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| The natural man cannot understand the things of God |
1 Corinthians 2:14 - (14) But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they
are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually
discerned.
An old man who was born blind once talked with another fellow who was trying to
describe to him what it was like to see. He described nature: rainbows and its
colors, the beauty of the stars, the brightness of the sun, the majestic sight
of the mountains. He claimed that all of this was possible because of light. In
addition, he claimed that he was a doctor that could help this man to see if he
would just have one surgery. The blind man laughed and scoffed at the other man.
The doctor now angry and bitter urged him all the more to have this surgery. The
blind man finally criticized him saying, “I don’t believe in light. You’re a
liar. Light doesn’t exist. You can’t convince me, now get away from me doctor I
don’t want to hear you anymore.” Like the atheist, this poor man will live and
die blind because of his unbelief and stubbornness. Furthermore, the blind man
will hear the doctor no more.
Discouragement and anger are not the correct reactions to have when unbelievers
scoff at Christianity and mock you. The immature believer can get very angry
when the world doesn’t take his message seriously. Remember that this is the
nature of the world. How can it accept the truth of God when by nature it loves
lies and has the devil as its father? And the devil is sure to cover the eyes of
his children with all of his power. These poor souls are doomed. The only way
for this world to see light is for
our Father (who is stronger than the devil) to give them sight and
adopt these poor children. |
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