1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Application: 

No one knows my thoughts better than I do; no one knows your thoughts better than you. In the same way, then, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit. Therefore, we are dependent on the Spirit to enable us to make a spiritual connection with God. When this happens, God illuminates His Word so that it becomes relevant to specific circumstances.

The spirit of the world can’t help you, for spiritual truth isn’t taught by human wisdom (2:12–13). Worldly thinking doesn’t have access to the things of God. Using it to discern them is like trying to connect your television to a signal when you don’t have the right equipment. All you get is static. 

Similarly, a person without the Spirit (an unbeliever) cannot receive the things that come from God. It appears to be foolishness to him because it can only be evaluated spiritually (2:14).

The great news is that this divine insight is freely given to us who believe (2:12). God earnestly wants to personalize his revelation to you through his spiritual illumination. Yet it requires being a spiritual person so that you may evaluate everything from a spiritual perspective (2:15). 

Though all born-again believers have received the Holy Spirit, not every believer operates as a “spiritual person” because it requires evaluating things in accordance with Scripture and with openness to the Spirit’s illuminating work. Such a person cannot be evaluated by anyone (2:15)—that is, it will be obvious to those who don’t know God that a spiritual person doesn’t approach life like everyone else does.

Reference: Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2019), 1151.

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