Someone living on an entirely human level rejects the revelations of God’s Spirit, for they make no sense to him. He can’t understand the revelations of the Spirit because they are only discovered by the illumination of the Spirit. 1 Corinthians 2:14 TPT
Over the decades and ages, man has tried to rediscover his roots through reading, praying, and offering sacrifices to deities in a bid to reconnect with them. This is because man is a divine being; a spirit that can only be fulfilled when he lives spiritually. The true freedom of any man is found in living a spiritual life.
But how is man going to reconnect with deity and live spiritually? How will man understand God and know how to live and walk with Him? Through God’s word. Our opening Scripture lets us know that a natural man cannot receive spiritual things from God; neither can he understand them, because spiritual things are spiritually understood.
“…He can’t understand…” (1 Corinthians 2:14 TPT). This means that even if he tries, he will still fail to understand. The teachings are illogical, folly, and meaningless nonsense to him. Until and unless this man becomes born again, no single spiritual thing will ever make sense to him, because they are spiritually understood.
True spiritual growth is the product of sitting with and walking with the person of the Holy Spirit. No one knows what is in a man except the spirit of that man. In the same way, the Holy Spirit is the only person who can reveal to us the things of God, and He does that in and to our spirits. This is why spiritual growth becomes essential.
When our spirits are uneducated, they can’t comprehend the Holy Spirit’s message. Think of it this way: if you’ve never learned English or any other language, you’re lost whenever you encounter people speaking it. You cannot act or make decisions based on their words. The exact same thing happens in the spirit world. Spiritual growth revolves around learning the language of the Holy Spirit, which is the Word of
God.
CONFESSION
I sit with the Holy Spirit. I walk with the Holy Spirit. He reveals to me the deep things of God. My spirit is educated and trained by the Word. I understand the language of the Spirit. I am sensitive to His voice and quick to respond. Hallelujah!
DEEPER REFLECTION
1 Corinthians 2:14 (AMPC), 1 Corinthians 2:13 (KJV)
I Corinthians 3:1 (KJV)
BIBLE READING PLAN
1 YEAR: Numbers 34-35, John 8
2 YEAR: Exodus 26, Matthew 27:46-66
