Title: Shadow Boxing (15)
Series: Weakness Is Your Greatest Strength
Author: Eddie Snipes
Text: 1 Corinthians 2:14-16, John 8:12
The way of grace is difficult to accept for the religious mind because it goes against human reasoning. The Bible states that our thoughts and ways are not God's thoughts and ways.1 If we approach the life of faith from human reasoning and logic, it will seem absurd. This is one of the main reasons grace falls under so much criticism. When we approach the gospel from the perspective of human reasoning, it doesn't make sense. This is why the Bible says the human mind cannot discern the ways of the Spirit, for they can only be discerned through the Spirit's revelation.2
The human mind says, "How can we overcome sin unless we do something?" Yet God states that He will cause us to walk in His ways through the power of the Spirit within us.
Human reasoning says, "If you tell people that all sin has been removed, and we no longer need to focus on sin, then people will sin freely." Yet the Bible teaches that our new nature desires righteousness more than our old nature desired sin. If our minds are in the Spirit, sin is no longer a concern. The primary thing we need to focus on is resting in grace so our spiritual life can grow and begin producing the fruit of the Spirit.
In Christ, sin has no power, yet we are teaching people to fight against the shadow of what has already passed away.
As is often the case, the common way of thinking is the opposite of God's way. This should not be surprising since the natural mind cannot comprehend the things of God because they are only understood in the Spirit.
What makes sense to human reasoning is not the way God has designed the Christian walk. Consider this passage in 1 Corinthians 2:14-16
14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, bec ...
Series: Weakness Is Your Greatest Strength
Author: Eddie Snipes
Text: 1 Corinthians 2:14-16, John 8:12
The way of grace is difficult to accept for the religious mind because it goes against human reasoning. The Bible states that our thoughts and ways are not God's thoughts and ways.1 If we approach the life of faith from human reasoning and logic, it will seem absurd. This is one of the main reasons grace falls under so much criticism. When we approach the gospel from the perspective of human reasoning, it doesn't make sense. This is why the Bible says the human mind cannot discern the ways of the Spirit, for they can only be discerned through the Spirit's revelation.2
The human mind says, "How can we overcome sin unless we do something?" Yet God states that He will cause us to walk in His ways through the power of the Spirit within us.
Human reasoning says, "If you tell people that all sin has been removed, and we no longer need to focus on sin, then people will sin freely." Yet the Bible teaches that our new nature desires righteousness more than our old nature desired sin. If our minds are in the Spirit, sin is no longer a concern. The primary thing we need to focus on is resting in grace so our spiritual life can grow and begin producing the fruit of the Spirit.
In Christ, sin has no power, yet we are teaching people to fight against the shadow of what has already passed away.
As is often the case, the common way of thinking is the opposite of God's way. This should not be surprising since the natural mind cannot comprehend the things of God because they are only understood in the Spirit.
What makes sense to human reasoning is not the way God has designed the Christian walk. Consider this passage in 1 Corinthians 2:14-16
14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, bec ...
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