"...if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age [the devil] has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God." (2 Corinthians 4:3-4)
When I was an atheist and thought that Jesus was a nice guy that Christians misconstrued, I was unable to hear or to see Who Jesus really was, is, and claims to be. My eyes were blinded to the gospel by the devil whose resentment of humanity's place in God's eyes--the only of God's creatures made in the image of God--has placed a veil over human thinking until it's finally pierced by the gospel truth that we are sinners in need of saving and that we are only saved by God's grace through faith in Christ.
But God doesn't give up on enlightening we sinners to the truth of His gospel--the good news--for the human race that can save us from sin, death, and ourselves. This is why the apostle Paul told the first-century Christians in Rome, " For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile." (Romans 1:16)
The eyes of unbelieving people can be opened to see and believe in the gospel, to believe in Jesus, so that we're no longer blind and no longer dead in our sin. This is what God is doing to and in me through Jesus.
My call is to keep sharing Christ's Gospel. The Holy Spirit can used my simple sharing of it to open the eyes of the blind and bring them life with God.
Gracious God, help me to faithfully proclaim Christ and His Gospel so that through this Word, the Holy Spirit can open people's eyes and give them life with You that never ends. Amen
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