May 26
MERE HUMAN NATURE
-Matthew 16:16,17 states, … You, replied Simon Peter, are the Christ, the Son of the ever-living God.
Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, said Jesus; for mere human nature has not revealed this to you, but My Father in Heaven
( The New Testament In Modern Speech ) …
-The words spoken here by Jesus are VERY IMPORTANT! They inform us how that we receive understanding from the
Father concerning His Kingdom. They also tell us what will not inform us and give us understanding concerning His Kingdom.
These two opposing forces are:
1. MERE HUMAN NATURE ( FLESH AND BLOOD )
2. REVELATION FROM OUR FATHER
-The words "mere human nature" refer to flesh and blood. This refers to all that is within our corrupt nature
that we inherited from Adam. Our mere human nature cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. It is IMPOSSIBLE to grasp ( perceive
) the Kingdom of God from the standpoint of our human nature. Remember … The natural ( carnal ) man cannot discern the
things of the Spirit, FOR THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED! That means that: intellect, education, Bible college, theology,
and anything else for that matter, CAN NOT cause you to see that Jesus is the Christ! The only thing that can bring about
the understanding that Jesus is the Christ is to have it REVEALED to you by the Father! Did you hear what was just
said? Without revelation from our Father we are doomed to stay in the realm of intellect and the traditions and doctrines
of men!!! As well, we will continue to operate out of the carnal mind. Revelation knowledge from our Father causes us to be
LIBERATED. We are then introduced to spirituality, revelation truth, and the mind of Christ.
-The word "revealed" in this passage means: to uncover, lay open what has been veiled or covered up, disclose,
make bare, to make known, make manifest, and to disclose what was before unknown. We must be honest and admit that the understanding
of Christ and His Kingdom is unknown and covered up to our natural mind. Christ remains a mystery to us UNTIL the Father reveals
Him to us. It is with this attitude that we must approach our Heavenly Father. We are to recognize our mere human nature,
and that we are helpless to understand spiritual things unless the Spirit of God reveals them to us. Colossians 1:26 states,
… Even the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints: …
which is CHRIST IN YOU the hope of glory: …
-MAY THE FATHER GIVE YOU A REVELATION OF THE CHRIST!-