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"Carnal mindedness, or a hypnotic preoccupation with materiality and the flesh, has effectively concealed the power and presence of God’s unerring law from mankind ever since the original deception, symbolized by Eve’s encounter with the serpent in the Garden of Eden. And, as Paul points out, nothing but spiritual mindedness, or genuine spirituality, can break this hypnotic spell. In his first letter to the Corinthians he wrote, 'We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the Princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.' What is this 'hidden wisdom' which God ordained, but which the Princes of this world have failed to know? It is the genuine spiritual understanding of God’s law, the Comforter, which the Scriptures have made plain for centuries, but which mankind’s general lack of spirituality prevents them from discerning. Clearly, spiritual awakening is humanity’s most pressing need, for without it the Comforter cannot be recognized and understood; and men and women must continue unaware of their inherent exemption from sin, sickness, and death, — an exemption which Jesus both taught and illustrated. The Bible affords many interesting insights into why mankind’s efforts to demonstrate this spiritual exemption have met with so little apparent success."
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