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."
This is one of those verses that strikes at my heart. In my life, I often get into conversations about faith and God. It is at these times, when engaging in dialogue about the Divine, that this verse is brought to bear upon life in a very real way. During these times of conversation, there is no amount of defense or rationality that will or even can convince someone the truth.
If, however, we remember the truth of this verse, we can avoid the consternation we might feel when the unspiritual man is struggling to understand. In truth, as this verse conveys, the natural man will be unable to understand the things of God, because, quite frankly, he does not have eyes to see or ears to hear.
Our evangelistic tactic, then, is not necessarily to convince the unbeliever about God as much as it is to pray for them that God would transform their hearts so that they would be able to understand the things of God. Let us then remember that this is the way it is and we need to respond in faith appropriately.
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