Why cannot the natural man receive the things of the Spirit?

Answer

"But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither
can he know because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Cor. 2: 14.

What indwelling Power keeps such from sinning?
What is the ground of justification on God's part?
What divine purpose was wrought out in the sufferings of Christ?
Why was it necessary to make this atonement?
16. Could the offerings commanded by the ceremonial law satisfy or make perfect the conscience of the believer?
8. After the fall of Western Rome, what power in the East arose to harass and overrun the Roman world, East and West?
What is the result of cultivating these eight graces?

Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle