{"id":8914,"date":"2026-10-12T16:55:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/eyes-wide-open-yet-spiritually-blind\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T16:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:55:36","slug":"eyes-wide-open-yet-spiritually-blind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/eyes-wide-open-yet-spiritually-blind\/","title":{"rendered":"Eyes Wide Open, Yet Spiritually Blind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HfoWCMmsfeE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>How can someone read the scriptures, hear the truth, and still fail to understand? In this teaching, we examine 1 Corinthians 2:14 and the difference between natural understanding and spiritual discernment. Discover why the wisdom of Yahuah appears foolish to the natural man, how spiritual blindness prevents people from receiving the truth, and why true understanding requires the Spirit of Yahuah. Having eyes to see does not mean a person can perceive the things of the Spirit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can someone read the scriptures, hear the truth, and still fail to understand? In this teaching, we<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teotw-ministries"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-35.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}