1st John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith.
[6] When these two systems are stripped right down to bare bones in real life, one succeeds, where the other stumbles, and this is often manifested in the results which accrue when the systems are severely tested. For this reason the Bible states that the natural man does not generally receive the things of The Spirit of God because to him they are foolishness.
In fact, the scriptures are filled with paradoxes, which are, for the most part foreign, and downright offensive to a mindset that is not disposed to believing. For instance, we live by dying, we receive by giving, we win by losing, we survive by surrendering, we resist by submitting, we become fools, so that we may become wise, and we become poor so that we may become rich.
These philosophies and perspectives found in God’s system do not jive with the natural man, because in contrast, the systems of the worldly wise, generally are antagonistic to Scriptural systems, and therefore the ways and means adopted by those who employ either one of the two systems would mostly be at odds.
1st Corinthians 1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!