II Corinthians 4:1-6 ~ The Philosophy of Ministry

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The ones who are in a process of refusing the persuasion of God are without persuasion.  When God's Spirit comes and ministers the truth to someone's heart, they come into contact with the persuasion of God’s Spirit.  If they start to reject or be passive towards the Spirit of God, the god of this age who is said to be Satan is allowed to come.  He has been given this realm spiritually to influence people’s hearts.  For people who refuse the persuasion of God, Satan is allowed to blind their perceptive processes so that the illumination of the gospel of glory of God should not shine in them.