How can you understand a book without animated by the spirit of God that spirit? Can not but appreciate the poetic or musical meaning no one beauty of the poetry or understand music truly noble; as impossible is it that a psychic (psychological, natural) man (1 Corinthians 2:14) that God does not mind, his should understand word. He may be familiar with the original languages, history and antiquities of the Bible - all this only applies to their external body. He may be able to appreciate their noble beauty, and of the real human element in it, in contrast to the classical Greek and Roman Literature will be delighted, their so loyal and true portrayal of the varied experience of life may take his soul deep - everything is as it were only her soul, the spirit of Scripture is God's Spirit, the Holy Spirit. Therefore, the psalmist prays, although he was well acquainted with the language and the orders of the Pentateuch: Mr me open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law! (Ps 119:18). And it follows that the "spiritual" person can understand just the basics of writing well, although in in other ways, in terms of understanding of what we can call the corporeal and the spiritual aspect of Scripture, much lacking, and that every effort merely critical (the Exploring outer), linguistic, historical, aesthetic and human understanding of Scripture - as a valuable service it can afford the same understanding of the spiritual - is unable to grasp the true content of the word.
A unstudierter, applies some simple-minded Christ 22 Psalm easily to Christ and his immediate attention may be little relationship to David. He probably means that David saw without any mediating factors, without limitation, simply in the spirit of the sufferings of Christ. Such a view is incomplete, but it is not wrong, she sees the thing but just from the main point of the face. It is the noblest and true opinion, to God's plan and will eventually aim, whereas a purely historical explanation of this Psalm (as aptly may always turn out the psychological analysis), not the suffering and triumphant Christ sees it, is superficial and gives a false picture. No doubt many a unstudierte has, but the spirit learned man given a more correct exegesis, as well-informed, but unenlightened scholars. But we have to attach as a word. There is a danger of the Truth raping ambition and self-conceit in the unlearned as well as for scholars. Someone can be learned without knowledge and yet without spiritual insight, and without humility. The men who the most humble and most are spiritually minded, are most likely to be both diligent and conscientious researcher and serve with gratitude all that can spread through the Scriptures according to their different sides light. And those which the deepest interest in the true welfare of the community have the Lord's desire, first and foremost a truly spiritual, then better do it in second place, a thoroughly informed and intellectual activity preacher shaft.
D. Adolph Saphir
