"O fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken."
"And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself" (Lk. 24:25,27).
"ALL the Prophets;" "ALL the Scriptures." "And the Scripture cannot be broken," said our Lord (John 10:35).
"I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God," said Paul (Acts 20:27).
To disbelieve the above "ALL," or any part of the Scriptures, puts one in a class with the unbelievers who would disqualify the "Lord of glory" from speaking with authority. If the Lord called such disciples "fools" (literally, "senseless ones"), how great in His sight must be the folly of unbelievers!
"Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures." No one rightly understands them except the Lord opens their understanding. There is such a thing as "an unction from the Holy One" (1 John 2:20)-a spiritual enlightenment which enables one to discern "all things" (1 Cor. 2:15). If the reader does not know of this anointing, pray that the Lord may open your understanding that you may "understand the Scriptures." S. A. W.