This is the state of most believers.
Until you can stop reasoning the things of the spirit with your physical mind And your physical material reality, you will never be able to understand the writing of the scriptures.
You will never be able to to communicate the thing of the bible correctly.
Until you stop using the material things of this world to describe the things of the spirit, you will never leave your physical real to understanding the things of the spirit.
It why jesus will say that a time cometh when the true worshipers will neither worship the father in that mountians nor in Jerusalem. But that the father seek those who will worship him in spirit And in truth. Why most people don’t understand is that they don’t understand that to worship God in Jerusalem and in the mountains is to worship God in the physical realm.
While this is the desire of the father, that all will worship him in the spirit, many are still in their physical realm even when the spirit of God has already come dwelling in them to make their heart God’s temple. They are still busy worshiping God in their Jerusalem and in their mountains.
They believe until they can feel it or until they can see it, it is not yet there.
So they want to be touch with that anointing water, anointing oil or handkerchief before they can believe the power of God is there. Even when a common centurion soldier understood the things of the spirit more than them that are calling themself Gods general.
It is why he will say to jesus that just say the word my servant will be made whole. He understood that the word is the highest realm of faith with God. He understood that a spiritual affairs don’t necessarily need a physical physical touch. So he said just say the word I believe my servant will be made whole.
So even when the bible have told them that their body is the temple of God or that they are sited in heavenly places in Christ jesus, they still don’t seems to understand it because they can’t see or feel it so they believe those are just a mere saying that heaven is a place one needs to go to. Or a futuristic thing that can only occured in the future.
The reason is because they do not understand the things of the spirit. If they understand the things of the spirit, they would have known that spirit is not limited by any barrier.
So they believe heaven must be a place where a spiritual God has his own house with his own chair to sit own while his children will also have their individual houses to live on possibly build with some shining materials that are more precious than gold..
So they find it difficult to believe that they are already in heaven.
What they don’t understand is that heaven is a spiritual atmosphere made of e-materail features that they are wishing you see in heaven.
The problem with most of us is that we are too attach to our physical world and our physical realities.
We always tried to reason the things of the spirit with the things of the flesh.
So they still want to worship God in the realm of Jerusalem and in mountains.
The want to go to heaven where the street is made of gold.
They believe heaven must be a place that is transcend of all the beautiful things of this word. So in their description of heaven, they believe heaven must be a place where the best of the best things of this world that they couldn’t enjoy in this world must be made available for them.
It is why you will see even other religions telling their followers that when you kill for God you will be given seven Virgins in heaven to enjoy with.
They don’t understand why they even need to be in heaven in the first place. And they don’t understand why they will need to drop this body on the last day to put on another body as the bible has said.. but rather are only concerned about what they have come to believe whether correct or not. they are always ready to stand by it.
So they think their will be another physical new Jerusalem where jesus will come back to rule the world from.
They don’t even know what it means to be in heaven.
All this are what you get when you try to reason the things of the spirit with your physical mind.
