EYES MINDS AND HEARTS
“And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished
from their sight…Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures,.. And
they said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He
was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to
us?" Luke 24:31-32, 45
Understanding scripture at last. Note the order of this
passage. When the Scriptures were opened, first their eyes were opened (Luke 24:31) and then their
understanding was opened (Luke 24:45). And that was the cause of their hearts
burning within them (vs. 32).
Symbolic of that day when the Father will do for us as He did for Christ (John 8:28).
the scriptures Truth and
its meaning coming from God Himself.
all taught of the Father Cf.
Isa. 54:13; John 6:45; John 8:28.
The Tree of Knowledge is restored by the presence of the
LORD Who used to share with Adam and Eve in the cool of the day (Gen 3:8). He declared the opportunity
for human restoration here. He said, "No
man can come to Me, except the Father which sent Me draw him," (John 6:44) and He was careful to
explain that every man is drawn of the Father sooner or later in some way. He
quoted from the ancient prophets, saying, "It
is written in the prophets, and they shall all be taught of God." (John 6:45) When we turn to the
prophecies in Isaiah and Jeremiah from which He quoted these words, we find
that in each case the declaration was made when the prophet was singing of the
restoration of the lost order, "And all thy children shall be taught of
the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children." (Isa. 54:13; Jer. 31:34) Continuing, our
Lord revealed human responsibility in the words "Every one that hath heard from the Father, and hath learned,
cometh unto Me." When men are drawn of the Father, not all who hear
will come; but all who hear and learn will come, The movement which issues in
the restoration of a man from his degradation must come from God, and from Him
alone; but every man is so appealed to, every man is so drawn of the Father;
and human responsibility is that not of hearing alone, but of learning, and
obeying, and answering.
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