The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned  (1 Corinthians 2:14).

How can they possibly think that?

Have you ever had that question as you read or watched someone espouse beliefs that are, well, ludicrous?

Sure you have.  And you have wondered, seriously wondered, how intelligent, thoughtful, articulate people could say things that sound so…so…

silly.

You know…they’re thinking the same thing about you.

My bride tells me that, before she knew Christ, she was a supporter of “A woman’s right to choose.”  It just made sense to her that a woman should be in charge of decisions regarding her own body.  Those people who championed the rights of a bunch of cells, well, they were just off.

Then the Holy Spirit came and led her into Truth…and everything changed.

She was blind, but now she saw, and she wondered how she could ever have thought otherwise.

Beloved, I’m not saying we shouldn’t have conversations with the world, shouldn’t try to get them to see Truth.  But we must realize that, without the Spirit, people are trapped in a worldview that will not admit God, so there are things they are simply not capable of understanding.

They’re not the enemy.

They’re the ones we’re here to rescue.

Happy Monday, Beloved.