What is the meaning of a “closed human spirit”? How is a “closed human spirit” opened again once a determination has been made to remain closed indefinitely? What becomes the destiny both transient and eternal of the human spirit that remains closed indefinitely? The answers to these questions must be understood by every human being on this planet if we are to experience salvation both from the personal and global points of view as well as from the ephemeral and ethereal points of view. The first wisdom to receive is that a closed spirit is a non-receptive spirit both as it relates to time and eternity. This non-receptive dimension in the closed human spirit is always induced by “Deathly Manifestations” or what the psychological field refers to as traumatic experiences. The phrase “always induced” is certain because the Eternal Godhead (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) are never the source of these Deathly Manifestations. King Jesus makes this postulation concrete when He states: “And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?- He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err”. Deathly Manifestations are designed by Satanic forces (their true source) to cause fragmentations, schisms, splits, and divisions within the human spirit which appear, from a psychological point of view, as psychosomatic illnesses such as schizophrenia (paranoid, catatonia, hebephrenia, echolalia, etc.) depression, somatoform disorders, etc. and yet, from a theological point of view, they are the markers of satanic influence and in their more extreme expressions satanic possession. The second wisdom to receive concerning a closed human spirit is that it is a spirit which cannot receive offense especially as it relates to the convicting power of the Holy Spirit. The “kerygmatic gospel” is the “Word” of offense that ignites and delivers the convicting power of the Holy Spirit to the human heart. This “Divine” operation is critical to the salvation of the human spirit in that it might open in repentance and remain in this state existentially and eternally. The closed human spirit cannot receive this “Divine” operation necessary for salvation because it arbitrarily makes a determination to remain closed (estrangement) generally induced by the satanic psychosis of being “fearful” and in “unbelief” which is the substratum of all sin. The Apostle John postulates this principle in a laconic manner when he states: “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death”. It is of critical understanding to mark the closed human spirit as being both non receptive and dialectically opposed to the “Word” of offense (kerygmatic gospel) thus keeping the human agent closed (separated) to repentance and the free gift of eternal salvation which is able to deliver from eternal damnation. There is an epoch of opportunity for re-opening granted by the “Eternal Godhead” to every closed human spirit that would arbitrarily answer the summons to reconciliation which removes the adjudicating measure of eternal judgment. This is the true meaning of the doctrine of “sola gratia” which is salvation by grace through faith alone in Christ and the preeminent architectural blueprint for unfeigned spiritual deliverance. One cannot over state the gravity of answering the summons to reconciliation with the “Eternal Godhead” in a prompt manner because arbitrary unbelief, when executed in the extreme, will lead to an adjudicated unbelief thus causing the adherent to be inextricably bound to eternal destruction. This is the true meaning of the principle of the “reprobate mind” which leads to perdition. The Apostle Paul declares: “And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient”. And again: “But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul’. Many human agents in the world today are living by the standard of the closed human spirit unaware of the reality of living in a strong delusion which eternally separates them from the “Eternal Godhead”. Their expectation is that their “Deathly Manifestations” which lead to a closed human spirit will grant them pardon from eternal destruction when the Lord of Glory calls the nations to a final account. This reprobate mindset is the apex of human psychological delusion and wickedness. (Another Oil Point from Theology Nation)
– Bishop Dr. Guy A. Cox