Day 64 - Do Carnal People Want Truth?

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Thoughts on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 25

  

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There is nothing more foundational to living life as a Christian than to be totally aware that we have the Holy Spirit living in us, have eyes that the Lost don’t have, have ears that the Lost don’t have, and have the Mind of Christ that the Lost don’t have.  What we do with these foundational assets goes a long way in determining how we live life as a Christian, AND…in interacting with the Lost.

Day 64

Do Carnal People Want Truth?

In whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. --II Corinthians 4:4 

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; and His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. --Isaiah 9:6

When Christ enters a heart, a person’s eyes are opened to see things clearly as they are. The illusion of the world is revealed--its inconsistencies and lies--and this knowledge is then used to turn him to the pursuit of the invisible kingdom, the kingdom of the Son of God. He is discerning and verbalizing things he never before could have and enjoying revelation that is so freeing. There is a problem, though, in that it is only natural for him to believe that others would like to have what he now possesses that makes a new worldview seem so obvious. 

For instance, it is estimated that across the United States 50,000 new laws are passed every year. In twenty years that is one million new laws. Each law could be construed as a means to take away a public right. At a minimum the government has determined that a million rights that we had twenty years ago may no longer be rights. In fact, the government does not seem to believe that we have rights that cannot be eroded, while at the same time an attempt is made to stir women into thinking that abortion is a right, a ridiculous assertion. However, it is quite clear that not all unbelievers would like to listen to this type of logic, and it is a mistake to believe that carnal man wants truth (neither did the believer when he was carnal). It is only as we love the TRUTH that true things become appealing and compelling. Therefore, our job is not to dissuade men concerning their inconsistencies and illogical thinking, but to persuade people of the TRUTH. Many Christians have gotten involved in politics because they saw things clearly and assumed that constituents wanted to hear true things. They were disappointed to the extent that carnal, fallen man does not want to hear true things no matter how intellectual or refined the thought might be. 

Michael Wells points to a great problem the church has always had…the battle between the Born Again and the Lost.  It is a normal, natural battle in that two spiritual entities are at war against each other…with full battle gear and mindsets that are in opposition to one another.  And as we have witnessed for so many generations, the only “winning strategy” for us Christians is to “win” one of the Lost to Christ! (The TRUTH).  Well, amen.  Why are we not doing it more???  Why, instead, are we trying to “win over” the Lost to our mindset?!?

A Lost person’s mind does not receive the things of God.  God has told us that specifically in 1 Corinthians 2:14.  How on this earth are we to believe otherwise, that is to “believe that others would like to have what (we) now possess that makes a new worldview seem so obvious”?  Nothing is more foolish and frustrating for us Christians!  It will never happen.  ONLY when a Lost person is “won” to Christ, can they begin to see and think “like Christ.”  And even then it is possible for the Christian to think “carnally.”  How about that problem?  Carnal Christians can be as big a detriment in this life as a Lost person can be.

The first message I preached after being called to the ministry of preaching (at age 36) was: “The Lost Don’t Know They Are Lost!”  Text?  2 Corinthians 4:3-6.  Born Again only a year earlier, this thought rang in my mind constantly…still does. 

Do you want to “convince” a Lost person you know, or other Lost folks around you, of a truth in life that they can’t seem to get?  Give them Jesus…they get the Holy Spirit and all that comes with Him; they will then be able to “receive the things of God.”  Simple, isn’t it?  Let’s be about “winning the world to Christ,” and not about trying to convince them they are wrong about things in this life.  That can be a waste of our time, energy, and money.

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