~ 3 Biblical Examples of Eyes Being Opened ~
To Their Sin And Shame (conviction) ~ “So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,
that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she
took of its fruit and ate. She also gave
to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened,
and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made
themselves coverings” (Genesis 3:6-7).
Depending on
their reaction to their sin and shame then there is an either / or opening as
seen below:
To Christ And Salvation (conversion) ~ “And when we all had fallen to the ground, I [Saul—later
the Apostle Paul] heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew
language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the
goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are
persecuting. But rise and stand on your
feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a
witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will
yet reveal to you. I will deliver you
from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light,
and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins
and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me’” (Acts
26:14-18).
To Hell And Torment (Christ
rejection) ~ Jesus said, “There
was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and fared
sumptuously every day. But there was a
certain beggar named Lazarus, full of sores, who was laid at his gate, desiring
to be fed with the crumbs which fell from
the rich man’s table. Moreover the dogs
came and licked his sores. So it was
that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham
afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Then
he cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus that he
may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented
in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Son,
remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise
Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented. And besides all this, between us and you
there is a great gulf fixed, so that those who want to pass from here to you
cannot, nor can those from there pass to us.’
Then
he said, ‘I beg you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s
house, for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also
come to this place of torment.’ Abraham
said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham; but if one
goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ But he said to him, ‘If they do
not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise
from the dead’” (Luke 16:19-31).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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