Hell moves from
below to meet you when you are headed toward it. It will stir up the dead for
you and its prisoners will close in with taunting reproaches: "We are
heathens but we do not have any reason to blame God for this punishment, though
we never heard of such a thing as the gospel. We damned our own souls by rebelling
against every tiny ray of light God sent. But you--you rejected God's Word and
had to break through every one of His promises to get to this place!"
No one can enter
into the knowledge of God's Word unless His Spirit unlocks the door. Even if
you were a confirmed genius you would still be like the blind Sodomites around
Lot's house, groping but not able to find the way into true saving knowledge.
The person with the wrong key is as far from entering the house as the man with
no key at all, if not further. At least the one without a key might call out to
the one inside, while the other keeps trusting his false key. The Pharisees,
for instance, were full of head knowledge of the Word but stumbled fatally over
the whole truth of Christ, which both Moses and the prophets taught.
At the same time,
many people who these Pharisees considered ignorant began to see the Messiah.
Make no mistake--no one is too smart for God to blind; but on the other hand,
no one is too blind and ignorant for His Spirit to open his eyes. God moved on
the waters at creation and changed a rude mass into the beauty we now enjoy;
and His same power can move on your dark soul and enlightened it to look at
Him. "Psa. 119:130
(AMP) The entrance and
unfolding of Your words give light; their unfolding gives understanding
(discernment and comprehension) to the simple.
As soon as you
enter the Spirit's school you begin to show progress. Then He commands us to
encourage those who are in the habit of discouraging themselves:
"Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees" Isaiah
35:3.”
Quoted material from,
”The Christian in Complete Armour Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare” by
Gurnall and James S Bell. http://www.moodypublishers.com/pub_productDetail.aspx?id=41823&pid=53617
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