Why can't a natural or unsaved man understand the things of the Spirit?
Paul writes that the natural, unconverted, unregenerated, unsaved man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God; they are foolishness to him. He cannot understand or know them because they are spiritually discerned, and such understanding comes only when God opens his eyes and heart.
Les teaches from 1 Corinthians 2:13-14 that the natural man is the unconverted, unregenerated, unsaved, lost man. He receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; they are foolishness unto him. He cannot understand, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned or understood. Therefore, Les says we must be patient with unbelievers, realizing where they are coming from, that they cannot comprehend these things until God opens their eyes and hearts, and we leave that to His own good timing. This is Scriptural, not just his own idea, because Paul makes it plain.
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.
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Who is the natural man in 1 Corinthians 2:14?
The 'natural man' in 1 Corinthians 2:14 is the unconverted, unregenerated, unsaved, lost man.