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St. Paul calls "the deep things of God." "The naturalman," St. Paul says [the natural man would be a perfectman; fallen man is imperfect, unnatural], "receiveth notthe things of the Spirit of God,...neither can he knowthem, because they are spiritually discerned." (I Cor. 2:14.)Then he proceeds to say that we have receivedthe Spirit of God through the begetting of the HolySpirit; and that having the new mind, this spirit begetting,we are enabled to understand the deep things of God."The things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit ofGod; and we have received...the Spirit which is ofGod, that we might know the things that are freely givento us of God." Thus to us is it given to know the deepthings of God.--I Cor. 2:11,12.NO NATURAL MAN IS SPIRITUALLY-MINDEDSo, then, the one who has been begotten of the HolySpirit is spiritually-minded. He sees things from the newstandpoint which God specially brings to the attentionof the spirit begotten. As the Apostle John says, "YeR4968 : page 50have an unction from the Holy One, and ye all know it."(I John 2:20.) Whoever receives this begetting of theHoly Spirit, this anointing, has an understanding ofheart and of mind which is different from that which anynatural man would have, a quality that will progress withhim. He has the privilege of growing in grace and inknowledge and in the appreciation of the deep things ofGod; and he should grow.The Apostles Peter and Paul go on to explain (I Peter 2:2,3;Heb. 5:13,14; 6:1,2) that one thus begotten ofthe Spirit of God is at first only a babe, and, as a babe,should desire the sincere milk of the Word--the firstprinciples of the doctrine of Christ; but as he goes on,he should feed upon the strong meat of God's Word.Some of those who have the begetting of the Spirit maybe blessed with the special gift of language, so that theycan make the matter very clear to others; some otherswho have also received the begetting of the Spirit maynot be blessed with this gift. But all certainly wouldhave the desire to tell forth the blessings which they havereceived from the Lord, that others might know andmight glorify God in their bodies and spirits, which areHis.As these spiritually-minded ones would thus endeavorto tell the good tidings, we have no doubt whatever thatthe Lord's blessing upon them would more and morequalify them as ambassadors and representatives, thatthey might tell the Message to others--if not in one form,then in another. We have noted, however, that some whospeak with stammering lips have sometimes accomplishedvery wonderful things, while some with a great deal ofeloquence have failed to obtain the same results. The