Believing in WHOM We Cannot See with Our Eyes
[JESUS said:]
(The Gospel According to Matthew 7: 7-8 NASB)
“Ask,
and it will be given to you;
seek,
and you will find;
knock,
and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives,
and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks it will be opened.”
Who is Jesus?
- What do you know about Jesus?
- How can you know Jesus really is God’s only begotten Son?
- By whose authority do you speak the name of Jesus?
- Do you really believe in Jesus as your Savior?
- Do you actually think there is a heaven and a hell?
- Do you actually believe that a loving God would allow a person to go to hell?
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What do you perceive of the person of Jesus?
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Must a person submit to Jesus to receive Jesus as Savior?
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Must a person live his life as a Christian, displaying the character and qualities of Jesus Christ?
Biblical HOPE is a divine partnership.
Yes, this is a fact.
1st—a person must trust in the TRUTH of GOD and must BELIEVE in GOD and not in just himself and what he is capable of accomplishing.
A person must exclaim, just as David—
“Make me know Your ways, O LORD;
(The Psalms 25: 4-5 NASB)
Teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
For You I wait all the day.”
2nd—a person must accept the GRACE of GOD and must RECEIVE GOD’S GIFT of SALVATION.
The Grace of God is far-greater than anything we can ever imagine.
The Mercy of God is never consumed.
God’s Grace never ends or fails.
A person must rely upon the TRUTH of JESUS, just as Paul—
“but just as it is written,
(The 1st Letter of Paul to the Corinthians 2: 9-10 NASB)
“THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN
AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD,
AND WHICH HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN,
ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.”
For to us God revealed them through the Spirit;
for the Spirit searches all things,
even the depths of God.”
- How can we know?
- How can we ever believe in WHO we cannot see with our eyes?
- How can we listen and follow WHOM we cannot hear with our ears?
Human knowledge cannot bring us to this place—that the Creator of the world loves us so much that He has prepared an eternal glory for us. No, thinking this thought with our human brain can never get us to this TRUTH.
- We simply TRUST in WHOM we cannot see nor hear!
- We simply BELIEVE in WHO has created us and fashioned us with an innate desire to know HIM!
We simply SEEK HIM, ASK HIM, & FIND HIM!
- We are created to search GOD’S plan for us!
- We are made to be amazed by GOD’S mystery!
Simply—
We Cannot TRUST in JESUS without FAITH in GOD!
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Most Assuredly—
We Cannot TRUST in GOD without FAITH in JESUS’ work on CALVARY’S CROSS & HIS RESURRECTION from the dead, back to life.
- If someone does not believe in God, then where do they look for how they should behave?
- If we lay down a straight edge to follow (a ruler), and if we use this to draw a line, then can we remove the rule and draw another straight line again, re-doing what the RULER led us to first do?
NO—it is impossible.
The same is TRUE with JESUS!
EACH INDIVIDUAL NEEDS JESUS!
To Believe in WHOM we cannot see with our human eyes—WE NEED JESUS!
[JESUS said:]
(The Gospel According to Matthew 7: 7-8 NASB)
“Ask,
and it will be given to you;
seek,
and you will find;
knock,
and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives,
and he who seeks finds,
and to him who knocks it will be opened.”