Post by Evangelist Denise Dove on Jan 31, 2011 18:25:03 GMT -5
But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the Glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
2 Corinthians 4:3, 4
Satan, or the devil, is called "the god of this world" (world referring to those who aren't born again). You are either in the kingdom of darkness with satan as your father; god and master. There is no in -between. You are either a child of God or a child of the devil.
Now, accoring to these verses, satan blinds the mind of the unbeliever, making it virtually impossible for him to see the truth of God's Word. Satan will do all he can to keep the sinner from being born again.
The enemy keeps an unsaved person operating in the realm of the senses and reason. This prevents him from understanding the things of God, for spiritual things are not understood with reason or logic, but accepted into the heart by faith as the Holy Spirit illuminates them to the inward man.
The knowledge of the world comes through the five senses: tasting, feeling, hearing, smelling and seeing. The knowledge of the things of God comes through the study of the Word and illumination from our teacher, the Holy Spirit.
The natural, or unregenerate, man lives by his senses and reason, for this is the only way he knows. ( 1 Cor. 2:14). The spiritual man,on the other hand, lives by faith in the Word of God. He is led by the Holy Spirit, who lives in his spirit.
The world says, "I'll believe it when I see it". The two systems are totally opposite.
2 Corinthians 4:3, 4
Satan, or the devil, is called "the god of this world" (world referring to those who aren't born again). You are either in the kingdom of darkness with satan as your father; god and master. There is no in -between. You are either a child of God or a child of the devil.
Now, accoring to these verses, satan blinds the mind of the unbeliever, making it virtually impossible for him to see the truth of God's Word. Satan will do all he can to keep the sinner from being born again.
The enemy keeps an unsaved person operating in the realm of the senses and reason. This prevents him from understanding the things of God, for spiritual things are not understood with reason or logic, but accepted into the heart by faith as the Holy Spirit illuminates them to the inward man.
The knowledge of the world comes through the five senses: tasting, feeling, hearing, smelling and seeing. The knowledge of the things of God comes through the study of the Word and illumination from our teacher, the Holy Spirit.
The natural, or unregenerate, man lives by his senses and reason, for this is the only way he knows. ( 1 Cor. 2:14). The spiritual man,on the other hand, lives by faith in the Word of God. He is led by the Holy Spirit, who lives in his spirit.
The world says, "I'll believe it when I see it". The two systems are totally opposite.
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