If the Good News we preach is hidden behind a veil, it is hidden only from people who are perishing.4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. NLT

Reading between the lines, one criticism of Paul was that he obscured the clear message of the gospel. This he refuted robustly, but he did admit that it is nevertheless ‘’hidden’’ for many people. However, he was not personally responsible for the hiddenness. There is a supernatural blindness caused by the devil. People just don’t get Jesus: who He is and what He has come to do – until, one day, they do! It is the testimony of every Christian, in some sense, that once they were blind but now they see.

‘The Message’ pictures the pre-Christian state in this way: ‘’ They’re stone-blind to the dayspring brightness of the Message that shines with Christ, who gives us the best picture of God we’ll ever get.’’

Although God does not want anyone to ‘’perish’’ (John 3:16; 2 Peter 3:) it is clear that as long as we remain blind to the beauty of Christ ‘’perishing’’ is our spiritual state.

Quite simply put, every conversion is an eye opening miracle.

Prayer: You might want to pray for someone you know who remains deaf to the voice of Jesus and blind to His glory.