordship This wisdom we inherit Paul goes further when he says The mind of Christ directs us3, Human thinking is thus transformed And wisdom comes to its fullness God’s revelations transcend reason Yet reason under God’s rule, Animated and enlightened, Becomes irresistible In a merger that only God could create Spirit and reason participate, 1 1 Corinthians 1:19 2 1 Corinthians 2:7 3 1 Corinthians 2:16 Revelation Confronts Culture by Paul E. Grant March 2007 Page 3 Reason submits and communicates A knowledge that authenticates Authenticity is in more than the words Of a culture’s imagination, The authentic mind of God is conveyed By the Spirit’s illumination Revelation must descend into reason So I am intrigued that the finest thinking When surrendered to God, its admission Becomes so wonderfully transformed, Its cultural destiny reaches fruition Greek thinking needed a cleansing, Then following, a conversion as well, Its riches free of sin’s baggage Would be fitted for the Gospel to tell Greek thought, Greek words, Greek notions Became instruments of the Divine, Becoming free of self-serving interests They gained a celestial shine Cultural worldviews need conversion Thinking and language are gifts from God, When these are saved and sanctified They pass the test of his measuring rod First Corinthians Chapters One and Two Stress the importance of revelation, Thinking and words when so possessed Exceed all human invention	cache/gme-173.pdf	txt/gme-173.txt