The things we know at the deepest level of our being cannot always find expression or explanation which make sense at other levels of our personality. Paul says, "The natural man cannot accept the things of God, nor can he. The Spirit is given to help us understand the things of God." But what the Spirit expresses---what we know to be true---is often laughable to the world:
Jesus as the only way to God? Be real! Would God condemn those who have not heard the Gospel? How can that be true?
When the Pharisees and others turned from Jesus because they could not accept His teachings, He asked the disciples, "Will you also go away?" And Peter, to whom flesh and blood had not revealed the truth, but the Spirit of God, replied, "Where else would we go, Lord? You alone have the words of everlasting life."
Jesus spoke of a kingdom; Pilate and the Jews were threatened by what they could not comprehend. To the naked eye, the man on the cross was anything but a king.
It is so necessary to be taught by the Spirit, from within. Otherwise, the truths of God seem foolish to our natural minds.
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