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Paul says, \u201cIf our gospel is veiled, it is veiled\u201d\u2014to whom? To those who behave immorally? No\u2014\u201cto those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel\u201d (2 Corinthians 4:3\u20134). By \u201cunbelievers,\u201d Paul means those who haven\u2019t had the life of God created in them through personal redemption. As redemption creates the life of God in a human soul, it also creates the things belonging to that life, including a sense of needing the Lord. It is God who creates the need of which no human being is conscious until God manifests himself; nothing can satisfy the need but that which created the need. This is the meaning of redemption: it both creates and satisfies.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of people have no sense of needing the gospel because they have morality and self\u2013sufficiency well within their grasp. Jesus said, \u201cAsk and it will be given to you\u201d (Matthew 7:7). This is true, but God can\u2019t give until we ask, and we won\u2019t ask if we don\u2019t feel a need. It isn\u2019t that God withholds; this is simply how he has constituted things on the basis of the redemption. Through our asking, God sets a process in motion by which he creates what doesn\u2019t exist until we ask. The inner reality of redemption is that it creates all the time.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cAnd I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself\u201d<\/i> (John 12:32). We preach our own experiences, and people are interested, but no sense of need is awakened. But when Jesus Christ is lifted up, the Spirit of God will create a conscious need of him. Behind the preaching of the gospel is the creative redemption of God at work in people\u2019s souls. Personal testimony is never what saves: \u201cThe words I have spoken to you\u2014they are full of the Spirit and life\u201d (John 6:63).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0415\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0433\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0435 \u0411\u043e\u0436\u044c\u0435 \u0441\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u043e\u0449\u0443\u0449\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043d\u0435\u043e\u0431\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0432 \u0415\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0433\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0438. \u041f\u0430\u0432\u0435\u043b \u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0442: \"\u0415\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430\u0448\u0435 \u0415\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0433\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0435 \u0437\u0430\u0432\u0443\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e, \u0442\u043e \u043e\u043d\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0432\u0443\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e\" - \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e? \u0414\u043b\u044f \u0442\u0435\u0445, \u043a\u0442\u043e \u0432\u0435\u0434\u0435\u0442 \u0441\u0435\u0431\u044f \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043d\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e? \u041d\u0435\u0442, \"\u0434\u043b\u044f \u0442\u0435\u0445, \u043a\u0442\u043e \u043f\u043e\u0433\u0438\u0431\u0430\u0435\u0442\". ...<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2440,"template":"","collection":[],"class_list":["post-2783","modern-classic","type-modern-classic","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic\/2783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/modern-classic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/modern-classic\/2783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utmost.org\/ru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=2783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}