“Christ
enlightens and teaches men the will of God variously, gradually, plainly,
powerfully, sweetly, purely, and fully. There is a natural ignorance and
blindness in men about the things of God. The world is in darkness. It is true,
in the state of innocence man had a clear apprehension of the will of God, but
now that light is quenched in the corruption of nature (1 Cor. 2:14). The
natural man not only has native blindness that he cannot discern the things of
the spirit, but also a natural enmity. Until his mind is healed and enlightened
by Jesus Christ the natural faculty cannot discern the things of the Spirit.” -- John Flavel, Works, I
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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