What is the Gospel

[Jim]

The Gospel, or the Good News or the Preaching of the Cross is Spiritual, yet the natural man isnt able to spiritually know Spiritual things of God 1 Cor 2:14

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Friends the Gospel as a word of Salvation must be spiritually discerned or it will be just foolishness to him

There are few verses that are so more often misinterpreted than 1 Corinthians 2:14. Throughout 1 Corinthians 2, Paul is presenting His and the other apostle's and prophet's divine revelation. It may come as a serious shock to you @brightfame52 that you are not one of those. You are not one who speaks, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit. When Paul in chapter two of 1 Corinthians speaks the word "we", he is speaking, not about you or me, but rather he is speaking about those who received divine revelation directly by the Holy Spirit. The distinction in verse 14 between the natural man and spiritual man is the distinction between those who are divinely inspired and those who are not. Only the apostles and prophets of God are divinely inspired.

When, verse, 16 Paul says "we have the mind of Christ", the "we" does not include you or me. Throughout 1 Corinthians 2:6-16, Paul is presenting and defending his divinely inspired teaching. Again, it may come as a shock to you, but you are a natural man. You do not receive God's word through the Holy Spirit directly. You receive God's word through the teachings of the apostles and prophets of God.

 

[civic]

No they cant, not spiritually. Jn 8:43

43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

Now they heard Jesus physically as he spake to them, so what was it Jesus was referring to when He told them they cannot hear His words ?

I dismantled that argument from Genesis 3 through Revelation 22.

next fallacy.

 

[Studyman]

Faith in Christ, that was the difference, they had been given Faith by God to trust in the coming seed of the women, which was Christ, to come and establish a righteousness for them Dan 9:24

So they hit the holy lottery, but the Pharisees didn't get lucky. So in your religion, the "hope" men have, is to hit the lotto. To be lucky because that is the only way to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. And the ones who don't hit the holy lottery, well they have no hope, because God created them, gave them life, told them to honor Him with obedience, same as He told Zacharias and Simeon. But because their names were not drawn out of the hat, God withheld from them the ability to do so. Then gives them eternal life so HE can torture and torment them in pain and suffering for eternity, "BECAUSE" they didn't Honor Him like Zacharias and Simeon did.

What a wicked judgment against God.

 

[brightfame52]

There are few verses that are so more often misinterpreted than 1 Corinthians 2:14.

Sorry Im not misrepresenting them. Im declaring what saith the Lord. The Gospel is considered the things of the Spirit of God, its foolishness to the natural man. That its the Gospel is confirmed from Vs 18 of 1 Cor 1:18

18 ;For the preaching of the cross[Gospel] is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

Same word in Vs 14 of 1 Cor 2

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Its really the same context.

 

[brightfame52]

I dismantled that argument from Genesis 3 through Revelation 22.

In your mind. One must be of God to hear Spiritually Jesus said Jn 8:47

47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

To be of God means to be saved, born again of the Spirit. So if one isnt of God already, they can forget about being able to spiritually hear and understand the word of God.

 

[civic]

In your mind. One must be of God to hear Spiritually Jesus said Jn 8:47

47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

To be of God means to be saved, born again of the Spirit. So if one isnt of God already, they can forget about being able to spiritually hear and understand the word of God.

more out of context verses ripped away from the biblical narrative- eisegesis

 

[brightfame52]

So they hit the holy lottery, but the Pharisees didn't get lucky.

If thats what you scoffingly want to call Gods Divine Election of Grace.

 

[brightfame52]

more out of context verses ripped away from the biblical narrative- eisegesis

More highlighting scripture found in the context.

 

[JesusFan]

So they hit the holy lottery, but the Pharisees didn't get lucky. So in your religion, the "hope" men have, is to hit the lotto. To be lucky because that is the only way to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. And the ones who don't hit the holy lottery, well they have no hope, because God created them, gave them life, told them to honor Him with obedience, same as He told Zacharias and Simeon. But because their names were not drawn out of the hat, God withheld from them the ability to do so. Then gives them eternal life so HE can torture and torment them in pain and suffering for eternity, "BECAUSE" they didn't Honor Him like Zacharias and Simeon did.

What a wicked judgment against God.

Take it up with the Apostle Paul, as He described the truth that the Lord can deal with us based upon his own choices and will, as per Chapters 8-9 of the book of Romans

 

[brightfame52]

So Faith that receives and believes the Truth of the Gospel is the fruit of regeneration, or the Sanctification of the Spirit. The Spirit in regeneration gives, creates the faculty of Spiritual hearing. 2 Thess 2:13

13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

It takes a sanctified heart to receive truth that sanctifies Jn 17:17

17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

 

[Jim]

Sorry Im not misrepresenting them. Im declaring what saith the Lord. The Gospel is considered the things of the Spirit of God, its foolishness to the natural man. That its the Gospel is confirmed from Vs 18 of 1 Cor 1:18

18 ;For the preaching of the cross[Gospel] is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

Same word in Vs 14 of 1 Cor 2

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Its really the same context.

I am not surprised that you think you have the mind of Christ. What utter categorical nonsense.