BIBLE COMMENTARY/1Corinthians 2: 14

1CORINTHIANS 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.

– A natural man is a person whose only focus is to satisfy his physical needs (Romans 8: 5), and not spiritual matters. He only believe in what he can see and touch. For him, the invisible world does not exist (Psalm 14: 1), and that’s why he never believes in God. They sometimes become enemies of God and Jesus Christ (Romans 8: 7).
– God never does anything in vain, so He will not reveal Himself to natural men who doesn’t want to understand spiritual matters. They despise all spiritual things and even hates them. Christians should remember this and not waste time on convincing them to believe in God, the salvation in Jesus Christ and the eternal life. Those things have no value to them. If we fail to convince them, then we should avoid them like in the case of the heretics (Titus 3: 10).
– If we ever tried to talk to them about God and His plan for mankind, they would laugh at us, mock us, and even attack us, as it happened throughout the history of Christianity (Galatians 4: 29). It’s better to let them be so that they can meet their end (Romans 8: 6, Galatians 6: 8).

QUOTED VERSES:

PSALM 14: 1 – The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

ROMANS 8: 5 – For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

ROMANS 8: 6 – For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

ROMANS 8: 7 – Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

GALATIANS 4: 29 – But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

GALATIANS 6: 8 – For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

TITIS 3: 10 – A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject.