Well, if you would, open your
Bibles back to John chapter 12. The title of the message is taken
from verse 21. Sir, we would see Jesus. And before I'm done in a few
minutes, what I would like to do is answer this question. How
can I tell if I have seen Jesus? How can I tell if I've seen him
as he is? Now, in the first 19 verses of
this chapter we read a few minutes ago, there's a lot going on,
isn't there? There are many people who've
come who are fascinated with Jesus the miracle worker. And
they wanted to see more. They wanted to see more miracles.
You know, they were coming to see party tricks is what they
wanted to see. They were fascinated by the miracles.
Other people saw this man Jesus. He's got the power over life
and death. So let's make him king. He can
set us free from Rome. If he's got the power over life
and death, he surely has got the power over the Roman government,
and he can set us free. And others, the religious leaders,
they hated him. They wanted to kill him because
he was taking numbers away from them. They hated him. Now, there's
a lot going on here. Like the world today, there's
a lot going on in people's minds and hearts and lives. There's
a lot going on. But in the midst of all this hubbub and confusion,
somebody still came to Jerusalem to worship. Look at verse 20. And there were certain Greeks
among them that came up to worship at the feast. The same came,
therefore, to Philip, which is of Bethsaida of Galilee, and
desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. Now I love the
request that these men make. Sir, we would see Jesus. And
apparently they were proselytes. They were Gentiles who had converted
to Judaism, but they were still Gentiles. And they just did not
feel free to go right up to the Lord and begin a conversation
with Him. But yet these Greeks truly desired
to see the Lord Jesus. And they wanted more than just
to lay eyes on Him. They wanted to see Him. as he
is. They wanted to see his glory.
They didn't just want to lay eyes on him or even just be in
his presence. They wanted to enjoy his presence. They wanted to have fellowship
with him, to really hear him speak. Because never man spake
like this man. And you notice they didn't ask
to see a miracle. They weren't interested in seeing a miracle.
They wanted to see the Lord Jesus Christ. They didn't just sit
around waiting for lightning to strike, did they? They went
where He is. They sought the Lord where He
might be found. And it is my earnest prayer that
all of you have come here with the same heartfelt desire this
morning to see Jesus. It's fair for you to come here
every Sunday and every Wednesday and expect the preacher to show
you Jesus. That's fair. for you, every service
to come here and say, Sir, we would see Jesus. Do you got a
message for us, a message of Him? That's a wonderful desire. And these Greeks were right to
desire to see the Lord this way. Now, miracles. So many people
were interested in seeing these miracles. Miracles are miraculous,
if I can say that in a circular definition. Miracles are miraculous.
I mean, they really are something, aren't they? But miracles in
this fleshly realm do not and cannot save anyone. Look over
verse 37 here in our text. But though he had done so many
miracles before them, yet they believed not on him. These people
saw so many miracles, not just one, so many. Yet they believed
not on him because miracles cannot save anyone. Seeing a miracle
is not what brings a sinner to repentance and faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ. The arm of the Lord, the power
of the Lord, is not miracles in the fleshly realm. The arm
of the Lord is the Lord Jesus Christ. And the power of the
gospel is Christ, is Christ crucified. It's not miracles, it's not,
you know, Christ the miracle worker. The power of the gospel
is Christ crucified. We need a spiritual miracle,
not a miracle in the fleshly realm, a spiritual miracle. We
need to be given life from above because we're born dead, dead
in trespasses and sins. We don't need a miracle like
healing or speaking in tongues. What we need is forgiveness of
sins. And that's only found in the
Lord Jesus Christ. And that's why I say these Greeks
were right to seek to see the Lord Jesus. But how's old Philip
supposed to handle this request with these Gentiles? Look at
verse 22. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew.
And again, Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. Now, Philip gets
this request, but now what's he supposed to do? These are
Gentiles. And he'd heard the Lord himself
say, it's not meat to give the children's bread to dogs, to
Gentile dogs. He heard the Lord say, I'm not
come but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. He heard
the Lord teach his disciples, don't you go the way of the Gentiles.
Well, now what's Phil supposed to do with this, you know? And
the Pharisees, they're already mad enough. Is he going to take
these Gentiles to the Lord and make them even more angry? They'll
be so angry to see the Lord with these Greeks. Philip doesn't
know what to do, so he's going to try to dump the problem on
Andrew. And Andrew says, no, you're not dumping this problem
on me. And we'll go to the Lord together. So they go to the Lord
together. And look at our Lord's answer in verse 23. Then Jesus
answered them, saying, The hour has come that the Son of Man
should be glorified. Now, the Lord doesn't seem to
answer this question directly, does he? But he does. This is a direct answer to their
question, to their desire, sir, we would see Jesus. If the Lord
Jesus is going to be seen as he is, it's going to be in the
coming days. Very shortly, when he is made
to be sin for his people, when he becomes a sacrifice for those
sins, when he dies on a cursed death on the cross, he's buried
in the borrowed tomb of a rich man, and in three days he'll
be raised again for our justification. Because those sins that have
been laid on Him are gone. That is where we see, where we
truly see the Lord Jesus Christ in His glory. Now, our Lord spoke
of this hour often. This hour of hours. And He tells
them the hour is coming. It's very near. When the whole
world will see Christ in His greatest glory. His glory in
the salvation of His people through suffering and death. That's how
these Greeks, will see Jesus. Two thousand years later, if
you and I are going to see Jesus, we're going to see him the exact
same way. We're going to see him in the
gospel, lifted up, accomplishing the salvation of his people through
his death, his burial, and his resurrection. The only way salvation
can be accomplished is through his death in this hour of ours. That's where his greatest glory
is seen. And that's what he says here in verse 24. Verily, verily,
I say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground
and die, it abides alone. But if it die, it bringeth forth
much fruit. You see, the real glory of Christ
is not seen in the miracles. It's his redemptive glory, how
he saves sinners from their sins. His real glory is making sinful
men and women holy and righteous before God. That's His greatest
glory. His greatest glory is in doing
what no other man could ever do, satisfy God's law. His greatest glory is in accomplishing
what all those animal sacrifices never accomplished. It's putting
away the sin of His people. That's His greatest glory. And
the Lord uses the illustration of farming, a simple illustration
every one of us can understand, to illustrate Him giving eternal
life to His people through his death. That life must come through
his death. Now you think about a plant.
The glory of a plant that grows from just one seed is astounding. I mean, it really is when you
think about it. And we take it for granted because it just happens
every year. The earth just keeps bringing
forth fruit in abundance. So we take it for granted. But
if you really stop to think about it, it's amazing that something
so large can come from something so small, just a dry, dead seed. It's amazing that something so
green and full of life and juice can come from just a single dry,
hard seed that decays once it's buried under the ground. That's
amazing. God does that. How He does these
things are amazing. And that's given to us as an
illustration. Everyone who has eternal life has that life. only because Christ died for
us. That's how we obtained that life,
because He died. Now, He didn't look like much
to the natural man, from what we understand from Scripture.
He was just an ordinary man. Nothing special, fleshly, outwardly,
about Him. Just a single, dry, dead seed
is what He looked like to most men. But look what His death
accomplished. Eternal life, life in abundance
has been given to countless millions of people because Christ died
for their sins. All that life came from His death. And because of our Lord's death,
sinners, any sinner is free to come right before the throne
of grace begging for mercy on this ground on the death of the
Lord Jesus Christ. Life from His death. Now, before
any of that life can happen, though, the sacrifice must die. That's what you read there in
Exodus 12. The sacrifice must be slain,
has to be. If our Lord doesn't die, suppose
he does what a segment of the population wants. He just becomes
king. He sits on a throne, he defeats
Rome, he puts the Jews back at the top of the totem pole, and
then he ascends back to the Father. There's no salvation, no salvation
at all. The law requires death for sin. We don't need a miracle worker.
We don't need a political ally. We need a savior who can save
us from our sins. That's why he came. And everyone
for whom Christ died, they will be saved. They will have eternal
life and they'll follow him. Look at verse 25. Our Lord says,
he that loveth his life shall lose it, and he that hateth his
life in this world shall keep it into life eternal. If any
man serve me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall
also my servant be. If any man serve me, him will
my Father honor. Everyone for whom Christ died,
they'll serve him, they'll follow him, and they will be with him
where he is. That was his prayer, his great
high priestly prayer. Father, I will. that all those
whom thou hast given me be with me where I am. And they will,
all because of his death. His death satisfied God's law
for their sins. But now look at verse 27. He
says, Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father
saved me from this hour, but for this cause came I unto this
hour. Now this salvation, this eternal
life that we rejoice in, it came at great cost. to our Savior.
It came at a cost of great suffering, soul suffering of our Savior. But his personal suffering was
not his greatest concern. Now, there was some concern about
it, wasn't it? But it was not his greatest concern.
The greatest concern of the Savior was not his personal sufferings.
It was to glorify his Father. Look what he said in verse 28.
Father, glorify thy name. He didn't say, Father, deliver
me from this suffering. He said, Father, glorify thy
name. Then came there a voice from
heaven saying, I've both glorified it and I'll glorify it again.
The greatest glory of the Savior, like I said, it's not the miracles.
It's not turning water into wine. It's not walking on the water.
It's not healing the sick or raising Lazarus from the dead.
The Father promised to glorify and honor his Son, not because
of the miracles. but because of his sacrificial
death for his people, the people that the father gave him. And
our father showed us that clearly when he raised the son from the
dead. He raised him from the dead, he glorified him, he allowed
him to ascend back to heaven and seated at the father's right
hand because the sin of God's elect was put away through the
sacrificial death of his son. And the father spoke from heaven
and said, I glorified it and I'll glorify it again. But verse
29, the people therefore that stood by, they heard it. And
some said it thundered. Others said an angel spake to
him. Some people heard the Father. Some people didn't. Some people
heard a noise. Some people heard words. Everybody
didn't hear the same thing. And verse 30, Jesus answered
and said, this voice came not because of me, but for your Now
is the judgment of this world, and this hour, now is the judgment
of this world. Now shall the prince of this
world be cast out, and I, if I be lifted up from the earth,
will draw all unto me." This, he said, signifying what death
he should die. See, the drawing power of our
Savior comes from his greatest glory. It's the salvation of
his people through his suffering and through his death. What he
said, would I be lifted up? What he's talking about there
is being lifted up on a tree. When he dies, that cursed death
of the tree. That's what will draw sinners
to him. The greatest drawing power of
the gospel is the sacrifice, the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. Now the people, they understood
exactly what he was saying. That he was going to suffer and
die this cursed death. So they said in verse 34, the
people answered him, Now, we've heard out of the law that Christ
abideth forever. How sayest thou the Son of Man
must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man? Now,
it's true, Christ abideth forever. But before he reigns, the Lord
Jesus must suffer and die. Before he sits on his throne,
he must purchase his kingdom. And he's going to do that with
his own precious blood. And these religious Jews, they're
just like people in our day. You know, they take their favorite
passage of Scripture, or they take their favorite doctrine
or whatever, and they apply it to everything, ignoring the rest
of the Word of God. And that's exactly what they
were doing. They were ignoring the rest of the Scripture that
clearly tells us the Messiah must be stricken. The Messiah
must be cut off out of the land of the living. He must pour out
his soul unto death. All that suffering and that death
must happen before he reigns. And the reason they missed all
this suffering and death that's so clearly pictured throughout
the scripture is they weren't looking for a savior. They were
not looking for a savior who would save them from sin. They
were looking for an earthly king who would set up a throne and
deliver them from being under the boot of Rome. Just like people
today, the circumstance is a little bit different, but the flesh
and the motive is exactly the same. People are looking for
a God, little g, that they can control, but who can make them
healthy and wealthy. That's what they're looking for,
that somebody who can make them comfortable and, you know, whatever,
be on top of the totem pole of this earth. And it's nice to
have health. It'd be nice to have a few dollars,
but now listen, that's not our real problem. Our real problem
is sin. What our desperate need is, is
a Savior from sin, and that is the greatest glory of Jesus.
If you desire to see him, that's what you're going to see. In
verse 35, Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is light with
him. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.
For he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be
the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and
he departed, and did hide himself from them. Now they had absolutely
no idea what the Lord was talking about, being children of light,
believing the light, walking in the light. And the proof that
they had no idea what he was talking about is in verse 37.
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they
believed not on him, that the saying of Isaiah the prophet
might be fulfilled, which he spake. Lord, who hath believed
our report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore they could not believe.
Because Isaiah said again, He had blinded their eyes, and hardened
their heart, that they should not see with their eyes, nor
understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should
heal them. These are the things that Isaiah
said when he saw Jesus, when he saw His glory and spake of
Him. Now those verses completely put
an end to the idea of man's free will. Man cannot come to Christ. They're dead. They have blinded
eyes. They have dead hearts. They cannot
come to Christ. And they will not come to Christ. Both are true. Because they have
a dead nature, they will not come to Christ. And because they
have a dead nature, they cannot come to Christ. And they never
will unless God the Holy Spirit moves in power and gives them
life. Now, in our text, some people
heard that and believed. Some did not. Heard the same
message. Saw the same Lord. Heard the same voice speak from
heaven. Some people believed. Some did not. Some people saw
Jesus. Some did not. Some were drawn
to the crucified Christ. Some were offended by the crucified
Christ and would not come to Him. The last thing they ever
want to do is be identified with that crucified Jesus. Now, here's
my question. How can I tell? If I have seen
Jesus, seen Him, perceived Him, how can I tell if I've been drawn
to the Lord Jesus Christ? Well, I have five things. If
we've seen Jesus in His redemptive glory, we've been drawn to Christ. Not to religion, not to doctrine,
not to a social gathering, but we've been drawn to the person
of the Lord Jesus Christ. If I've seen Jesus, He is altogether
lovely to me." Now we know that the elect have been called to
Christ. They've been irresistibly drawn
to Christ. In verse 32 here in our text,
our Lord says, and I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will
draw all unto me. Now that word men is in italics. It's been added by the translators.
Our Lord did not say that. And he didn't mean it. When they
added that word men to the translation, they did great harm to the meaning
of the text. What our Lord says is when I'm
lifted up from the earth, I will draw all unto me. What does he
mean by that? I'll draw all unto me. Well,
it's the same all when our Lord was speaking that he said they
shall all be taught of God. All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me. And him that cometh to me I'll
in no wise cast out. This all, it means all sorts
of men. It doesn't mean every son of
Adam. It means all sorts of men. It means men of every background,
men of every age, men of every sex, both men and women, men
from everywhere, from every nation, every walk of life, Gentiles
as well as Jews. Now, our Lord is still answering
this request. Sir, we would see Jesus. You reckon that was comforting
to them? All. All sorts of meaning. Gentiles
too. That ought to be good news to
every one of us. There's not a Jew in the room. Jews as well
as Gentiles. Draw all unto me. And all, these
all are drawn to Christ. To Christ Himself. The drawing
power of the Gospel. The Gospel is such good news.
And the drawing power of that Gospel lies mainly in this. the
crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ. We don't need man-made
means of drawing a crown. Not at all. Just preach Christ
crucified and sinners will be naturally drawn to that message. They'll be naturally drawn to
the Savior of that message. Sinners will naturally be drawn
to the Christ of the cross because he answers their greatest need. This is the only place sin could
ever be put away in the crucifixion, the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. And if you can ever find a sinner,
they'll be interested in that message, the message of Christ
crucified for the sins of his people. A sinner is drawn to
Christ crucified because it's at the cross where we see God's
love for sinners. If it wasn't for the cross, we'd
have no idea that God loves sinners. But it's at the cross we see
his greatest display of love for sinners. God said, with loving
kindness have I drawn you. What loving kindness? The loving
kindness displayed at Calvary. Now, when we first see that scene
at Calvary, we see a bloody, gory, awful mess. We see God's justice raining
down upon his son. But we also see unspeakable love. Unspeakable love. This is love
for sinners. For scarcely for a righteous
man will one die. Yet for a good man, some would
even dare to die. But God commended His love toward
us. And that while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us. For sinners. That's who He died
for. That's His love for sinners. That He would lay down His life
for His people. for these all. What do the all
have in common? They come from many different
ages, backgrounds, nations, languages, but this they all have in common.
They are all sinners. And Christ answers their every
need. The death of Christ is not weakness. One day my death will be weakness. This body will finally fall apart.
It will finally give out. The death of Christ was not a
weakness. power, the death that he accomplished at Jerusalem. This death is his power to put
away sin. It's his power to satisfy the
holy justice of God. And it's his power to draw sinners
to himself. So we are to preach Christ crucified. That's our message. It's simple
to know the message. Find the text. But the message
is the same. It's Christ crucified. He is
our message. This is the message, the only
message, the only means that God uses to draw sinners to Christ. It's the message of Christ crucified. Now, the message of Christ crucified
is to the Jews. The religious world, it's a stumbling
block. They hate that message. To the
Greeks, to the worldly people, the message of Christ crucified
is foolishness. That's just utter foolishness.
But to them whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ
is the power of God and the wisdom of God. This is where we see
the power and wisdom of God in Christ crucified. Now, the birth
of Christ, brother, that's a miracle that the human mind cannot comprehend. became a man? Who can understand
that? Well, I'm thankful for it. I can't understand it, but now
I'm thankful for it. And his perfect life? That is
a wonder to behold, that he was perfect in thought, word and
deed. He's perfect. I can't understand
that. A sinful man like me cannot understand
that sinless perfection. But boy, I'm thankful for it.
I've got in my notes, his righteousness is my righteousness. But it's
more precious than that. He is my righteousness. That
perfect man is my righteousness. Oh, I'm thankful for his perfection. But his willing substitutionary
debt for me, for my sin, draws me to the Lord Jesus Christ. Draws me so strongly. I can't go anywhere else. I cannot
do it. I'm drawn to him. In his death,
I see his love for me. Earl Hathcomb, I don't like myself. He loves me. That's a miracle
to me that he would love me, that he would lay down his life
for a sinner like me. That's beyond my comprehension. It's a wonder. That he would
be made sin for me. That I would be allowed, by God's
grace, to see him, God's precious son, suffering for my sin. That he suffered the torment
and the death that my sin deserves. Oh, I'm thankful. That's the
message. Christ crucified. And that's
what draws his people to him. Now we see the glory of God in
so many ways, don't we? His glory is like that diamond. It's multifaceted. I see God's
power and His glory as the creator of this world. It's amazing. There's a, I don't even know
what it's called, some sort of a HD channel. And the girls last
year for Christmas got me this big HDTV. And I just watched
that thing and they fly over these parts of the earth and
just My God did that. He created that wonder and that
beauty that is this expanse. Wow. I see His power in that. His glory. I see His power as
the ruler of this earth. How He just is constantly providing
for this earth. He feeds every living creature
on this planet. It's amazing. But the wonder
of wonders is this. This is what every believer without
exception will say. I see a lot of the glory of God.
But His greatest glory is how He saved me from my sin through
the suffering and the death, the sacrificial death of His
Son. How God the Father punished His
Son so fully for my sin. My sin does not even exist. I
can't understand that either, but I love it. I'm so thankful
for it. That is the drawing power of
the Gospel. If you've seen Jesus, you have
been drawn. to the Lord Jesus Christ. Not
religion, not a social gathering, but you've been drawn to Christ. He is all you need. Secondly, if you've seen Jesus,
you will follow Him. You won't be able to help it.
You will follow Him. You'll confess Him publicly in
believers' baptism, and what you're confessing is His death,
His burial, and His resurrection. is all my hope of salvation.
All of my hope of eternal life is in Him. I'm going to confess
Him. And that's not a one-time act.
You'll keep confessing Him. You'll keep following Him. You'll
identify with His people in public worship, no matter the cost. Our Lord said, He that loveth
His life. If you love this fleshly life more than Christ, you're
going to lose it. But He that hateth His life in
this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve
me, let him follow me. They will. They'll follow him.
And where I am, there shall also my servant be. You know where
to find God's servants? Find out where his gospel is
preached. Because there's Christ in the midst of them. And that's
where they'll be. They'll follow him. Much unlike the people who
are just in religion. Look at verse 42 here in our
text. Here's the religious people. Nevertheless, among the chief
rulers also, many believed on him. Now, this is not saving
belief. This is not saving faith. They may have believed some true
things about him. They believed on him. But because of the Pharisees,
they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the
synagogue. For they loved the praise of men more than the praise
of God. See, that's why I say that belief,
that's not saving belief. If you've seen Jesus, nothing
is more precious to you than him. And you'll follow him no
matter the cost. If you've seen Jesus, nothing
could be more precious, more valuable to your soul than him. You'll follow him. Third, if
you've seen Jesus, you've seen the Father. Look what our Lord
says in verse 44. Jesus cried and said, he that
believeth on me, believeth not on me, or not exclusively on
me, but also on him that sent me. He that seeth me, seeth him
that sent me." If you've seen Jesus, you've seen the Father.
Now, you haven't seen an image of the Father. He doesn't have
an image. He's Spirit. But you have an understanding
of who the Father is. You see the Father's will in
redemption. You see how, in Christ, God the
Father can be just and justified. In Christ, you see the wisdom
of God, the power of God, the love and the mercy of the Father.
If you've seen the Son, you've seen the Father. Look over at
page John 14, verse 5. Thomas saith unto him, Lord,
we know not whether thou goest. How can we know the way? And
Jesus saith unto him, I'm the way, the truth, and the life.
No man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye have known me,
ye should have known my Father also. And from henceforth ye
know him, and ye have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord,
show us the Father, and it sufficeth us." That will satisfy us. Jesus
saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast
thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen
the Father. How sayest thou then, Show us
the Father? If you've seen the Son, you've
seen the Father, because the Father and the Son are one. They're
one. There's one God in three persons,
but now they're one. The Father and the Son are one
in deity. They're one in power. They're one in holiness. They're
one in purpose. And they are one in this matter
of redemption. In the greatest glory of Christ,
they're one. in this matter of saving his
people from their sins. So, if you've seen the Son, and
you've believed on the Son, you've seen the Father, and you've believed
on the Father. Fourth, if you've seen Jesus,
you see light. If you see Jesus, you have understanding,
because the glorious light of the Gospel has shined under you,
has shined in your heart, and you've seen the glory of God
in the face of Jesus Christ. Look at verse 46 back here in
our text. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth
on me should not abide in darkness." Now, God's elect are born into
this world in sin. They're born in Adam in the darkness
of unbelief and sin. But after you've seen Jesus,
after He's revealed Himself to you, you're not in darkness of
sin and unbelief anymore. Now, you still have sin. You
still have unbelief. You fight that sin and unbelief
every day. But you're not under the power
of that darkness or the power of that unbelief anymore. Because
lights come into your soul and you see, you believe. When the
light comes in, the darkness must go. And it's gone when Christ
has come into your heart. And you have understanding. Now
that won't mean that you understand everything there is in scripture.
Most of this book I do not understand. And you won't understand everything
that God is doing any more than his disciples understood. Our
Lord's riding into town on that hasp. They didn't understand
what he was doing. That's what it says here in verse
16. These things understood not as
disciples at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered
they that these things were written of him and that they had done
these things unto him. They didn't understand at first. But later,
they said, I see. Now I know what was going on.
Now I know what He was doing. And you will have an understanding
if you've seen Jesus. Like I said, you won't understand
everything in God's Word, but when you hear the truth, you'll
believe it. And you'll love it. You'll say,
that's it? That's been there all along.
I've never seen it, but that's it. I see that. Well, why do
you see that? God gave you light. He shined
light into your soul and you see. And fifth, last, if you've
seen Jesus, you see life. If you've seen Jesus, you have
eternal spiritual life. In verse 49, for I have not spoken
of myself, but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment,
what I should say and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment
is life everlasting. Whatsoever I speak therefore,
even as the Father said unto me, so I speak." If you've seen
Jesus, you believe the Word of God. Because God gave you life. A person that has life believes.
A person that has life, they see, they believe, they breathe.
And believing Christ is life eternal. Having Him is life eternal. Now in this life, it's not perfect
life yet, is it? But it will be someday. It will
be perfect life someday. When we have a fulfillment of
His promise in verse 26, that where He is, that's where my
servants are going to be. One day, where He is, that's
where His servants will be. And if you've seen Him here,
you're going to see Him there. If you believe Him here and you
love Him here, you're going to believe Him and see Him and love
Him in glory too. Have you seen Jesus? I pray so. I sat in my study
this morning and I prayed to the Lord to make it so. I thought
of all of you. It is my heart's earnest prayer
that He would make it so. Dale said in his prayer, I can't
do it. I was telling Evan yesterday,
I love to hear Tom Harding preach, because by the time Tom gets
done preaching, he's like leaning over here. He just wants to reach
up and grab you. Do you see the Lord Jesus Christ? He can make it so, and I pray
he will. All right. The Lord bless you.