1 Corinthians 2:14 “The natural person does not accept the things of
the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand
them because they are spiritually discerned.”
1 Corinthians 2:14 clearly states that those who are not apart of the body of
Christ do not understand the things of God such as the Bible, for they are
foolishness to them* because they must be spiritually perceived; So how does
the unregenerate man receive Christ if he does not recognize him?
It is only by God’s grace that we see things differently and
can accept Jesus into our heart** as we are spiritually undiscerning until we
are filled with the Holy Spirit.
In God’s mercy, He has given
many the revelation of grace*** but He has not revealed it to all for Romans 9: 18 says “So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he
wills.”
* 1 Corinthians 1:23-24 “But we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to
Gentiles, but to those who are called, both Jews and
Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.”
** Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace you
have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift
of God,”
1 Corinthians 2:9-13 “But,
as it is written,
“What no eye has seen,
nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him”—
these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit
searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a
person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no
one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who
is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this tin words not taught by
human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those
who are spiritual.”
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