I fully believe that the word is spiritual and spiritually discerned....and most of it is directed at those born from above...I also agree with your cited scriptures, but it is equally clear that we proclaim the message of salvation to lost men and that is my point.....
False alert....how shall they hear except one be sent.....you are way off base pal....
Correct. The Gospel is for the unsaved, and it is to be heard and obeyed by those devoid of the Holy Spirit. Therefore THE BIBLE IS FOR ALL MANKIND.
Your statement will not harmonize with 1 Cor 2:14, The natural man cannot understand the things of the Spirit, not even a little of it. It is foolishness to him. THEREFORE THE BIBLE IS ONLY FOR THE SPIRITUALLY MINDED.
All of the different types of soil are the conditions of the hearts of the elect only, those who have already been born of the Spirit. To keep the scriptures in harmony, the natural man will never be able to save himself by discerning spiritual things. The only way the natural man "dead in sins" will ever become spiritually minded is after he has been regenerated, as explained in Eph 2:5.
You have a mishmash of half truths and outright errors. Man cannot save himself but God has given man sufficient light to hear the gospel and respond to the gospel. Even you have sufficient light to hear the gospel and respond to it either to receive or reject.
Gods love for His creation now fallen is the cause for His mercy. Do you know Gods love?
All scripture must harmonize in order to understand the doctrine of Jesus. The natural man can not understand the gospel and will not respond to something that he does not understand (1 Cor 2:14). Man cannot cause the natural man (lost man) to be saved eternally. That is by the grace of God, without the help of man.(Eph 2:5). I think where you are getting the wrong message is that a child of God that sees another child of God that is drawn away by the desire of his fleshly nature and he corrects him to cause him to repent and to get back in fellowship with God, that man is said to have delivered=saved himself and also the one that he corrected.(James 5:19-20). This is a deliverance=salvation received here on earth, not eternal. The scriptures are written to the children of God, and not to the natural man, instructing his children how they should live their lives while on earth. The Lord adds to the church daily such as should be saved, not man.(Acts 2:47).
The Holy Spirit has revealed that light to man after he has been regenerated and can discern spiritual things(Eph 2:5). Tell me where do you see "sufficient light" in 1 Cor 2:14? All scriptures must harmonize before you can understand the doctrine of Jesus.
Roger we are in the same boat, you just don't know it. But you can know it if you would deny yourself. As long as you are thinking man has something to do with his eternal salvation, I don't think God will reveal truths to you, in your frame of mind, or you would take credit for yourself instead of giving God credit. At the top of the list of things God hates is "a proud look".
The natural man, described in 1 Cor 2:14 would not have ask Jesus, because he does not think he needs to be saved from anything. He cannot understand anything that is of a spiritual nature. Salvation, according to the Greek interpretation, mean "deliverance". We experience many deliverance here on earth. Giving up your trust in riches and trusting in God is a deliverance(salvation) we receive here on earth.
They're directed to everyone; unsaved & saved alike. The unsaved can understand "Jesus Christ, and him crucified"; the saved can understand "the wisdom of God in a mystery" and "the deep things of God". Not everything in Scripture requires "the mind of Christ" to understand. The external reproving by the Holy Spirit with read/preached Scripture allows the unsaved to understand his need for the Savior.
