Many of the Bible readers know that a sealed book in the Bible has still sealed until now, but they are wrong. So, a reader who said that they understand the Bible must know that its seal was already loosed, for it is written in Romans 16:25-26 of the Bible, “Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery which was kept secret since the world began, but now is made manifest and by the scriptures of the prophets according to the commandment of the everlasting God...” The preaching of Christ is the revelation of the mystery in the books of the prophets which was kept secret. In the book of Daniel 12:9-10, “The words are closed up and sealed till many shall be purified, made white, and tried in the time of the end, but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of them shall understand, but the wise shall understand.” Becoming wise is one of the requirements to understand the word of God. And in Proverbs 1:23, God said, “Turn you at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.” Means, the people who didn't turn at the reproof of God are not guaranteed to understand the Holy Scripture. And you should knew the mind of Christ to understand a lot of things in the Bible because in 1 Corinthians 2:9-16, “The things that not seen nor heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, which God had prepared for them that love him. But God had revealed them unto us by his Spirit, for the Spirit searched the deep things of God. The things of God known by the Spirit of God. Now we have received the spirit which is of God, that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. We speak in the words which the Holy Ghost had teach. They that are spiritual judged all things. For who had known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.” The apostles preach by the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and to get that spirit is written in Ephesians 1:13, “In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise...” The God can also open your heart to understand the sacred book like what's written in Acts 16:14, “A certain woman named Lydia a seller of purple in the city of Thyatira which worshipped God, was listening, whose heart opened by the Lord, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.” The Lord makes her heart interested unto the spiritual things which were spoken of Paul. Of course, she understand it that's why she became interested.
Not because that you are uneducated, you're not able to understand the God's word because Peter and John are also uneducated according in Acts 4:12-13, “Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.” Also, it is said according in 1 Corinthians 1:21, “The wisdom in the world did not come to know the wisdom of God.” What is the meaning of that verse? It is much like the eunuch that educated to read which is written in Acts 8:27-35, “Philip met an Ethiopiand eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the book of Isaiah the prophet. The Spirit told Philip, 'Go to that chariot and stay near it.' Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. 'Do you understand what you are reading?' Philip asked. 'How can I,' he said, 'unless someone explains it to me?' So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. The eunuch was reading the passage of Scripture... The eunuch asked Philip, 'Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?' Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.” It said in the book of Mark 4:10-12, “When Jesus was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. 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. That seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand...” So, whether you are educated or not, learned or ignorant? At least you're in the church of God, you can see the parable of the Lord's servant but you will not perceive it, and might hear it but you won't understand. This is all about understanding the Holy Bible.
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