“The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God.” Man in his natural state has no power to comprehend Divine things. The things of the Spirit of God can only be understood by the direct teaching of the Spirit of God: for though the whole of the letter of the Scripture be known, yet there may be total ignorance of its meaning. We often observe some simple-hearted believer make extraordinary headway in the spiritual understanding of God’s Word, and we wonder at his wisdom. The secret lies in dependence upon the Spirit of God and rejection of self, as the power of truly knowing the things of the Spirit of God: