Christ Opens Our
Hearts to Grasp the Truth by AW Tozer
Then opened he their understanding, that they might
understand the scriptures. Luke 24:45
The disciples of Jesus were instructed in
the Scriptures. Christ Himself had taught them out of the Law of Moses and the
Prophets and the Psalms; yet it took a specific act of inward “opening” before
they could grasp the truth!
The Apostle Paul discovered very early in
his ministry that, as he put it, “not all men have faith.” And he knew why:
“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: 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”
(2 Cor. 4:3, 4).
Satan has no fear of the light as long as
he can keep his victims sightless. The uncomprehending mind is unaffected by
truth. The intellect of the hearer may grasp saving knowledge while yet the
heart makes no moral response to it.
A classic example of this is seen in the
meeting of Benjamin Franklin and George Whitefield. In his autobiography,
Franklin recounts how he listened to the mighty preaching of the great
evangelist. Whitefield talked with Franklin personally about his need of Christ
and promised to pray for him. Years later Franklin wrote rather sadly that the
evangelist’s prayers must not have done any good, for he was still unconverted.
Why? Franklin had light without sight. To
see the Light of the World requires an act of inward enlightenment wrought by
the Spirit. We must pit our prayer against that dark spirit who blinds the
hearts of men!
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