The Bible teaches that the natural man cannot receive the things of the Spirit of God because they are spiritually discerned (1 Corinthians 2:14).
In 1 Corinthians 2:14-15, the Apostle Paul divides humanity into two groups: the natural man and the spiritual man. The natural man, which encompasses all who are not born again, lacks the ability to comprehend spiritual truths because he is dead in trespasses and sins. Ephesians 2:1-3 describes this state of being without Christ, alienated from the life of God. The natural man, therefore, sees the gospel message as foolishness and is in enmity with God (Romans 8:7), illustrating that apart from divine intervention, all humans naturally reject the things of God.
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