Does the Gospel—the good news of Jesus Christ—ever seem unreal? Does Jesus’ death on the cross seem unrelated to daily life? After all, it happened almost 2,000 years ago.
If those questions describe your mental state, try asking God for a spiritual mind. Paul wrote to the Romans, For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (Rom. 8;5,6 NKJV)
A carnal mind does not probe deeply and it refuses to contemplate what it does not understand. It is not interested in God. A spiritual mind, however, asks questions and considers the many paradoxes of life. A spiritual mind is interested in God.
Unless we have a spiritual mind, we will not come to Jesus Christ and we will not accept His sacrifice for Sin. But we cannot create our own spiritual mind. We can only receive it by turning to God. Only He gives spiritual minds that make it possible to accept Jesus’ sacrifice.
Originally published November 8, 1991.
Picture: Peonies viewed from the street, West Fargo, 2009. Photo by Solveig.
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