Mysteries - 1 Corinthians 2:6-8

What makes the difference between someone who is wise who thinks the gospel is “foolishness” and someone who is “unwise” or simple by society’s standard, who does accept the gospel? What’s the difference in the message? Paul says “we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.”

This makes it sound like the gospel is some sort of supernatural, hocus pocus kind of stuff, but it’s not that it’s foreign or unusual, it’s just that it speaks on a different level. There is absolutely no reason why someone who is knowledgeable can not accept the gospel, and in fact many of them do. But it’s a mind set that must precede being taught in order to be open to the message. So when Paul says that they speak of “God in a mystery,” he’s not saying that he speaks an unfamiliar language or that he uses words or phrases that no one has ever heard before. Paul is saying that the message of the gospel is taken into the hearts of the listeners, and those who are ready understand the message.
This is a special ability of the Holy Ghost, to be able to make someone understand something regardless of what the words actually are. It’s really interesting because the Spirit has the ability to teach and to confirm without words. This is something that I don’t think we can logically understand, I know that I sure don’t. But my interactions with the Spirit have been the most profitable of my entire existence.