The Bible must be spiritually discerned!
Have you ever tried to watch a movie in 3-D without those funny-looking glasses? It looks blurry, right? (You might even get a headache doing it.) Though the industry is working to make these lenses unnecessary, most 3-D films are shown from two projectors perfectly lined up and displaying two images on the same screen. The polarization of those special glasses corrects the fuzzy picture and separates the images, making them clear.
Likewise, some people see only blurry images when they read the Bible. It just doesn’t make sense to them. They wonder, “What is the point of that strange service in which animals are sacrificed in the Old Testament?” And the death of Jesus on the cross appears to be a waste of someone’s life. I believe the Bible doesn’t seem clear to some people because there’s a missing element: Like special glasses, we need to put on the lenses of faith.
Bright people who can understand and explain virtually anything else are often quickly stopped in their tracks when they read the Bible. The reason is that spiritual things “are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14). The deep things of the Word will never be understood by a secular mind, no matter how brilliant. Unless one honestly seeks an experience with God, he cannot understand the things of God. The Holy Spirit, who explains the Bible, is not understood by the carnal mind. On the other hand, the humble, even uneducated Christian who studies the Bible receives amazing understanding from the Holy Spirit.
So put on faith when you read the Bible. Sincerely pray for the Holy Spirit to open your eyes to discern truth. And be prepared to have your vision expanded!
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 2 Corinthians 2:13-14
Have you ever tried to watch a movie in 3-D without those funny-looking glasses? It looks blurry, right? (You might even get a headache doing it.) Though the industry is working to make these lenses unnecessary, most 3-D films are shown from two projectors perfectly lined up and displaying two images on the same screen. The polarization of those special glasses corrects the fuzzy picture and separates the images, making them clear.
Likewise, some people see only blurry images when they read the Bible. It just doesn’t make sense to them. They wonder, “What is the point of that strange service in which animals are sacrificed in the Old Testament?” And the death of Jesus on the cross appears to be a waste of someone’s life. I believe the Bible doesn’t seem clear to some people because there’s a missing element: Like special glasses, we need to put on the lenses of faith.
Bright people who can understand and explain virtually anything else are often quickly stopped in their tracks when they read the Bible. The reason is that spiritual things “are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14). The deep things of the Word will never be understood by a secular mind, no matter how brilliant. Unless one honestly seeks an experience with God, he cannot understand the things of God. The Holy Spirit, who explains the Bible, is not understood by the carnal mind. On the other hand, the humble, even uneducated Christian who studies the Bible receives amazing understanding from the Holy Spirit.
So put on faith when you read the Bible. Sincerely pray for the Holy Spirit to open your eyes to discern truth. And be prepared to have your vision expanded!
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 2 Corinthians 2:13-14
The Bible must be spiritually discerned!
Have you ever tried to watch a movie in 3-D without those funny-looking glasses? It looks blurry, right? (You might even get a headache doing it.) Though the industry is working to make these lenses unnecessary, most 3-D films are shown from two projectors perfectly lined up and displaying two images on the same screen. The polarization of those special glasses corrects the fuzzy picture and separates the images, making them clear.
Likewise, some people see only blurry images when they read the Bible. It just doesn’t make sense to them. They wonder, “What is the point of that strange service in which animals are sacrificed in the Old Testament?” And the death of Jesus on the cross appears to be a waste of someone’s life. I believe the Bible doesn’t seem clear to some people because there’s a missing element: Like special glasses, we need to put on the lenses of faith.
Bright people who can understand and explain virtually anything else are often quickly stopped in their tracks when they read the Bible. The reason is that spiritual things “are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14). The deep things of the Word will never be understood by a secular mind, no matter how brilliant. Unless one honestly seeks an experience with God, he cannot understand the things of God. The Holy Spirit, who explains the Bible, is not understood by the carnal mind. On the other hand, the humble, even uneducated Christian who studies the Bible receives amazing understanding from the Holy Spirit.
So put on faith when you read the Bible. Sincerely pray for the Holy Spirit to open your eyes to discern truth. And be prepared to have your vision expanded!
KEY BIBLE TEXTS
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 2 Corinthians 2:13-14
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