Pastor John, is it true to say that every man has a thirst in his soul for God he is trying

to fill with sin?

And also to say that every man is spiritually dead.

In other words, is it right to talk about a spiritual longing being filled by sin in

a spiritually dead soul?

How do you think about that?

I have three kinds of responses to this, one, definitions are always crucial.

The question is, is it right to talk about a spiritual, underland word spiritual, longing

in a spiritually dead soul that is in the unregenerate?

If a person means, can a spiritually dead person have a religious longing, and the answer

is yes.

In fact, that's what religions are driven by, desires, and longings that the spiritually

dead people have, very deep desires and willings and choices and passions, but if we stick

to the New Testament, the most relevant New Testament definition, is it right to talk

about a spiritual longing in a spiritually dead soul?

The most relevant definition in this regard is to take the term spiritual longing in the

same way as spiritually dead, and that means spiritual is in live end and prompted and

shaped and guided by the Holy Spirit.

That's what spiritual means, and the key text there is 1 Corinthians 2, 13, and 14,

and the opposite of spiritual is not secular or non-religious.

The opposite is natural or minus God, human being minus God, human being minus spirit.

So the text says, we impart these teachings in words not taught by human wisdom, but

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