Scripture Reading: I Corinthians 2:14, 15
"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. But he that is spiritual discerneth all things, yet he himself is discerned of no man."
Only the Holy Spirit can interpret for us the Word of God, and the unregenerate do not have the Holy Spirit. God reveals in His Holy Word all that He would have us to know. But before we can understand, we must first receive the gift of salvation by grace through faith. We thus acquire the Holy Spirit as om interpreter. No degree of human intellect can substitute for the Holy Spirit. No level of mortal esteem or code of morals or good intentions will qualify as a means to comprehending the things of God.
Even some who are saved by God's grace unto life eternal may never become mature in the knowledge of the scriptures. Salvation alone will not bring understanding. The Holy Spirit interprets, but He does not force-feed. There must be a willingness to learn, a desire to grow in the faith. This is the problem that Paul had with the Corinthian church. "And 1, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able" (I Cor. 3:1, 2).
We can offer instruction in the Word of God but we cannot compel the hearer to comprehend. It is not our responsibility as ambassadors for Christ to overpower an audience, but to present the truth clearly and in love. Conviction and submission are the work of the Holy Spirit.
Like our apostle himself, it is our responsibility to attempt to "Make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, Who created all things by Jesus Christ" (Eph. 3:9).
But only by way of expounding the truth; discernment will be governed by the Holy Spirit alone.
How God Saves Men
Believing Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
Believing Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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