Nothing is Impossible for GOD

1 Corinthians 2:14 New Living Translation (NLT)

¹⁴ But people who aren’t spiritual^[a] can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.

1 Corinthians 2:14 New Life Version (NLV)

¹⁴ But the person who is not a Christian does not understand these words from the Holy Spirit. He thinks they are foolish. He cannot understand them because he does not have the Holy Spirit to help him understand.

          The gift of faith is an awe inspiring phenomenon not easily understood by those who are steadfastly logical. FAITH is not logical, according to dictionary.com it means “belief that is not based on proof”. So it is very difficult for an extremely logical person to accept anything based on faith.

          I see this verse speaking to that difficulty; there are many things that we Christians take on faith alone. With no logical basis for our beliefs it remains difficult BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE for those without faith to accept.

          At first glance, the New Life Version seems exclusionary to me, because it is saying that only Christians can understand. In my opinion, as Christians, we need to be extremely careful about our choice of words, because NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD!! So we must be careful not to alienate others who are seekers.

          Jesus told us not to judge, He even said He was not a judge but only the Father could judge. When we make statements such as, ‘if you’re not a Christian you don’t understand’ it may come across as arrogant and that would definitely not be helpful.

          Jesus wants us to share the Good News but then let the Holy Spirit do the rest. It is not up to us to judge whether someone will understand or not.