"But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God"

I've written about this in the past because it is one of the things that just never ceases to amaze me.  I'm talking about those people who think they are so spiritually and morally superior because they don't believe in "just one religion".  Their theory is that they take the best from all religions and meld them together to form their own understanding of God. 

What do you think will be the results of their views?  Maybe this Scripture gives a clue.

1 Corinthians 2:13-14(NKJV)

13These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the £Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 

14But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

Here is what this Scripture says to me.  I think the phrase "natural man" could easily apply to these people.  These are people that have heard the Gospel and have rejected it in favor of their own beliefs about God. 

This Scripture tells us that these people don't receive the things of the Spirit of God.  Why?  Because the things of God are spiritually discerned.  How does God help us discern His truth?  By giving us the Holy Spirit.  And how do we get the Holy Spirit?  By believing in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. 
 

So according to God's plan of how this should work, it is impossible for these people to know the things of God because they don't have the one thing from God that God said is necessary to understand Him.  The Holy Spirit.  Make sense?