Jesus began telling His disciples that what was written by the prophets must be fulfilled. He would be mocked, mistreated and spit on, and flogged and killed but on the third day He would rise again.
The disciples did not understand anything of what He said for it was hidden. In the same way when it comes to reading of the scriptures, it doesn't necessarily mean that because you are a disciple and have decided to wholeheartedly follow Jesus that you will understand what is written. You have to ask God to open your eyes so that you may behold the wonderful things in God's word. Ps 119:18. Paul also prays for the Ephesians christians that God may open the eyes of their hearts so that they may know the hope to which God called them and what a wonderful inheritance God got in them. Eph 1:18.
Seek God to open your eyes whenever you read your words. Don't trust your intelligence. It will misread you. Prov 3:5-7
You can use your intelligence when it concerns other things but when it comes to God's word, you must be like a babe for you to understand. A babe knows nothing and must be taught everything. When you come to Gods word with the humility, and innocence and purity and sincerity of a child, the God will give you revelation on His words, otherwise you will only get bright ideas from God's word.
The difference between revelation and bright ideas is that revelation changes your life practically but bright ideas are for sharing with others. Mathew 11:25-27
As He went on, He met a blind man who when he enquired what was going on, he was told Jesus was passing by and he cried out to Him. Many rebuked him and tried to silence him but he cried out the more asking for mercy. Jesus then called him and asked what he wanted. He asked for his eyes to be opened.
This is a parable of how we are to seek God to get revelation on His word. It's not just mere asking but with a determination and refusing to give up or to be silenced. We have to have an insatiable hunger to get more revelation on God's word on not what you hear from others. People told him it meant Jesus was passing. It's to say God words means this but we have to have a cry that our eyes be opened and our lives be transformed practically. Do you have such a hunger? Are you tired of the bible being like a closed book to you? Do you know it can become to you the most interesting book in the whole world if God opens your eyes? Don't be satisfied without getting the hidden treasures in God's word that can transform your life not just information to share with others.
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@Blessed Mshindi Mambo
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