Paul states: 'The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.' Spiritual things require spiritual perception.
I'm a neuroscientist studying consciousness. I've spent years studying the brain, consciousness, cognition. I can explain belief neurologically—what happens in the brain when someone has a religious experience. But Paul is saying: you can map the neurology and still miss the reality. The spiritual realm isn't accessible to material investigation.
That was humbling to accept. I can't prove the Spirit scientifically. I can only experience it. And that experience is accessible only to those who have the Spirit. I can't convince someone into the kingdom. I can share my experience and invite them to seek the Holy Spirit themselves. The Spirit himself has to do the convincing.
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