“THEY ARE FOLLY TO HIM!”

1 Corinthians 2:14                         (ESV)

“The natural person does not accept the things of the SPIRIT of GOD, for “THEY ARE FOLLY TO HIM”, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.”

“This world” does not have the ability to SEE the Spiritual problems they are facing.  They can’t because the problems are not Spiritual, The problems are natural.  Looking for a Natural answer to a Spiritual problem will NEVER work!  Knowing that they can’t SEE problems makes it a little easier to understand their dilemma, but still an incurable situation.  

“THEY ARE FOLLY TO HIM” is not just a catchy phrase.  One definition of the word FOLLY is “a costly and foolish undertaking; unwise investment or expenditure”.  Living in the SPIRIT can bring PEACE, but trying to explain “THEY ARE FOLLY TO HIM” can be a challenging, if not totally frustrating thing.  

But the things of “this world” make just as little sense to we OF THE SPIRIT!  1 Corinthians 3:19 says “For the wisdom of this world is “folly” with GOD. For it is written, "HE catches the wise in their craftiness.”  Once again, the word “folly” is used to illiterate how those who are Believers can’t operate on the same thought patterns as non-believers.  It’s not that we are better than they are, or lives less sinful lives, we just have our sins forgiven by the blood of JESUS!

Jeremiah 17:9 says “The heart (of man) is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it”?  When man was created, GOD said he was “good” (Genesis 3:1).  But we became sinful with the fall of Adam and Eve and we inherited the the traits of sin from our ancestors.  It’s just who we are.  UNLESS we are “born again” (John 3:3). Don’t allow the enemy to deceive you into believing that we are ALL going to be saved from GOD’s Wrath!  JESUS paid a price on Calvary about 2,000 years ago TODAY so that some will be redeemed.  However, for some, “THEY ARE FOLLY TO HIM” will be the saddest thing they have ever heard!!!