Those who do not believe in God, who have not received of His Spirit, who are determined to persevere in the thinking of their own minds, who are not open to hear, who harden their hearts against God and His truth and His Son and all that He has done for us, prevent the truth from setting them free.

They are captured in a time warp, in a world of ignorance and foolishness, as Proverbs 12:8 says

"According to his wisdom is a man praised: and the perverted of heart becometh despised"

And what is foolishness to human beings is God's wisdom. Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. The understanding that we need is only given by the Holy Spirit and He will dwell in us as a gift from God if we will hold God's truth in our hearts.

Those who do not believe cannot believe that what God can do is according to His power and no ...