You know, I understand where you are coming from... but Dake would disagree that someone must be born again to understand God and the Bible. He does indicate that a Saint would have an advantage IF of course he allows the Spirit of God to illuminate them. As is demonstrated on this board from time to time, even Christians refuse to believe the simple truths of the Bible.macca wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 6:41 am Just a thought on this, anyone that wants to know God, who He is and what He does, will never find out unless he becomes born again.
1 Cor. 2:10-16;
Also, confusion and Satan will accommodate anyone that attempts to understand God outside of the written word of God.
Some argue from 1 Cor. 2:14 that the Bible is hard to understand, but this passage does not say this. It says that the “natural man” cannot receive the things of the Spirit, but it does not teach that sinners cannot understand the letter of the Word. Some use 2 Pet. 3:16-18 to teach that sinners cannot understand the Bible, but this passage does not say that. It does say that the “unstable and unlearned” wrest the Scriptures to their own destruction. If sinners could not understand the Bible, how could they get saved or know what God requires of them? How could God judge them if they cannot understand the things for which they will be judged? The fact is that many sinners understand the Bible better than saints, because they are more sensible than saints and will take the Bible to mean what it says. If all saints would do this they would have a distinct advantage over the sinner in that they have the Spirit of God in their lives to illuminate them, while sinners do not (Jn. 14:17; Rom. 8:9).
Finis J. Dake, God's Plan for Man, (Lawrenceville, GA: Dake Publishing, Inc., 2004), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, 38.