BECAUSE IT IS GIVEN UNTO YOU TO KNOW THE MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BUT TO THEM IT IS NOT GIVEN
(MATTHEW 13:11)
BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
08033068549
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MATTHEW 13:11
RELATED CHAPTERS
v MATTHEW 11:25-26
v MATTHEW 16:17
v MARK 4:11
v LUKE 8:10
v JOHN 7:17
v ROMANS 16:25
v 1 CORINTHIANS 2:7-
10
v 1 CORINTHIANS 2:14
v 1 CORINTHIANS 4:1
v 1 CORINTHIANS
15:51
v EPHESIANS 1:9-12
v EPHESIAN 3:3-9
v EPHESIANS 6:19
v COLOSSIAN 1:26-27
v 1 TIMOTHY 3:9
v 1 TIMOTHY 3:16
v JAMES 1:5
v 1 JOHN 2:27
v ISAIAH 29:10
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11)Because it is given unto
you to know the mysteries
of the kingdom of heaven,
but to them it is not given
12)For whosoever hath, to
him shall be given, and he
shall have more abundance;
but whosoever hath not,
from him shall be taken
away even that he hath
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BECAUSE IT IS GIVEN UNTO
The word mystery in the
bible, means a thing
“concealed or that has been
concealed, the secrets
about the establishment
and development of GOD’S
realm, which cannot be
discovered by human
reason, but which are made
known to the initiated , it is
simply the doctrine about
the preaching of the Gospel
and the establishment of
the new kingdom of the
Messiah, which is the
regenerating and sanctifying
grace of the Spirit; and their
right to it, which lies in the
justifying righteousness of
JESUS CHRIST which had not
been understood, and
which were as yet
concealed from the great
number of Jews and
unbelievers, of this nature
was the truth that the
Gospel was to be preached
to the Gentile, that the
Messiah was to die.
JESUS said GOD gives
believers the understanding
of Spiritual things, the
secret of the kingdom of
heaven is only given to the
disciple and believers, the
secret of the kingdom is not
given to unbelievers, it is
given to know these truths
as they were to carry the
Gospel around the globe, to
the unbelievers and the
great number of Jews, it
was not given, they were
too overweight, too worldly,
they were not prepared to
receive the kingdom .
GOD will reveal things to a
person who really believes
in HIM and draws near HIM,
things that cannot be
revealed to a person who
ignores, neglects, and is
careless about GOD,
therefore JESUS said the
secrete of the kingdom of
heaven is given to the
believer to you(believers)
but not to them
(unbelievers) GOD does not
reward unbelief; he reward
belief and trust, the secret
of heaven have to be
revealed by GOD, man
cannot know them by
human reason; they have to
be given, that is revealed by
GOD and is given to
believers only.
WHOSOEVER HATH
It means that a man who
improves what light, grace,
and opportunities he has,
shall have them increased
the person who seeks and
seeks to achieve will receive
more and more, faithful,
diligent, consistent,
enduring, hard-working,
steadfast, striving
determined, he shall have
more grace, a more full and
clear and distinct
knowledge of CHRIST and
things concerning the
kingdom
BUT WHOSOEVER HATH
NOT:
When people reject JESUS
CHRIST, who hath the truth
of grace, nor spiritual
knowledge of CHRIST nor
any experience of the
doctrines of the Gospel
their hardness of heart
drives away or renders
useless even the little
understanding they had,
they are: Lazy, idle, sluggish,
slothful, shiftless,
complacent, misguided,
time waster, closed-eyes,
closed -ear, self-centered,
worldliness the gifts of the
Spirit, the means of grace,
the Gospel of the kingdom
of GOD will be taken from
them
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MATTHEW 13:13
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13)Therefore speak I to
them in parables; because
they seeing see no; and
hearing they hear not,
neither do they understand
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BECAUSE THEY SEEING
NOT
Therefore speak I to them
in parables, because it was
the will and pleasure of the
FATHER to give the
knowledge of Divine
mysteries to the believer,
CHRIST says that he speak in
parables because seeing
they do not see, which
means they are dull of the
Spiritual things, and those
who believe understood
while those who had
rejected JESUS found that
his parables intensified their
unbelief, they don’t really
see, listen or understand,
they lack the faith that
perceived the truth and act
upon it.
They can see, but refuse to
see, they can hear, but they
refuse to hear; they are
capable of understanding,
but they refuse to accept
the truth, desiring to hold
on to their old religions
tradition and reject to walk
in the new light , the
unbeliever’s rejection is
intentional, always
deliberate, he sees and
hears, yet he refuse to really
open his eyes and ears, he
refuse to understand
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MATTHEW 13: 14-15
RELATED CHAPTERS
ROMANS 1:24-32
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14)And in them is fulfilled
the prophecy of Isaiah,
which saith, by hearing ye
shall not understand; and
seeing ye shall see, and shall
not perceive
15)For this people’s heart is
waxed gross, and their ears
are dull of hearing, and their
eyes they have closed; lest
at any time they should see
with their eyes, and
understand with their heart,
and should be converted
and I should heal them
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AND IN THEM IS FULFILLED
It was quoted from
ISAIAH 6:9-10 it was
literally fulfilled in the time
of ISAIAH , in the time of
CHRIST the people had the
same character, like them,
they closed their eyes upon
the truth, and rejected the
Divine teaching, the words
of Isaiah were therefore as
well fixed to express the
character of the people in
the time of CHRIST as in
that of the prophets, they
were “fulfilled” the meaning
in both places is, that
people were so gross,
sensual, and biased, they
will not see the truth, or
understanding any thing
WAXED GROSS:
Has become fat, being fat
indicates sensuality and
senselessness , to eat and
eat, adding weight upon
weight, is living after the
flesh and makes no sense at
all ,one who is stupid and
foolish in mind, people who
are so carnal and corrupt
that they did not
understand the pure
spiritual principles of the
Gospel, the reason given
here why they did not hear
and understand the Gospel
in their heart ,the
unbeliever is here described
as one with hardened their
heart, they deafened their
ears, they close their eyes
they refuse to
understanding, they fight
conversion and healing
LEST AT ANY TIME THEY
SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR
EYES
Lest they should see their
lost condition as sinners, by
hearing ye shall hear; and
shall understand with their
heart : which may be
understood either GOD’S
intention, and view, in
giving them of blindness
and hardness of heart,
under such miracles they
turn from their evil ways
have repentance unto life,
and remission of sin, and
turn and live, and should
pardon, sanctify and save
them from sin and recovery
of the soul from sin as
healing by JESUS CHRIST
brought, If he listens and
received , he is has to
change his life, giving GOD
all he is and has,.
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MATTHEW 13:16
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16)But blessed are your
eyes for they see; and your
ears, for they hear
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BUT BLESSED ARE YOUR
EYE FOR THEY SEE
For the believers that sees
spiritual truths, by hearing,
and understand, by seeing
and hearing things by virtue
of the grace given to them
for their faithfulness , which
includes the greatest
possession: Love, Joy,
Peace, Confidence,
assurance, and eternal
security, the blessing of
GOD comes from seeing and
hearing, that is, from
conversion and spiritual
healing.
Worldly cares are great
hindrance to our profiting
by the word of GOD, the
deceitfulness of riches does
the damage, because
persons put their trust, in
then they choke the word of
GOD, true believer are
distinguished from
hypocrites by hearing GOD’S
word and
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MATTHEW 13:17
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17)For verily I say unto you
that many prophets and
righteous men have desired
to those things which ye
see, and have not seen
them; and to hear those
things which ye hear, and
have not heard them
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FOR MANY PROPHETS AND
RIGHTEOUS MEN DESIRE
TO SEE THOSE THINGS
I assured you and most
sincerely say to you, many
prophets and righteous men
who were honorable and in
right standing with GOD
,longed to see what you see,
and did not see it, and to
hear what you hear; and did
not hear it, those who were
specially favored with
insight into GOD’S methods
and those who approached
most closely to the standard
of righteousness.
They looked to it as a time
when the hope of the world
would be fulfilled, and when
the righteous would be
happy so ISAIAH and the
prophets looked forward to
the coming of the Messiah
as their wishes and the end
of the prophecies, the
desire , of all righteous
people is to witness the
coming and advancement
of the kingdom of CHRIST,
such as
ABRAHAM -JOHN 8:58
JACOB- GENESIS 49:18
DAVID -PSALM 14:7
ISAIAH 25:9 with many
others, these indeed had
the sight of CHRIST, but very
distance one; they saw him
afar off in promises and
prophecies of him.
Not only were the disciples
and believers blessed above
the blinded Jews and
unbelievers , but favored
above the most honored
and the best that lived
under the old economy,
who had but glimpses of the
things of the new kingdom,
the miracles, and the power
of the doctrines, and
spiritual and saving grace of
life eternity.
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MATTHEW 11:25-27
RELATED CHAPTERS
v JOHN 10:38
v JOHN 12:49
v JOHN 14:6
v JOHN 14:9-10
v ACTS 4:12
v 2 CORINTHIANS 3:14
v 2 CORINTHIANS 4:4
v EPHESIAN 4:18
v COLOSSIANS 1:16-19
v 1 TIMOTHY 2:5
v HEBREWS 1:1-3
v HEBREWS 7:25
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25)At that time JESUS
answered and said I thank
thee O FATHER LORD of
heaven and earth, because
thou hast hid these things
from the wise and prudent,
and hast revealed them
unto babes
26) Even so FATHER, for so
it seemed good in thy sight
27)All things are delivered
unto me of my FATHER; and
no man Knoweth the SON,
but the FATHER neither
knoweth any man the
FATHER save the son, and
he to whomsoever the son
will reveal him
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THE SECRET OF THE
KINGDOM REVEALED UNTO
BABES
I thank thee, O FATHER,
LORD of heaven and earth,
this is an address to GOD,
by way of thanksgiving :
glorifying and praising ,
confessing and
acknowledging his wisdom,
power, grace and goodness
because, the secrets of the
kingdom are not revealed to
those who are wise and
prudent, those who thought
themselves wise, wise
according to the world’s
estimation of wisdom , they
reject the Gospel , but it
was the pleasure of GOD to
reveal to unintelligible ,
poor and more humble
people
BUT REVEALED THEM
UNTO BABES
To the poor, the ignorant,
teachable, the humble,
those who have the
meekness of infants and
child-like eagerness as
being ready to believe and
simple-minded, helpless,
defenseless, impotent of
themselves to do or say
anything that is spiritual
good, now to such GOD
reveals the covenant of HIS
grace, CHRIST, and all the
blessing of grace in HIM, the
mysteries of the Gospel and
the unseen glories of
another world, the veil of
darkness and ignorance is
removed from them;
spiritual sight is given them;
their affection are set on
them.
The people were blind to
GOD’S truth and to HIS will
and purpose, GOD has
purpose to save the world
through HIS SON JESUS
CHRIST, he also propose
that the wise, the wise in
their own eyes the
intellectuals, pride and the
self-sufficient, shall not see
the truth , but babe will
have the truth revealed to
them
GOD is said to have hid
them, because he had not
revealed to them, nor can it
be understood of mere
external revelation by the
preaching of the Gospel, but
of an internal revelation by
his Spirit, so as they
embraced and believed
them.
The Spiritual truth is hidden
in GOD, he locks the
spiritual truth up in
Himself, the only access to
the truth is to come to him,
the only key to Spiritual
truth is faith and trust in
GOD that wheresoever GOD
by His Spirit reveals the
mysteries to the person to
who have received them,
making a better use and
improvement of such a
revelation to the good will
and pleasure of GOD only.
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MATTHEW 16:16-17
RELATED CHAPTERS
v MATTHEW 10:32-33
v MARK 8:38
v LUKE 12:8
v ROMANS 10:9-10
v JOHN 1:13
v JOHN 3:6
v JOHN 1:41
v JOHN 1:45
v JOHN 1:49
v JOHN 4:26-29
v JOHN 6:69
v JOHN 11:27
v JOHN 20:28
v ACTS 8:36-37
v EPHESIANS 2:8-9
v TITUS 3:5
v 1 PETER 1:23
v 1 JOHN 5:1
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16)And Simon Peter
answered and said, thou art
the CHRIST, the SON of the
living GOD
17) And JESUS answered
and said, unto him, blessed
art thou, Simon Bar-jorna:
for flesh and blood hath not
revealed it unto thee, but
my FATHER which is in
heaven
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AND SIMON PETER
ANSWERED THOU ARE THE
CHRIST
Simon Peter replied, not of
his own accord, you are the
CHRIST, the Messiah, the
Anointed, the SON of the
Living GOD, Peter
acknowledgment of JESUS
CHRIST as the Messiah
shows that his eyes had
been opened by faith and
full believe in CHRIST and
ready to make confession of
him, that there is a GOD
and that there is but one
GOD he is the living GOD.
The true confession
declares one’s personal
trust in CHRIST, which is yet
momentous confession
arising from a personal
conviction, it is the
confession that comes from
the heart that believe in
CHRIST JESUS believe in His
deity and trusting of His
saving grace, that saves the
soul and lays the
foundation of eternal life , it
is simple trust in GOD it is
directed to every man,
every man has to answer
FLESH AND BLOOD HATH
NOT REVEALED IT UNTO
YOU
JESUS answered, Blessed or
happy , honored ,
evidencing a proper Spirit
and entitled to the approval
of GOD ,says that man had
not revealed it, men are by
nature children of wrath ,
being conceived in sin, and
shapened in iniquity ,being
brought thus firmly to
believe and confess this
most important truth,, on
believing and confessing
which the present and
everlasting salvation of
mankind depends, for
human nature, human
capacity and agency,
Only GOD can convict the
soul of a man and lead a
man to personally trust
CHRIST as the SON of GOD
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MARK 8:17-18
RELATED CHAPTERS
v ACTS 28:27
v ROMANS 12:2
v 2 CORINTHIANS 6:17-18
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17)And when JESUS knew
it, he saith unto them, why
reason ye, because ye have
no bread? Perceive ye not
yet neither understand?
Have ye your heart yet
hardened?
18)Having eyes, see ye not?
and having ears, hear ye
not? And do ye not
remember
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JESUS KNEW IT, HE SAITH
UNTO THEM WHY REASON
YE
Literally and far more
correctly; and JESUS
perceiving it he saith unto
them, why reason you,
because ye have no bread?
JESUS perceived the
direction in which their
thoughts were moving, by
the power of his divinity,
why reason you because
you have no bread, as
though referring to natural
things and speaking
concerning bread for the
body, and wishing you to be
anxious about that: as
though I could not provide
that for you
BECAUSE YOU DID NOT
SEES OR UNDERSTAND
The reason the Bible is not
understood:
v Doubt and unbelief
v Lack of perception,
implying dullness
v Ignorance, indicating
lack of interest
v Hardness of heart,
indicating stubbornness
and rebellion
v Dull eyes signifying
willful blindness of the
truth
v Dull ears, indicating
willful rejection of the
truth
v Dull memory, indicating
willful forgetfulness
People do not have to
reason, doubt, question,
harden themselves, be dull
of seeing and hearing, or
forgetful, there is no excuse
for any believer to be in this
class because they had
seen a crowd of people
hungering for the LORD’S
word, hungering so much
that they had gone without
food for three days, they
have seen the LORD
multiplied thousand fed,
healed and delivered from
every kind of destruction
and curse, they should have
faith enough in CHRIST to
meet any of their needs,
The danger in dealing with
false teacher, religionist and
world leaders is Spiritual
blindness and hardness of
the heart, being concerned
with material and earthly
things(bread), JESUS rebuke
such preoccupation with
earthly matters, he called it
distrust , the LORD followers
are to be concerned
primarily with spiritual
matters not earthly affairs,
guiding one’s mind and soul
against false doctrine of
fake teachers and preacher,
yet, they have eyes but fail
to see, what had really
happened , yet they have
ears but fail to hear , what
had really happened and did
not remember
believers constant concern
not to worry and care of
earthly things,
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JOHN 9:39-41
RELATED CHAPTER
v MATTHEW 6:23
v MATTHEW 11:22
v JOHN 1:5
v JOHN 3:19
v JOHN 8:12
v JOHN 12:46
v ROMAN 2:11-12
v EPHESIAN 5:14
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39)JESUS said, for judgment
I am come into this world
that they which see not
might see and that they
which see might be made
blind
40)And some of the
Pharisees which were with
him heard these words and
said unto him, are we also
blind
41)JESUS said unto them, If
ye were blind, ye should
have no sin but now ye say,
we see; therefore your sin
remaineth
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THAT THEY WHICH SEE NOT
MIGHT SEE
Then JESUS said, I came
into this world for
judgment, and for mercy,
that the ignorant , who are
willing and desirous to be
instructed, might have
Divine knowledge and true
wisdom imparted to them
the humble, teachable,
upright, though they were
as much in the dark with
respect to religion and
knowledge of Divine things,
as the blind man should be
greatly enlightened by His
coming, be enlightened
with the saving knowledge
of the truth, and that they
which see who are
stubborn self- confident
that they see, who are
proud and trust in, their
supposed knowledge and
wisdom ,,might be blind ,
might be confirmed in their
ignorance and foolishness
CHRIST came into the world
The judgment is to inflict
judicial blindness on some,
whilst in a way of mercy he
illuminated others, those in
darkness of sin, ignorance,
and unbelief, and who are
sensible of the same desire
of spiritual illumination as
the blind man did, that they
might see, fulness of grace,
righteousness and salvation,
there is in him for them, to
give sight to those who
were spiritually blind,
Also, that those who see
might be made blind; that
those who have a high
conceit of their own
wisdom, who fancy
themselves to have great
light and knowledge, to
have key of knowledge such
as the Scribe and Pharisees
and religionist might be
sealed up in ignorance, and
be given spiritual blindness
and hardness of heart, so as
to shut their eyes, and
harden their heart against
the Gospel, and the truth of
it
JESUS stated that His
mission upon earth was to
bring Judgment, He judges
the man who knows he is
spiritually blind and want to
see, he takes the man who
is Spiritually blind and give
him sight, if the man really
desire to see
JESUS judged the man who
claim to have Spiritual sight
apart from Him, the man
who says he sees Spiritually
and claims to know GOD
apart from CHRIST is judged
to be blind, the false
teacher and religionist
were, therefore, guilty and
were judge blind and were
to be condemned
JOHN 14:6-9
IF YE WERE BLIND
If you were conscious of
your spiritual darkness,
your sin, so much guilt upon
your soul sand you desired
and struggled to reach the
light, ye would not have sin ,
your sin would not be so
aggravated;; it will not be
imputed to you; it will be
pardoned and taken away
from you
BUT NOW YE SAY WE SEE:
They thought themselves to
be wise and knowing and
stood in no need of and
illumination from JESUS, but
were hardened, stubborn
they reject JESUS willfully
opposed and shut their eyes
against all the light and
evidence of truth
THEREFORE YOUR SIN
REMAINETH:
Therefore your sin remains,
untaken away, yea
immoveable, or
unpardonable; the guilty of
it abode upon them,
willfully against light and
knowledge in rejecting
JESUS, as the Messiah, they
sin against the Holy Ghost,
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JOHN 12:37-40
RELATED CHAPTERS
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v LUKE 22:67
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v JOHN 10:37-38
v JOHN 14:11
v JOHN 15:24
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v 2 PETER 3:3-4, 8,9
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37)But though he had done
so many miracles before
them, yet they believed not
on him
38)That the saying of Isaiah
the prophet might be
fulfilled, which he spake,
LORD, who hath believed
our report? And to whom
hath the arm of the LORD
been revealed?
40)He hat blinded their
eyes, and hardened their
heart; that they should not
see with their eyes, nor
understand with their heart,
and be converted, and I
should heal them
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BUT THOUGH HE HAD
DONE
They believe not on him:
the miracles done by CHRIST
before their eyes, which
they could not deny nor
disprove yet they believe
not in Him, and so great,
were aggravations of their
unbelief; and such is the
nature of their sin, unbelief
reject miracles, all these
miraculous signs JESUS was
deeply touched by the
suffering of man, He
reached out in a moving and
loving compassion, He
helped and ministered to
every one he could reach,
CHRIST performed so many
works and miracles, that is
Miracles after miracles,
compassion after
compassion, help after help,
sign after sign, healing after
healing they are miraculous
signs from the heart of GOD
yet they believe HIM not.
THE SAYING OF ISAIAH
MIGHT BE FULFILLED
Unbelief rejects GOD’S
revelation, this fact is a
fulfillment of prophesy
(ISAIAH 53:1) Isaiah had
proclaimed the report of
the message of GOD, yet
the people did not believe
him, they rejected and
acted contradictorily that
,same effect which
occurred in the time of
Isaiah, the unbelievers by
their rejection of CHRIST the
same thing had occurred
which took place in the time
of Isaiah, his message was
despised by the nation, and
it was also true, by the same
causes, by the same nation
that the same gospel
message was rejected by
the Jews in the time of
CHRIST, their unbelief cut
deep and broke the heart of
Isaiah, filled with
compassion and hurt for the
people, Isaiah cried out to
GOD, the cry was the
beginning of the greatest
prophecy ever made about
JESUS, the message was
from GOD HIMSELF, HIS
message and revelation of
the world
WHO HATH BELIEVED OUR
REPORT
The message was both the
words and deeds of JESUS
Our message which the
prophets have delivered,
the prediction they made of
the suffering and rejected
CHRIST all that JESUS did
through preaching and
teaching the revealed truth,
the revelation of GOD to the
world, GOD gave man, more
than just words, more than
just ink and paper, more
than just the sound of a
voice, GOD gave a Man a
life to live out the words, he
gave man a person, Not
only to speak the truth but
live the truth, not only to
speak the works, but to do
the works, not only to
preach GOD’S will but to do
GOD’S will, not only to
teach men, but to show
men how to live.
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HE HAD BLINDED THEIR
EYES AND HARDENED
THEIR HEART
The person was GOD’S own
Son, JESUS CHRIST yet
despite the fact that GOD
sent HIS SON into the world
to proclaim HIS message or
HIS revelation, men still do
not believe, they reject
JESUS, denying the
message, their unbelief
reject the arm of the LORD,
which is a fulfilment of the
same prophesy of Isaiah
(ISAIAH 53:1) the arm of the
LORD means the strength of
GOD, HIS power to save and
to deliver and give life, the
arms that saves and gives
life is JESUS CHRIST, Who
knows it? Who has
experienced it, to whom has
it been revealed? Who has
humbled himself so that
GOD could reveal it? Who
has diligently sought
enough so that GOD could
be reveal it?
Unbelief reject the arm and
salvation of the LORD, it
result in some serious
consequence, the
consequences and result of
unbelief are clearly spelled
out, and they are terrible ,
GOD hardens the heart of
the unbeliever, GOD blinds
the eyes of the unbelievers,
GOD condemns the
unbeliever to be lost, GOD
condemned the unbeliever
to be unhealed and GOD
never reveals HIS glory to
the unbeliever, a man is lost
because only he chooses to
have nothing with GOD and
be lost
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ACTS 28:26-28
RELATED CHAPTERS
v JOHN 3:19
v HOSEA 4:17
v PROVERBS 29:1
v PSALM 52:3
v PSALM 81:11-12
v GENESIS 6:3
v ROMANS 1:24-28
v 2 THESSALONIAN 2:12
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26)Saying, go unto this
people, and say, hearing ye
shall hear, and shall not
understand, and seeing ye
shall see, and not perceive
27)For the heart of this
people is waxed gross, and
their ears are dull of
hearing, and their eyes have
they closed; lest they should
see with their eyes, and
hear with ears, and
understand with their heart,
and should be converted
and I should heal them
28)Be it known therefore
unto you, that the salvation
of GOD is sent unto the
Gentiles, and that they will
hear it
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HEARING YOU SHALL HEAR
AND NOT UNDERSTAND
Go to the people and say
you will keep on hearing,
but will not understand, you
will keep on seeing, but will
not perceive, as their did
hear the many prophecies
concerning the miseries and
calamities which for their
sins were to come upon
them, as also concerning
the Messiah incarnation,
and birth of virgin, the work
he was to do, the sufferings
he should undergo, and the
glory of the, which was to
come, but did not believe
Hearing they shall hear:
with bodily ears, the Gospel
preached by the Messiah
and disciples and shall not
understand, spiritually and
experimentally, what they
heard: to have the
opportunity of hearing the
Gospel is a great blessing:
seeing it is good news, glad,
tidings of good things, a
joyful sound, and the voice
of CHRIST himself.
The unbeliever’s rejection
of CHRIST and the glorious
Gospel is willful, always
deliberate, he sees and
hear, yet he refuses to really
open his eyes and ears, he
refuse to understand
FOR THE HEART OF THIS
PEOPLE IS WAXED GROSS
For the ears of this people
is waxed gross or fat,
confused with carnal and
temporally things, the
people ears grow
overweight , being fat,
indicates sensuality and
senselessness, to eat and
eat, adding weight upon
weight is living after the
flesh and make no sense at
all
JESUS CHRIST says, the
unbeliever has become so
sensual and senseless that
he rebel and refuse to
understand the mysteries of
GOD , his hardened against
Divine and Spiritual things
and their heart are dull of
hearing: the Gospel, and its
joyful sound; and their eyes
have they closed: and
willfully shut, against all
evidence from facts,
miracles, prophecies and
preaching, lest they should
see with their eyes, and
hear with ears and
understand with their
heart, and should be
converted; that is, see the
evidence of miracles, take
the truth of the doctrine,
understand the meaning of
prophecy, so turn from
darkness, ignorance, and
unbelief, to light knowledge
and faith, and I shall heal
them: or have mercy on
them forgive their sins,
THE SALVATION OF GOD IS
SENT TO THE GENTILES
The knowledge of GOD’S
mode of saving people, the
covenant of grace is sent
unto the Gentiles- Since the
religionist /Jews have
rejected it, which is the
publication and declaration
of salvation, be offered to
the believing nations of the
Gentiles and they will hear
it, they will embrace it
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ROMANS 11:8
RELATED CHAPTERS
v ROMANS 1:24-28
v ROMANS 2:5-6
v ROMANS 8:5-8
v GALATIANS 6:7-8
v PSALM 81:11-12
v PROVERBS 29:1
v HOSEA 4:17
v 1 JOHN 2:15-16
v 2 CORINTHIANS 4:3-4
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8)According as it is written,
GOD hath given them the
spirit of slumber, eyes that
they should not , see, and
ears that they should not
hear; unto this day
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GOD HATH GIVEN THEM
THE SPIRIT OF SLUMBER:
GOD hath given them the
Spirit of slumber: or
stupidity and insensibility,
so that they were as a
person in a deep sleep; their
senses locked up, without
any knowledge of, or
concern about, the danger
they were in; having no
sense of sin, but careless
and secure, as persons fast
asleep in the midst of the
sea, or of the need of a
savior or of their being upon
eternal ruin and damnation
That is they are blinded in
accordance with what is
written, for the LORD hath
poured out upon them the
spirit of deep or dead sleep,
and hath closed their eyes:
that they should not see,
though they had all the
proper abilities for
understanding and receiving
the gospel, yet they rejected
it, they were stupid and
insensible to its claims and
its truths.
The unbeliever’s rejection
is always deliberate, he see
and hears, yet he refuses to
really open his ears and
eyes,, he refuse to
understand, because his
heart has become
hardened, being fat
indicates sensuality and
senselessness living after
the sinful nature, which is
due to worldliness and the
lust of things of the world 22
and his being deceived by
the evil one Satan
Unto this day: at the
present time in which the
apostle lived; and has
continued ever since, a
person’s rejection leads to
judicial blindness and to
being rejected by GOD
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1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-21
RELATED CHAPTERS
v JOHN 14:15-17
v JOHN 14:23
v ACTS 1:8
v ROMANS 8:21-23
v 1 CORINTHIANS
15:42-44
v 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
v EPHESIAN 2:8-9
v GALATIANS 5:22-23
v 2 TIMOTHY 1:7-8
v 1 PETER 1:52 PETER
3:10-13
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18)For the preaching of the
cross is to them that perish
foolishness; but unto us
which are save it is the
power of GOD
19) For it is written, I will
destroy the wisdom of the
wise, and will bring to
nothing the understanding
of the prudent
20)Where is the wise?
Where is the scribe? Where
is the disputer of this world?
hath not GOD made foolish
the wisdom of this world
21)For after that in the
wisdom of GOD the world
by wisdom knew not GOD, it
pleased GOD by foolishness
of preaching to save them
that believe
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The preaching or message
of the cross , is foolishness
to those who are perishing,
to those which is the
doctrine of the crucifixion
of the SON of GOD, is to
remove the sin of mankind,
and obtain salvation for
such who believe in JESUS
CHRIST , who died as an
atoning Sacrifice for sins of
mankind and that; it was
this which gave its specialty
to the suffering on the
cross, not only involves
wisdom and truth, but the
active power of GOD
coming down to save, heal,
drive out demons and
redeem from sin’s power,
that the man of the world
who do not come to GOD
through the cross of JESUS
CHRIST are in a state of
perishing, men are placed
into two categories here
perishing or being saved
Perishing more and more
being gripped by the flesh
and being conditioned to
accept a perishing , dying
world; aging, deteriorating,
decaying, without life,
purpose, meaning,
significance, without peace,
without assurance, without
confidence, without security
in GOD’S keeping perishing
is to be in a lost state in the
world to come, which
means having to die, facing
judgment, being
condemned, suffering
separation from GOD and
from all loved once, and
experiencing all that is Hell
To them that are perishing
by stubbornly rejecting the
only name whereby they
can be saved is foolishness,
Being saved is more and
more being freed to walk
righteously and GODLY in
this present world, the man
who is saved is being
conditioned to break loose
from perishing, dying world
and to look for the glorious
appearing of the new world,
it means being saved or
delivered from sin, death,
and Hell; and being given
the assurance that one will
never be separated from
GOD either in this life or the
world , to guide and teach
him and deliver him through
all the trials and problems
of life, to fill him with a
heart of love, joy and peace
all the fruit and resources
necessary to live life to the
fullest, to conform him
more and more to the
image of CHRIST, to stir and
equip him to live and
witness for CHRIST day by
day, hour by hour, minute
by minute, and moment by
moment to come who are
being saved it is the power
of GOD, the great
instrument whereby His
power regenerates,
sanctifies, and finally saves
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us, the doctrine of the cross
is foolishness to those who
are perishing, the doctrine is
the power of GOD to those
who are in the way of
salvation through faith in
JESUS CHRIST
FOR IT IS WRITTEN
The passage referred to is
in ISAIAH 29:14 where it
reads, the wisdom of their
wise men shall perish, and
the understanding of their
prudent men shall be hid,
this is a further explanation
of why the word of the
Gospel is not the word
merely human wisdom
is the Power of GOD , and
not wisdom of wise men
and the prudent and their
understanding shall be hid
and that the wisdom of the
wise, and prudent who
professed wisdom of
philosophers will be
brought to nothing, will
show it that is of no value ,
THE WISDOM OF THE
WORLD
The wisdom of the world
exclude GOD almighty,
focus on human self
sufficiency, make humanity
the highest authority and
refuses to recognize the
revelation of GOD in JESUS
CHRIST, this wisdom GOD
call it foolishness, for
through it humans have
failed to find the truth or
come to know their creator,
the Gospel and the message
of the cross must never be
accommodated to
philosophy, science or any 25
other so called human
wisdom
Man seek to conquer evil
though science, technology,
and religion of human
effort, man tries to use
everything at his disposal to
conquer nature, disease,
suffering, corruption, and
death, man wants a life that
is full and free; but he wants
it on his own terms, that is
he, want all these things in
such a way that allows him
to continue, to do his own
thing, to live as he wishes,
to lust after the flesh, to
gain position and power, to
gain recognition and fame,
to be comfortable and to
hoard and bank, even if
large number of people are
devastated and dying from
hunger, disease, and are to
be lost
The cross destroys the
wisdom of man in this; it
shows that to solve the
problems of the world is
through the cross not
science, not technology ,
not education, and not
religion, all problems of the
world could be solved
physical, material, and
spiritual if men would come
to the cross, which is the
perfect demonstration of
love and sacrifice, no man
effort has ever solved the
world’s problem of sin and
evil, disease and suffering,
selfishness and greed, death
and judgment, no man has
penetrated the spiritual
world to find out what GOD
is like, only
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us, the doctrine of the cross
is foolishness to those who
are perishing, the doctrine is
the power of GOD to those
who are in the way of
salvation through faith in
JESUS CHRIST
FOR IT IS WRITTEN
The passage referred to is
in ISAIAH 29:14 where it
reads, the wisdom of their
wise men shall perish, and
the understanding of their
prudent men shall be hid,
this is a further explanation
of why the word of the
Gospel is not the word
merely human wisdom
is the Power of GOD , and
not wisdom of wise men
and the prudent and their
understanding shall be hid
and that the wisdom of the
wise, and prudent who
professed wisdom of
philosophers will be
brought to nothing, will
show it that is of no value ,
THE WISDOM OF THE
WORLD
The wisdom of the world
exclude GOD almighty,
focus on human self
sufficiency, make humanity
the highest authority and
refuses to recognize the
revelation of GOD in JESUS
CHRIST, this wisdom GOD
call it foolishness, for
through it humans have
failed to find the truth or
come to know their creator,
the Gospel and the message
of the cross must never be
accommodated to
philosophy, science or any
other so called human
wisdom
Man seek to conquer evil
though science, technology,
and religion of human
effort, man tries to use
everything at his disposal to
conquer nature, disease,
suffering, corruption, and
death, man wants a life that
is full and free; but he wants
it on his own terms, that is
he, want all these things in
such a way that allows him
to continue, to do his own
thing, to live as he wishes,
to lust after the flesh, to
gain position and power, to
gain recognition and fame,
to be comfortable and to
hoard and bank, even if
large number of people are
devastated and dying from
hunger, disease, and are to
be lost
The cross destroys the
wisdom of man in this; it
shows that to solve the
problems of the world is
through the cross not
science, not technology ,
not education, and not
religion, all problems of the
world could be solved
physical, material, and
spiritual if men would come
to the cross, which is the
perfect demonstration of
love and sacrifice, no man
effort has ever solved the
world’s problem of sin and
evil, disease and suffering,
selfishness and greed, death
and judgment, no man has
penetrated the spiritual
world to find out what GOD
is like, only
CHRIST ,and HIS cross can
change men and give them
life, life that is both
abundant and eternal
The way for man and his
world to be saved is not by
the wisdom of men, but by
the wisdom of GOD, which
is the cross, if men would
turn to the cross in its
perfect demonstration of
love and sacrifice, then men
will love and sacrifice like
they should to meet the
needs of mankind, love and
sacrifice are GOD perfect
means of saving the world
therefore it is the
person who believes the
preaching of the cross that
is saved, when a person
believe that JESUS CHRIST
died for him, when he gives
all he is and has to CHRIST,
GOD saves that person and
use him to reach the lost
and destitute of the world
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1 CORINTHIANS 2:5-10
RELATED CHAPTERS
v MATTHEW 13:15
v JOHN 1:10
v JOHN 4:10
v JOHN 8:19
v JOHN 9:30
v JOHN 14:19
v ACTS 1:8
v ROMANS 1:22
v ROMANS 1:16-17
v ROMANS 11:25-27
v 1 CORINTHIANS
1:18-24
v 1 CORINTHIANS 2:7
v 1 CORINTHIANS
14:20
v 1 CORINTHIANS
3:19-20
v EPHESIAN 4:13-14
v EPHESIAN 6:19
v COLOSSIAN 2:8
v COLOSSIAN 2:23
v JAMES 3:15
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5)That your faith should
not stand in the wisdom of
men, but in the power of
GOD
6)Howbeit we speak
wisdom among them that
are perfect; yet not the
wisdom of this world, nor of
the prince of this world,
that come to nought
7)But we speak the wisdom
of GOD in a mystery, even
the hidden wisdom, which
GOD ordained before the
world unto our glory
8)Which none of the
princes of this world knew:
for had they known it, they
would not have crucified
the LORD of glory
9)But as it is written, eye
hath not seen, nor ear head,
neither have entered into
the heart of man, the things
which GOD hath prepared
for them that love him
10)But GOD hath revealed
them unto us by HIS spirit
for the Spirit searcheth all
things, yea, the deep things
of GOD
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THAT YOUR FAITH
That is, that your belief of
divine origin which is of
CHRIST, that your faith
would not rest on the
wisdom and rhetoric of
men, but on the power of
GOD, by the spirit of GOD
directing him, and under his
influence and by HIS
assistance that we pursue
the way of preaching, that
faith in CHRIST, and the
doctrine of the Gospel GOD
intended to furnish us a firm
and solid demonstration
that the doctrine we
embrace is from him and its
not by preaching eloquence
and refine metaphysical
reasoning there is nothing
human reasoning can do
human eloquence and
oratory: the wisdom of man
cannot save him, only the
power of GOD can
A person salvation cannot
stand in human knowledge
and wisdom, human
arguments and appeals may
seem reasonable and
normal, but they have no
spiritual power, no man no
speech and no preaching
can convert a human souls
and impart eternal life to it,
only GOD can do such
things, all must approach
JESUS CHRIST and must and
preach under the power of
GOD’S spirit
BUT THE POWER OF GOD
In the evidence of Divine
power accompanying the
preaching of the Gospel, the
power of GOD would follow
the exhibition of truth
everywhere; and would be a
demonstration that religion
was not originated from
man, but from heaven, that
the power to change the
heart; in overcoming the
strong tendencies of our
natures to; in subduing and
making the sinner a new
creature in CHRIST JESUS,
which was accomplish by
the message of the Cross ,
anything short of GOD’S
Spirit places a person’s faith
in the knowledge and
wisdom of men, the need is
for GOD’S people to be
controlled by GOD’S Spirit
so that GOD can
demonstrate HIS power
through them to a lost and
dying world
GOD’S WISDOM OF THE
GOSPEL
Though the wise
philosophers among the
world sees the Gospel as
foolishness, GOD’S wisdom
is only for those who seeks
to be perfect before GOD
those who are concerned
and acceptable to GOD, the
word perfect, means
finished, complete, it means
fully developed, grown,
aged, it means to reach
one’s end, the person who
long for heaven and seeks
to reach his end by being
perfect before GOD is the
person who focuses his life
upon the wisdom of GOD,
he is the only person who is
interested in GOD and HIS
wisdom, he is the person
who speaks, proclaims, and
talks about the wisdom of
GOD.
The wisdom of the world is
associated with little or no
interest in GOD and HIS
wisdom, their desire is to
live and walk as they please,
not to live and walk in the
wisdom of GOD , his desire
is to live and walk as they
please, not to live and walk
in wisdom of GOD. The
wisdom of GOD is foolish to
those who are perishing,
but to us who seek to be
perfect and saved it is the
power of GOD, the world
rulers refers to all the
leaders of the age: rulers,
scientist, philosophers,
educators, judges,
executives, and religionist,
what is the wisdom of the
world, include many
approaches to finding the
truth and meaning of live,
to solving the terrible and
overwhelming problems of
evil and death in the world,
it means that the wisdom of
the world, the leaders is
here today and gone
tomorrow , Mans idea
about GOD fade away and
cease to exist, fade away as
quickly as himself
BUT WE SPEAK THE
WISDOM OF GOD IN A
MYSTERY
We preach and teach or
proclaim the wise plan of
GOD for salvation of people:
we make known the Divine
wisdom with regards to the
scheme of human
redemption , which is the
plan of GOD, in opposition
to other plans which were
of human beings, it is a
mystery, GOD’S wisdom is
strange and mysterious , but
rather that bit involves
facts that cannot be known
by mankind or by mans
natural knowledge or
reasoning , GOD’S wisdom
has to be revealed: it is a
mystery in that it can never
be known unless GOD
reveals it, no man can
penetrate heaven to
discover GOD and truth, if
this material world and age,
is to know the Spiritual
world , then , GOD, who is
Spirt, has to reveal
HIMSELF.
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The wisdom of GOD, is the
gospel of GOD, the good
news concerning CHRIST
and HIM crucified , the
gospel tells how GOD went
about reconciling the world
to HIMSELF and how man is
to be reconciled to GOD,
therefore the Gospel,
CHRIST and HIM crucified is
the secret wisdom that has
been hidden by GOD, it is
the very wisdom every man
must possess, if he wishes
to know GOD and live with
GOD throughout eternity,
The leader of this world do
not understand or know the
wisdom of GOD they do not
understand the nature of
GOD , they have never seen
nor heard the truth: the
truth has never even
entered their mind , their
rejection symbolizes what
every leader, religionist will
do reject CHRIST , if the
leaders had known the
wisdom of GOD they would
not have crucified the LORD
of glory, JESUS CHRIST, is
the lord of glory, GOD
himself: he came to the
earth to save man eternally,
yet the leaders rejected
and crucified him, and HIS
wisdom and stand guilty
before GOD, But the wealth
and gift of GOD are found in
CHRIST JESUS, he came to
the earth to reveal the truth
about man corrupted
through sin, deception,
killing, immorality, power,
selfishness, lies, neglect
therefor, man has to repent
and turn back to GOD if he
wishes to live with GOD.
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2 CORINTHIAN 3:14
RELATED CHAPTERS
v JOHN 1:14
v JOHN 10:30
v JOHN 10:36-38
v JOHN 14:9-10
v JOHN 16:14-15
v ACTS 28:27
v ROMANS 6:14
v ROMANS 7:4-6
v ROMANS 8:15
v ROMANS 8:21-23
v 2 CORINTHIAN 3:14
v 2 CORINTHIANS 4:4
v GALATIANS 3:24-25
v GALATIANS 5:18
v EPHESIANS 4:18
v 2 TIMOTHY 3:7
v HEBREWS 2:14-15
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14)But their minds were
blinded: for until this day
remaineth the same veil
untaken away in the same
veil untaken away in the
reading of the old
testament; which veil is
done away in CHRIST
15)But even unto this day,
when Moses is read, the veil
is upon their heart
16)Nevertheless, when it
shall turn to the LORD, the
veil shall be taken away
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BUT THEIR MIND WERE
BLINDED
The mind of the Jews and
religionist, were rather to
harden; to make hard like
stone; and then to make
dull and stupid, Paul
referred to the fact that the
understanding of the Jews
and religionist were stupid,
dull, and insensible, so that
they did not see clearly the
design and end of their
institutions, the same veil
remans in the reading of the
old covenant; the fact not
being reveal, that the
removal of the veil that is
the old covenant, is being
done away with in CHRIST,
but the veil is no longer on
the face of the law-giver,
when the people saw the
glory of GOD shinning in the
face of Moses, Moses had
to put a veil upon his face,
because people withdraw,
the Jews and religionist did
not contemplate the end of
the Mosaic ministry, for it
was made impossible to
them but instead they
hardened their heart, had
their mind so blinded that
they could not understand
the glorious gospel nor
CHRIST was the end of the
law , which veil is done
away with in CHRIST; can
only be removed by CHRIST,
by HIS Spirit and grace, and
through the light of the
Gospel of CHRIST shining
into the heart so dispeling
blindness and ignorance,
which is the understanding;
whereby the books of the
Old Testament are
understood, and appear to
agree exactly with the
Gospel of CHRIST, in the
books of the new Testament
ROMANS 11:7
FOR UNTIL THIS DAY
Even to the time when Paul
wrote the Jewish people,
never understand the true
sense of their own
Scripture, they do not
understand the doctrine in
regards to the Messiah, a
veil seems to bethrown over
the old Testament when
they read it, as there was
over the face of Moses, so
THE VEIL IS DONE AWAY
WITH IN CHRIST It is taken
away upon the coming of
CHRIST, that is the veil that
covers the face of JESUS
CHRIST is now truly taken
away, the prophesies are
fulfilled in HIM, as he whom
the prophets’ spokes,
The veil of the old covenant
is removed only when, a
person turns to the LORD,
when a person truly turns to
CHRIST, he is shown how
JESUS CHRIST is the GOD
and the end, purpose, the
veil is removed from the
law, and he understands the
marvelous glory of GOD,
when a believer receives
JESUS CHRIST as savior, he is
given privilege to stand face
to face with CHRIST, this
simply means that he is
given the privilege to know
and understand CHRIST, the
“unveiled face” means that
the believer is given the
privilege of standing face to
face with CHRIST, the
privilege of knowing CHRIST
personally and learning all
about HIM.
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2 CORINTHIANS 4:3-4
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3)But if our Gospel be hid,
it is hid to them that are lost
4)In whom the god of this
world hath blinded the
minds of them which
believe not, lest the light of
the glorious gospel of
CHRIST, who is the image of
GOD , should shine unto
them
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BUT IF THE GOSPEL IS HID
But if the Gospel be hid, it
is to them that are lost or
perishing, it is hid among
them who are about to
perish, who are perishing, it
is concealed only among
that class who deserve to
perish, it was hid in GOD
from the beginning of the
world; and in CHRIST, in
whom are hid all the
treasures of wisdom and
knowledge; but now has
GOD made known the
mystery of HIS will: CHRIST
is manifest in the flesh; the
ceremonial law done away
with,
The Gospel is veiled to men
because they are perishing,
men are on the road of
being lost to perishing, they
have turn away from GOD
and are traveling opposite
directions, the Gospel is
veiled to men because the
god this world has blinded
the minds and heart s of
those who do not believe,
the god of the world is
Satan, who has blind the
mind of unbelievers lest
they should believe the
Gospel and from becoming
followers and worshipers of
JESUS CHRIST.
Satan entice unbelievers by
appealing to his flesh to
cravings of sinful man, by
enticing him with lust of the
eyes, the pride of life, if
Satan get a person he
becomes enslaved to his
flesh and the things of the
world:
Worldliness, material
possession more and more,
eating more and more,
lusting more and more,
seeking more and more, the
more evil a person sow the
more enslaved he hips and
Satan will be able to blind
the persons mind
JESUS CHRIST is the image
of GOD, when JESUS CHRIST
came to earth we were able
to see GOD exactly the way
GOD is , Loving,
compassionate, caring,
healing, restoring, saving,
righteous, holy and just, a
persons will look at JESUS
CHRIST and See exactly
what GOD is like
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