How does God open hearts and give understanding?
God opens hearts and gives understanding through the Holy Spirit. He is the One who does this, breaking Satan's power that holds lost humanity in darkness so they can comprehend spiritual truth. The Holy Spirit is the agent through whom God grants this understanding.
Les explains that Satan, as the authority behind principalities and powers, works to frustrate believers and keep lost humanity in darkness. But God breaks that power. God is the One who opens our hearts, and He does it through the working of the Holy Spirit, who gives us understanding. Les also points to Romans 8, where Paul says nothing—no principality, power, thing present, thing to come, height, depth, or any created thing—can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus. He then turns to John's Gospel to show what Jesus Himself said.
Why do believers need God to open their hearts and give understanding?
Believers need God to open their hearts and give understanding because Satan, the authority over principalities and powers, actively works to frustrate their lives and keep lost humanity in darkness. Only God, through the Holy Spirit, can break that power and grant understanding.
Who opens hearts and gives spiritual understanding?
God opens hearts and gives spiritual understanding. He accomplishes this through the working of the Holy Spirit. Though Satan exercises authority to keep lost humanity in darkness, God breaks that power. Understanding is therefore not humanly generated but divinely given, and it rests on God's initiative rather than man's ability.
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Who opens the heart and gives understanding in the Christian life?
In this unit Les teaches that God is the one who opens hearts, and God gives understanding through the working of the Holy Spirit.