1 Corinthians 2:14-16 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. 15 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. 16 “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
If the natural man does not understand the things of God and can not understand the things of God, then it must only be the spiritual man, the regenerated man, the born again man, that can understand the things of God. On what basis then does a person become regenerated, spiritual or born again?
John 3:6-8 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must
be born again.’ 8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
It's grace, marvelous grace. We are born again because of the will of God, not our wills, for a dead man does not have a will. Once given spiritual life, we can believe, receive and adore Christ as Savior and Lord.
John 1:12-13 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Thank our gracious, almighty Father for giving spiritual life to us that we may understand spiritual things, believe in Christ, be saved and brought near to our heavenly Father by the power of the Spirit.
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