SECRET CODE
But people who aren't Christians can't understand these truths from God's Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them because only those who have the Spirit can understand what the Spirit means. We who have the Spirit understand these things, but others can't understand us at all. How could they? For, "Who can know what the Lord is thinking? Who can give him counsel?" But we can understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ.
(NLT 1 Corinthians 2:14-16)

When I was a young boy, I listened to Captain Midnight on the radio. At the end of each broadcast, he would give us a message in a secret code. Only those of us who had sent away for the decoder could know what the message said. I still have that secret decoder buried in a box of memories.

Later on, I learned Morse code and became an amateur radio operator, better known as ham radio. I have used that code to send and receives messages ever since. If you do not know the code, you cannot understand the message.

Anyone could have obtained a secret decoder and deciphering Morse code is no more then memorization followed by hours of practice to be able to know what those dits and dahs mean. Anyone can understand the truths in God’s Word, the truth from His Spirit. All they have to do is step out in faith and believe; all they have to do is follow Jesus.

Some have tried to find numeric codes in the Bible. Others look for other secret meanings. The truth is right there ready to jump out off the pages as soon as you have His Spirit living inside. As believers, He sends each of us the Holy Spirit. We can break the code; we can understand because we have the mind of Christ.