Those Who Have Had Their Understanding Opened 

It does not readily appear to be that the most intellectual, or the most academic scholars, nor extremely gifted students, are the ones who tend to become touched by God.  Yes, those very intelligent people do follow God at times.  At other times, they follow their own highly evolved educated advice, passing God by, or rather getting passed over by God, to go on to excel at other more advantageous professions, with very lucrative insights into profitable positions, other than studying and adopting Christianity.  They may have learned from university philosophy classes or history teachings that there were other forms of religion that were similar to Christianity and had parallel symbols to something of relativistic fashion to Christian teachings.  These things did not actually inspire them to reach out to God and be visited by the Holy Spirit, which might have caused them to achieve a heart changing and spiritually awakening phenomenon that would have altered their sinful life.  They continued headlong into oblivion, by accepting that their own brain was far superior to any religious teaching that could have come from the Holy Bible.  Jesus was a made up fable to them, a constructed anomaly, that was copied from older religious texts of Osiris, Horus, Dionysus, Krishna, Buddha, or Mithra.  That interpretation totally leaves out the miraculous and verifiable testimonies given by the disciples in the New Testament, as well as the Old Testament teachings and prophesies that are still older than all of the above.  Many have said throughout history that they were the Messiah, and those impostors were not even anywhere close.  They all failed miserably and were left in absolute darkness.  Jesus is the foretold great benefactor of light that was prophesied in the Old Testament, the savior of the world.

Luke 24:45

“Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,” 

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Luke-24-45/

Mark 4:11 - 4:12

11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Mark-4-11_4-12/

John 5:39

“Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” 

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-5-39/    

John 5:39, NLT

"You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!" (John 5:39, NLT) 

 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John 5:39&version=NLT

Anyone of a changed heart can read the Holy Bible and feel that the sincerity of the love that Jesus shows for the world is genuine and sanctified, full of God´s presence and healing wonder.  All other texts, books, or religious precursors, or religious epistles are void of compassion and spiritually verifiable life giving evidence.  Nothing changes lives the way that Jesus Christ does.  Nothing is reborn from death into life the way that Jesus Christ is.  Nobody will rescue your soul and save you from the depths of Hell, except Jesus Christ.  

Many of the most excellent Universities and Gold Standard Colleges worldwide have made it impossible to enter their goldenly petrified halls of education, except those with an SAT score between 1420 and 1540 or an ACT score of 32 and 34.  That leaves out mostly a majority of other people with less than selective proficient mental aptitude.  So, how did a few lowly fishermen in the New Testament become the disciples of Jesus Christ and the most revered teachers and professors of Christianity that the world has ever known?  How did these chosen fishermen with no great educational background or reliably proven test scores become the healers and teachers that even most world renown theological colleges lecture about?  They must have been visited spiritually and had an epiphany, not just that, but they had someone open up their understanding, which just studying books would not give an advantage to.  

Anyone can come to Jesus Christ and be forgiven of their sins and have their understanding opened up into a new and benevolent world of healing, light, and love.  It does not matter if you are plagued by intellectual overabundance, mental inabilities to succeed in life´s lucrative professions, or simply just the gardener, fisherman, or farmer.  God has a special love for those who reach out to him, give up their sins willingly, and seek to know the wonders and healing of a new spiritual world.  Jesus will jump-start your brain into an open realm of mystical healing and light that outshines any seven year degree that is forgotten as soon as the possessor crosses the golden threshold of the diploma mill doors.  Get a quality education through God and the writings of the Old and New Testament.  Revisit the times when Jesus Christ walked the earth and partook of bread and fish from the coals of a fire on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.  Learn of His humbleness and goodness and seek to emulate His spirit and life.  Study the words of Jesus Christ and keep them in your heart. 

John 21:9

“As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.” 

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-21-9/

John 6:63

“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/John-6-63/

August 24, 2023

Cliff Rhodes Christian Ministry