Blessed are those who have not
seen and yet have believed. You know who Jesus is talking
about here specifically? He's talking about Dennis. Dennis,
stand up. He's talking about Harold McDonald.
Harold McDonald, stand up. He's talking about Dr. Chris.
Chris, stand up. Who else is he talking about?
Stand up. If Jesus is talking about you
here, stand up. Blessed are those who have not
seen and yet have believed. If you indeed have fallen to
that category, you are truly blessed. You first of all have
been liberated from the penalty of sin. In accordance with what
we read in Romans 8.1, there's no condemnation to those who
are in Christ. And in accordance with what we
read in John 5.24, He who hears my word and believes
in him who sent me has everlasting life, and shall never come into
judgment, but is passed from death into life. Wow, you talk
about being blessed. You've been liberated from the
penalty of sin. You have heaven to look forward
to, the glories of which are unparalleled. You have an inheritance,
1 Peter 1.4, that is incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth
not away, reserved in heaven for you. You have the abiding
presence of the God of the universe in the here and now. Hebrews
13.5 applies to you. I will never leave thee nor forsake
thee. You have the promise of satisfaction
in the here and now, which is why Jesus could say in John 6.35,
I am the bread of life. He that comes to me shall never
hunger. And he that believes in me shall never thirst. And
why Jesus could say what he said to the woman at the well in John
4, whoever drinks of this water, this H2O will thirst again, but
whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give
him will become in him a fountain of water, springing up into everlasting
life. How everyone who thirsts, let
him come to the waters. And you who have no money, come
buy and eat, come buy wine and milk without money and without
prices. Are you thirsty this morning?
Drinks are on the house. You're so blessed. You've been
liberated from the power of sin in your daily experience. You
don't have to go back to heroin. You don't have to go back to
meth. You don't have to go back to
Coke. You don't have to go back to alcohol. What shall we say then? Shall
we continue in sin that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall
we that are dead to sin live any longer therein? You have
the privilege of prayer. You know, we could talk all morning
about these things. The point is we who have seen
Christ, not with our physical eye, but with the eye of faith,
are so incredibly, incredibly blessed. And one day we are gonna
see Jesus. With our physical eye. Beloved,
now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we
shall be, but we know that when He appears, we shall be like
Him, for we shall see Him as He is.