Why cannot the world receive Him?

Answer

"Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him."
Verse 17.

13. What did John the Baptist say to the Pharisees and Sadducees when he saw them come to his baptism?
What deliverance was thus made possible?
How intimate is His union with believers?
How will such a mother he regarded?
What is necessary where there is a covenant?
When Paul wished to preach the true God to the idolatrous Athenians, how did he describe Him?
Does God delight to afflict any?

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