UV 1302/10,000 The Natural, the Supernatural and the Spiritual
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.
I Corinthians 2 v 14
Spiritual truths need to be spiritually discerned. We are born sensual, carnal and natural in the flesh. Unless we are born in the spirit, we cannot see the kingdom of God. We are blinded to the things of God and cannot believe that which is spoken of Him. But when we are spiritually born, our spirit communes with the spirit of God. Our spiritual eyes are opened to discern the truths of God. We no longer lives natural lives but supernatural lives for the natural is superimposed by the spiritual. We continually die to our flesh and live to the spirit. Where earlier our sensual and natural selves made us think that the spiritual was foolish or did not even exist, now we realize that the spiritual realm is real and that God rules over it as His kingdom. As our natural bodies are weakened and our natural senses are dulled, our spiritual bodies are strengthened and our spiritual senses sharpened to perceive that we could not see or know earlier.
As we grow spiritually, we grow in wisdom that is not earthly and sensual but spiritual, godly and eternal. The world and the things of the world including our preoccupation with all our desires kept us blinded from perceiving that which is eternal and godly. Now our perspectives are transformed and our priorities are changed. We realize that it is more important to reach God than to be rich. While our priority was to satisfy our earthly needs, now we realize that we need to prepare our souls for eternity. We savour or enjoy the things of God and not as before the things of men. We desire not to please ourselves or other men like us but we desire to please God. We give priority to hearing the voice of the good Shepherd Jesus and to do His bidding in our lives. We seek His practical guidance in all our decisions. Our eyes are blessed as we can see spiritually. Our ears are blessed as we can hear spiritually. Our hearts are blessed as we can understand spiritual things. Formerly, we tried to understand with our sensual minds and not our hearts. We tried to discern with our senses and not with our spirits. As we become spiritually minded, we enjoy life in all its abundance and eternal peace.
We recognize that the cross of Jesus is the power of God to save and not foolishness as the natural man and world thinks. God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness will shine His glorious light on the face of Jesus so that we know that He is our Messiah, our personal Saviour. We will also hear the Holy Spirit testifying to us that this is true. The Holy Spirit will then anoint us and lead us into more truths of God.
Prateep V Philip
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