"Mind or the Spirit"?

I heard this very well known Pastor on Television quote, or, shall I say misquote this scripture...He said; the
natural (mind) does not recieve the things of the spirit of God...(1 Cor 2:14) actually says; "But the natural (man) recieveth not the things of the spirit of God...In other words, this Pastor fails to draw a distinction between the natural (mind), and the natural (man)...The Lord never said, we had to suppress our minds to experience the spirit of God, because if we put our minds at rest or in neutral, we would become passive(like a sponge soaking up whatever is given)to us...We are to guard our own hearts because our heart can decieve us...God communicates to man through intellect(mind) not our feelings or our spirit only...(Rom 12:2)
says; "we are transformed by the renewing of our mind(through the word) not by experiences, this means it is not subjective but objective...(1Cor 2:16) says; we have the mind of Christ...We are to be alert and sober minded...Just as Christ used His mind, we are to use ours also...We are to love God with all our hearts, mind, soul, and strength...All these go "together', they are unified for our worship, our service, and living...the
mind is our protection and is not to be put aside and belittled as we hear so many teachings today...We are
hearing that you can't understand the things of the spirit with it, but the truth is, that we can't understand spiritual things without it!!  (Hosea 4:6) says; "My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge" this requires thinking not feeling...God communicates with mankind via the intellect and senses, such as; "sight and
hearing" not being exclusive to feelings, because knowledge is recieved through the mind, it does not by pass
it...the bible says, The word became flesh, "Logos" is the word from which we get the term for logic and reasoning...Over and over in scripture, we hear the saying; "the word of the Lord (came) to Ezekiel", Jeremiah and other prophets, rarely does it say; the spirit came!!  God revealed Himself to the prophets by His word, yet the word and the spirit are synonomous, they work together...Saints, don't leave your minds at the door..."Jesus engaged the whole person, especially the mind"...Nowhere did Jesus tell people not to think, the word even tells us to "meditate and ponder"...In fact, Jesus gave long sermons teaching, engaging their minds...The Holy Spirit's illumination is when the mind is in full use...Amen