1375. Receive the Bible in the Spirit
Receive the Bible in the Spirit
"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" (1Co_2:14).
It is an utter impossibility for the unregenerate to receive the things of the Spirit of God; "neither can he know them, for they are spiritually discerned." It is quite as impossible for the carnal Christian to receive the things of God; for "the things of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God." Spiritual things must be spiritually discerned.
Marconi, in his wireless, placed into operation a natural law in air vibrations. A tuning fork keyed to middle "C," when struck, would cause other forks, like tuned, to sound. The wireless message, transmitted by so many thousand vibrations, would be picked up by a receiving instrument keyed to the same number of vibrations. Transpose this natural law into the realm of the spiritual. If men in the Spirit wrote the Book, men in the flesh cannot receive its message. The student must be rightly "keyed." Consider, therefore, the helplessness of the most learned sage of this world, as he seeks, with the wisdom of men, to understand the wisdom of God!
The world in its wisdom will never know God. The real Bible student must recognize the Spirit as his one, sole Teacher. It is the Holy Spirit alone Who unveils the Truth. What the wise and prudent cannot see He reveals to babes. He gives us an understanding (another faculty), that we may know Him that is true.
Our key verse explains why so many great men, men of marvelous natural powers, men of well taught minds, are not wise in the things of God. Jude enlarges upon this very matter. He describes the higher critics for us. He tells how they speak great swelling words, and yet deny the very Lord Jesus Christ and every great fundamental fact of the faith. WHY? Simply because they are men of "soul, having not the Spirit."
The things of God must be received by the Spirit of God. No wonder then that those who have never received the Spirit and who never recognize Him as the Teacher Who came for the express purpose of showing unto us the things of Christ–no wonder that such men are blinded to the things of God.
Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR