Message from Scripture: 11/19/2020

Our message from Scripture today is 1 Pet. 1:8-9; “Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls."

Jesus told the Samaritan woman that God is Spirit, and as such, He is not physically visible to us here in the natural world. For the skeptics this causes them to doubt His reality, even though there are many other things they can’t see with their eyes they know exists. For those willing to see through the eyes of faith, there is ample evidence of His existence and of His working in our lives.

We haven’t seen Him, but we love Him because we know of His love for us. Scripture speaks of God sending His Son to die for our sins, that we can have eternal life in Him. How can we not love the Father when we know of that great sacrifice for us? For the Creator to become part of the created is beyond comprehension, and to die that our sins could be redeemed by that shed blood, is a love beyond anything found in this world.

We haven’t seen Him, and do not currently see Him, but living by faith enables us to rejoice with a joy within beyond what can be expressed, as we are filled with His glory by being in Christ. What is the ultimate provision God offers us that can create such a response? The salvation of our souls. What would there be to rejoice in, if we knew, when we died, we would be condemned to hell? Why have faith in Christ if His sacrifice would be unable to cleanse us of our sins? What would life mean today if only punishment awaited afterwards?

We live by faith because we love God who has so loved us. Living by faith produces a joy beyond anything the world can offer, which results in glory to God. The end result of a life of faith is being in heaven with our God and Lord, with the saved of all ages, forever. That’s why we live by faith. Let your faith be focused on all God is and all Christ offers. God bless.

Robert