BBD 07.20.21 Blindness to the Truth (Classic)

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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

20 July 2021

Blindness to the Truth

Now we
have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God that
we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things
we also speak, not in words which man‘s wisdom teaches but which the Holy
Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the Natural man
does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to
him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. - 1
Corinthians 2:12-14.

If you
ever go to Greece, please do not do any “plane spotting,” and
under no circumstances let anyone see you writing down the airplane numbers.
Eight tourists from the United Kingdom found that out the hard way. After these
English tourists were caught spotting planes, and writing down numbers, they
were arrested. Not only were they arrested, but they also have been sentenced to
three years in prison. Very strange isn’t it, but the authorities in Greece
will not believe that someone could innocently write down airplane numbers. The
Greek officials will not budge from their belief that anyone who writes down
airplane numbers has to be a spy. The officials refuse to see the truth of the
tourists’ innocent activity.

If you
have ever tried to witness to a lost person, you may know what it is like to
talk to someone who refuses to see the truth. To those of us who are
Christians, we easily accept the truth of the Word of God through faith. The
Spirit of God within us reveals this truth. However, those who are not
Christians do not have the Holy Spirit living within them. Because of this,
they will misinterpret the Scriptures, and non-believers will warp the meaning
of the Scriptures if they are involved in a discussion. The natural man, the non-believer, cannot understand
the things of God.

So, if
the non-believer refuses to see the truth, how can they ever come to know God?
God is working in their lives to draw them, the non-believers to Him. Jesus
says, “No one can come to Me unless the Father who
sent Me draws him (John 6:44).” It is
God’s will that all would be able to know, understand, and receive the Truth.
Jesus says, “And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that
everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I
will raise him up at the last day (John 6:40).”

What
should be our response to the refusal of the non-believer to see the truth? Our response should be one of love and understanding of the
spiritual situation. We should pray that God will continue to move, and work in
the person’s life, and if possible, let the non-believer know that we are
praying for them on a daily basis. At the same time, we must live out our faith
before them demonstrating the love of God.

Pray
that God will remove the spiritual blindness of the lost, so that they will
come to know, love, and serve the One True God.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Bill S.; Nannie R.; Shonda
Hutson; and Sharon H.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist
Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

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Classic from 2002

The Burning Bush Devotional

20 July 2021

Blindness to the Truth

Now we
have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God that
we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things
we also speak, not in words which man‘s wisdom teaches but which the Holy
Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the Natural man
does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to
him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. - 1
Corinthians 2:12-14.

If you
ever go to Greece, please do not do any “plane spotting,” and
under no circumstances let anyone see you writing down the airplane numbers.
Eight tourists from the United Kingdom found that out the hard way. After these
English tourists were caught spotting planes, and writing down numbers, they
were arrested. Not only were they arrested, but they also have been sentenced to
three years in prison. Very strange isn’t it, but the authorities in Greece
will not believe that someone could innocently write down airplane numbers. The
Greek officials will not budge from their belief that anyone who writes down
airplane numbers has to be a spy. The officials refuse to see the truth of the
tourists’ innocent activity.

If you
have ever tried to witness to a lost person, you may know what it is like to
talk to someone who refuses to see the truth. To those of us who are
Christians, we easily accept the truth of the Word of God through faith. The
Spirit of God within us reveals this truth. However, those who are not
Christians do not have the Holy Spirit living within them. Because of this,
they will misinterpret the Scriptures, and non-believers will warp the meaning
of the Scriptures if they are involved in a discussion. The natural man, the non-believer, cannot understand
the things of God.

So, if
the non-believer refuses to see the truth, how can they ever come to know God?
God is working in their lives to draw them, the non-believers to Him. Jesus
says, “No one can come to Me unless the Father who
sent Me draws him (John 6:44).” It is
God’s will that all would be able to know, understand, and receive the Truth.
Jesus says, “And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that
everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I
will raise him up at the last day (John 6:40).”

What
should be our response to the refusal of the non-believer to see the truth? Our response should be one of love and understanding of the
spiritual situation. We should pray that God will continue to move, and work in
the person’s life, and if possible, let the non-believer know that we are
praying for them on a daily basis. At the same time, we must live out our faith
before them demonstrating the love of God.

Pray
that God will remove the spiritual blindness of the lost, so that they will
come to know, love, and serve the One True God.

Copyright © 1998 - 2021. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Caleb Freeman’ Pat S.; Buck & Barbara
Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Addison;
JoJo, Bailey and Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Todd
Higgins; Brandy and Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who
has had a stroke; Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana
Bass; Matthew Collins; Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Bill S.; Nannie R.; Shonda
Hutson; and Sharon H.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be
healed and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us
through this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. 03.18.18 I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist
Church in Elk City, Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-join@welovegod.org

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time constraints
the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a blank email
to burningbushhtml-join@welovegod.org and you may unsubscribe by sending a
blank email to burningbushhtml-leave@welovegod.org and then respond to the
confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: burningbushdevo-leave@welovegod.org