The subject tonight, the question
of questions. The text, John 9, 35. John 9, 35. Jesus heard that they had cast
him out, and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son
of God? Dost thou believe on the Son
of God? The question of questions that
I present to you tonight is a personal one. Dost thou believe on the
Son of God? To young and old, to rich and
poor, to wise and unwise, I direct this personal question. Dost
thou believe on the Son of God? Take no refuge in any experience
or any feeling or religious alibi, but face the question personally. Our Lord asked it of this young
man there personally, almost as if to put his hand
on his shoulder and look him directly in the eye and say to
him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? This is not only
a personal question, but it's a question that is not a matter
of controversy. There can be no religious controversy
here at all. The only controversy that can
possibly be raised is the one raised in your heart right now.
Dost thou believe on the Son of God? Not a question of freewillism
or predestination. It's not a question of postmillennial
or premillennial advent. It's not a question of Sabbath
days or ceremonies. It's not a question of denominational
traditions or customs or names. It is, do you believe on the
Son of God? That's the question. And it's
not a matter of controversy at all except as you war in your
own heart and as you argue with your own self. And then the question
has to do with one person. It has to do with his work, it
has to do with his glory. It has to do with your relationship
with him, not with me, not with others, not with the church,
not even with the religious world. His name was given by the angels. Thou shalt call his name Jesus,
for he shall save his people from their sin. Jesus of Nazareth,
they called him the friend of sinners. The glory of which we
speak is the glory of the only begotten of the Father, which
we beheld. His work was on this earth, where
he lived and where he died for sinners. He lives at the right
hand of the majesty in heaven, where he is the only mediator
between God and men. That's who we're talking about.
We're talking about Jesus Christ. Dost thou believe on the Son
of God? And this question determines
your eternal future. It determines your eternal destiny. It determines your eternal state.
For the Scripture again and again and again declares, He that believeth
on the Son of God hath eternal life. And he that believeth not
the Son of God shall never see life, but the wrath of God abideth
on him. Now preachers and churches may
offer life through law but the Bible only offers life through
the sun. Preachers in churches may offer
life through reformation and good deeds, but the Bible only
offers life in the sun. Preachers in churches may offer
life through works of religion, but the Bible only promises life
in the sun. In 1 John, chapter 5, verse 11,
the Scripture says, This is the record that God hath given to
us eternal life and this life is in his Son. And he that hath
the Son of God hath life, and he that hath not the Son of God
hath not life. And then this question has to
do with faith. Our Lord didn't say, Do you work
for the Son of God? He said, Do you believe on Him?
Our Lord didn't say, Do you speak well of the Son of God? He said,
Do you believe on Him? Our Lord didn't say, Do you hold
to the doctrines of the Son of God, he said, Do you believe
on him? Our Lord didn't ask, Do you serve the Son of God?
He said, Do you believe on him? Dost thou believe on the Son
of God? Do you? Martin Luther, who lived
almost 400 years ago, a man whom God was pleased to use
mightily for his glory, began his religious experience or career
in a monastery, trying to find acceptance with God through his
deeds, through his works. Martin Luther was a student,
not of the scripture, but of the traditions of the church.
He was a student of religion. He was a student of ceremony.
He was a student of custom. But in being a student of these
things, he also had to be exposed to the Bible. And one day while
sitting in his dungeon, for that's exactly what those cells and
rooms are in monasteries, they're dungeons, where these men beat
their bodies doing penance, where they starve their bodies trying
to find acceptance with God and forgiveness for their sins, where
they go nights without sleep on the hard floor, on their knees,
or lying naked on the cold floor, trying to find acceptance with
God through their works and through their deeds. Martin Luther, several
times, was almost near death because of the way he mistreated
his body, trying to drive sin and the thoughts of sin out of
it. Well, he was reading this old manuscript which was chained
to a pillar in the library of the monastery, and he came across
these words. The just shall live by faith. The just shall live by faith.
And he found it in God's word not once, not twice, not three
times, but four times. The just shall live by faith. Well it troubled him, it worried
him. He knew he wasn't living by faith, he was living by works.
And his works were extremely difficult. And his works he found
to be extremely sinful at their best. And he could find no peace,
he could find no rest, he could find no joy in the Lord. He read
this over and over again. Finally, in seeking acceptance
with God, he made a pilgrimage to Rome, the capital of religion. And there in Rome, it's still
there I suppose, but there is a staircase, which is said to
be the staircase up which Jesus Christ walked in Pilate's hall.
He had been beaten, the crown of thorns placed on his head,
and the blood was dripping from his head and from his back, and
it dripped on this staircase as he walked up the stairs going
to Pilate's hall. And they have preserved this
stairway, supposedly, and taken it to Rome, and there are the
pilgrims, and there are those seeking forgiveness and seeking
acceptance with God crawl up their stairway on their hands
and knees, and when they come to those red spots on the wood
encased in glass, they kneel and kiss these spots and say
so many prayers, and it's supposed to bring peace to them. Martin
Luther was on these very stairs, climbing on his hands and knees
up the stairs, saying prayers, seeking forgiveness, seeking
peace, and finding none, kissing the spots that were supposed
to be the blood of Christ, When the voice from heaven seemed
to speak to his heart, Martin Luther, the just shall live by
faith. The just shall live by faith.
And he said he arose from those stairs and ran out the door,
never to enter that place again. And for the first time in his
whole religious experience, he found peace with God. He found
that peace in faith, not in works. He found that joy in faith, not
in service, the service of religion. He found that happiness and that
relationship with the Redeemer by faith, and not by his works
or by law or by the deeds and ceremonies of the religious world. The question we're looking at
tonight in John chapter 9, And I want you to turn over there
with me for the remarks that I'm about to make. You'll need
to have your Bible open so that you can follow. John chapter
9. Now here's the question. Dost
thou believe? Dost thou, you personally, believe,
not serve, but believe on Jesus Christ, the Son of God? It must
not be taken for granted. that you believe on Christ because
of your experience or because of your background or because
of your works. You say, Preacher, why in the
world would you ask a Sunday night congregation of elders
and deacons and musicians and singers and faithful people,
why would you ask a congregation of this sort a question like
that? because of all people that need to be asked that question
pointedly and plainly are those people. Did not our Lord Jesus
Christ sit Peter, his chief apostle down in front of him, at least
the most outspoken one, and say to him three times, Peter, do
you love me? Peter, do you love me? We love ourselves, there's no
question about that. We love our families, there's
no question about that. We love those who love us, there's
no question about that. But do we love Christ? That's
the question of questions. Do you believe on the Son of
God? Now, I notice this, the young man to whom the Lord asked
this question in John 9, 35. I want you to see something astounding
here. In John 9, beginning first of
all with verse 7. Now this young man to whom the
Lord asked this question had been obedient to the commands
of Christ. He had been obedient. The Lord
told him what to do, and he did it. The Lord said to him in verse
7 of chapter 9, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, which is by interpretation
sent. He went his way, therefore, and
washed, and came seeing. This young man did exactly what
the Lord told him to do. He didn't go to the right, he
didn't go to the left, he didn't go to another pool, he carried
out the instructions of the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord commanded
him to do something and he did exactly as he was told. And still
it was to this man that the Lord asked the question later on,
do you believe? Now some of us have been very
careful about religious duties. religious ordinances. We've been
very careful about doing what the Bible says do. We pride ourselves
on this. If the Bible says it, we believe
it, and if the Bible doesn't say it, we don't believe it.
But no commandment and no ceremonial obedience can exempt a man from
this question, do you believe on the Son of God? We can carry
out some commandments of the Lord without believing. We can
do some things that the Lord instructs us to do without believing. We can be fundamental and orthodox
without personally believing in Christ. Turn to verse 25. I'll show you something else
about this young man. He not only had been obedient
to the commands of Christ, but this young man had passed through
a remarkable experience. a remarkable experience. Look
at verse 25. Listen to him. He answered and
said, Whether he be a sinner, now these Pharisees had accused
Christ of being a blasphemer, and this young man said, Whether
he be a sinner or no, I know not, but one thing I know, where
as I was blind, now I see. This young man had been blind
all his life. He had sat in darkness. He knew
no life but darkness and poverty and want. And now things were
different. He said, I was blind. Something
wonderful happened to me. I can see now. I've had an experience
rivaled by no man's experience. I've had an experience that everybody
would sit in rapture and listen to it. I've had a tremendous
change. And some of us might say the
same thing. Some of you might say, I've had
a great change in my life. I was once a drunk and now I'm
sober. That doesn't mean you believe
on the Son of God. This young man was blind and
by the power of God had been made to see, but it was to him
the Lord directed the question, do you believe? You might have
been a profane swearer and now you are a gentle person. That
doesn't mean you believe. You might have had a great change,
you might be a totally different person, but this still doesn't
exempt you from the question, do you believe on the Son of
God? There are many Reformed unbelievers, there are many religious
unbelievers. And then I'll show you something
else about this man. In verse 33, he had exercised
a degree of faith in Christ. He said in verse 33, he called
Christ a prophet. He admitted to being Christ's
disciple. Those people came to him and
said, give the glory to God. He said, well I don't know, I
just know this man made me whole. Now you want to be his disciple
too? And he was the man who said in verse 33, if this man were
not of God, he couldn't do anything. This young man believed Christ
to be a prophet. He believed Christ to come from
God, but it was to him that the Master directed this straightforward
question, Do you believe on the Son of God? And you and I may
have had a measure of faith from our youth. We may have been a
disciple of the Bible, but still the question comes to us tonight,
this all-important question of questions. Do we really believe
on the Son of God? Is He really our wisdom, our
righteousness, our sanctification, and our redemption? Is He really
our Lord? Do we really consider His glory
above our own? Do we really consider His will
above our own? Do we really believe on the Son
of God? This young man, he had obeyed
some commandments He had had a tremendous, remarkable experience. He had exercised a degree of
faith, and yet here the Master comes to him and says, Do you
believe on the Son of God? I'll tell you something else
about him. He had spoken out bravely for
Christ. He hadn't been ashamed. He stood
up bravely. Look at verse 11. Listen to it.
Verse 11. He said, A man that is called
Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to
the pool of Siloam, and wash. And I went and washed, and I
received Siloam." He spoke out bravely. He spoke
boldly before religious leaders. He spoke before the people. When
his parents trembled and compromised and didn't dare to speak, he
did. And yet it was still to him that
the Lord asked this question, do you believe? This young man
had stood up bravely for Christ. He had expressed his opinion
openly, publicly, and boldly. Jesus Christ is a great man,
he said. Jesus Christ is a prophet, and
he said it to powerful religious leaders. But is it not possible
for a man to be convinced of something in his head while his
heart, while his heart goes after other gods? Is it not possible
for a person to give mental assent to certain fundamental doctrines
which have been held by his parents and his grandparents and those
before them? while his true colors have never
been displayed? Is it not possible for a preacher
to be able to declare the truths of Scripture to others while
there's no genuine faith in his own heart? I verily not only believe it
possible, but I believe it in most cases most probable. Dost
thou believe on the Son of God? This question was asked of a
young man who had spoken out very bravely for the cause of
Jesus Christ. And yet our Master asked him
later, Do you believe? Do you believe? Do you believe? And here's a remarkable thing,
too. He had suffered for Christ. Verse 34, listen. And these religious
leaders answered and said to him, while you were altogether
born in sins, do you teach us? And they," the King James Version
says they cast him out. The word is they excommunicated
him from the synagogue. They cut him off from all religious
prayers, from all religious worship, from all religious ceremonies,
all religious feasts. They cut him off. This man was
put out of his national religion. He was put out of the synagogue
because he bore witness to the power of Jesus Christ, and yet
it was still to him that the Lord asked this question, Do
you believe? He said, Well, preacher, I've
been a defender of the faith. Have you ever been conquered
by it? Henry VIII was a defender of the faith. Did you know that?
Henry VIII was a so-called defender of the faith. Henry VIII, one
of the most wicked kings who ever lived, was the head of the
Church of England at one time. And the 39 Articles which were
drawn up under his dominion and leadership are 39 of the most
scriptural, biblical, soundest articles that have ever been
put down on paper, fundamental, orthodox as they can be. This young man was a defender
of some kind of faith, and yet the Lord asked him, Do you This
young man had been persecuted. Perhaps some here have been persecuted
outwardly for what you profess. But now, how is it in your heart? How is it in your motive? How
is it in your attitude? How is it in the real secret
chamber of your soul? Do you really believe on the
Son of God? Has the faith of Christ made
you a bondslave of the Son of God? Has this faith of Christ, has
it made you a good husband? Has this faith in Jesus Christ,
has it made you a good wife? Has it made you a good employer,
a good employee, a good servant, a good neighbor? Has this faith in Jesus Christ? Is it your religious doctrine
or is it your internal experience? Which is it? It is a point I
long to know. Often it causes me anxious thought. Do I really love the Lord or
no? Am I His or am I not? I've had an experience I have
exercised some degree of faith. I have spoken out bravely for
Christ, but did not those people at the judgment say, Lord, we
preached in your name? Did not they say at the judgment,
we've done many wonderful works in your name? Did not they say
at the judgment, we have cast out even demons in your name? And he said, I never knew you.
We never knew each other. We never were one. There never
was a bond of intimate fellowship between us. There never was that
real spiritual communion between you and me. Never. That's what he said, never. But
we professed your name, but I never knew you. You never knew me.
For I was a name, a historical character, A stepladder to the
skies, a fire escape from hell, an insurance policy when you
died. But we never knew each other.
We never walked together. We never talked together. You
never really believed on me. Do you believe on the Son of
God? And that's the person to whom
our Lord directed this question. A man who had heard the commandment
of Christ and obeyed it. A man who had such a radical,
remarkable experience that he had the whole town upset. He
split the church. A man who had spoken out bravely
on the street corner for Christ. A man who had suffered and been
cast out of the out of the National Synagogue for Christ. And here
he stands, separated, cast out, alone, and Christ walks up to
him. And he doesn't pat him on the back and say, You sure are
a great testimony for glory and grace. He said, Do you believe?
Do you believe? What does this question involve?
Do you believe on the Son of God? What does it involve? It
is more than to believe that such a person lived. It's more
than that. It's more than to believe that
a man called Jesus lived on this earth. This faith we're talking about,
this saving faith, it involves a lot more than just believing
that a person called Jesus Christ lived on this earth. And it's
more than to believe that he was a great man. How many believe
he was a great man? Why, whom do men say that I am?
Why out there on the streets they're saying, you're a great
prophet. You're greater than John the Baptist. You're greater
than Elijah. Nicodemus said, you've got to
come from God. No man could do what you do except
God be with him. Nicodemus wasn't a believer.
It is more than to believe that he could work miracles. It's
more than to believe that he died on a cross. How many witnessed
his death? How many thousands witnessed
his death who died unbelievers? It's more than to believe he
rose again. How many beheld him after he
arose from the grave while he was seen of hundreds of people? Is it not true that many people
witnessed these things who never believed in Christ? The Bible
says the devil believes and trembles. What is this faith we're talking
about? Dost thou have faith in the Son
of God, saving faith? It's more than to believe his
doctrine. Any intelligent attorney could
read the pages of this book and see God's divine wrath against
man's depravity. Any fair-minded professor could
read the pages of this book and see that God is sovereign and
man is dependent? That the only way that God can
be just and justify the ungodly is to have that man's sins paid
for through the righteousness and obedience of another? Why, any honest lawyer could
pick up this book and say the only way that a guilty criminal,
a spiritual criminal, a traitor against the kingdom of God, an
offender against the law of God, the only way that he can be set
free is to have somebody take his place and pay his debt who
has no debt to pay. And that person's Jesus Christ.
You say you know how God can be just and justify the ungodly? That's wonderful. But that doesn't
mean you believe. You can know that and not be
saved. Oh, yes, sir, you can, too. Because it's a legal transaction. Christ came down here and took
my place, took the place of a sinner, paid that sinner's debt, and
now God can be righteous and God can be just and God can be
honorable and set that sinner free. I can know that in my head
and never be saved. You can read the Bible and hold
to the right front. Anybody knows baptisms by immersion,
it has good sense at all. John Calvin said that three hundred,
four hundred years ago. The very word itself means to
immerse. Anybody knows that. Anybody knows
that the bread and the wine represent the body and blood of Christ.
Those fundamental orthodox doctrines are not difficult to me. You'd teach a parrot to say those
things. What is this faith? Well, true
faith is identified in the Word of God with three words. 1 John
5. Turn over there first. 1 John
5. What I'm asking is this. Not,
are you orthodox? That's not what we ask. That's
not what Christ asked this young man. Not, are you fundamental?
We ought to be. That's not the question. The
question is, do you believe on the Son of God? 1 John 5.13 says, These things
have I written unto you, that believe on the name of the Son
of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that
ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. We believe the
record that is written right here. These things are written
from Genesis to Revelation concerning his eternal glory, concerning
his suretorship, concerning the gift of God, which is his Son,
concerning his visit to this earth, his incarnation. He came
down here and took on himself not only, not the seed of angels,
but the seed of Abraham. He died on a cross, was buried
and rose again. We believe that record. Look
at verse 20. We know that the Son of God is
come and has given us an understanding. that we may know Him that is
true, and we're in Him that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal
life. This is what we believe. I do believe, I will believe
that Jesus died for me, that on that cross He shed His blood
from sin to set me free. That's the first word, believe.
Faith means to believe the record. Not to put a question mark on
God's word, not to put a question mark on God's miracles, not to
put a question mark on God's purpose, not to put a question
mark on God's judgment, but to believe it. I believe it. Now the second word of which
faith is composed is found in Ephesians 1. It is not only to
believe the record. That's what we call fundamentalism,
orthodoxy. That's to believe the record.
To really believe it. To believe it in your heart,
to believe it in your soul. But it's not only to believe
Christ, it's to trust Him. Look at Ephesians 1 verse 11,
verse 12. That we should be to the praise
of His glory who first trusted in Christ. In whom you also trusted. after you heard the word of truth,
the gospel of your salvation. Paul called it a committal. A
committal. Paul said, I know whom I have
believed, I am persuaded he's able to keep that which I've
trusted to him. Trusted. Here a man stands by
a creek, and there's a log across that creek. And he looks at the
log and he believes that it's a substantial log, that it will
carry his weight. I believe that. But he still
has an exercised faith. When he steps on that log and
commits his weight to it, he's exercised faith. And even so,
I say I believe the Bible. I believe the record concerning
God's Son. I believe God sent his Son into
the world to be my sacrifice, my substitute. I believe that.
But I have not exercised faith until I trust him. With my heart,
with my soul, with my family, with my friends, with everything,
I trust him. Job said, after all these things
had been taken away, though he slay me, yet will I trust him."
I'll trust him. I'll trust him for every need.
I'll trust him in every trial. I'll trust him without evidences
and signs. I'll trust him without miracles.
I'll trust him because he is the only one who can be trusted. I'll put no confidence in myself
or in any man, but I'll put all my confidence in Christ Jesus. That's faith. Do you believe? You don't believe if you haven't
trusted him. You don't believe until you have
committed yourself to him. That's when you believe. Believing is not mental agreement
with some facts. Some preacher said, you believe
Jesus died and was buried and rose again, you're saved. There's
not a word of truth in that. Not a word of truth in it. There isn't a demon in hell that
doesn't believe that. But it is to trust him. Now,
you don't trust him until you believe him. You don't trust
him until he's revealed to you. You don't trust him until you're
aware he did die, that he did offer himself as a substitute,
a sacrifice for sin. When you receive that record,
you trust him. You see what I'm saying? You
commit yourself to Him. You cast yourself upon Him. You
willingly, intelligently, lovingly commit yourself. I'm committed. I'm committed. I'm committed. Now the third word is the word
receive. In John chapter 1, verse 12. Now listen to it. Faith is believing
the record. God had given. Faith is to trust
a person, to trust him, to lean not on my own understanding,
trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own
understanding. Trust him. And then it's to receive
him. As many as received him. It doesn't say as many as received
his doctrine, him. Not as many as received his people,
even his Bible, him. Not as many as received his law
to walk by, but him. To them gave he power or the
right to become the sons of God. Have you ever really received
Christ as your Lord, the supreme master of your life? Turn to Hebrews 11. I want you
to take a real good look with me at this scripture here. Hebrews
11, verse 24. Moses was, of course, an Israelite,
but when he was just an infant, his mother put him in that basket
and turned him loose on the water to save him from Pharaoh's sword. Pharaoh's daughter came down
there to take a bath and found that little boy in that basket,
and she took him home with her and made him her son. And for
forty years he was raised in the palace of Pharaoh. He had
the best of everything. He was one of the wealthiest
men in Egypt. He was one of the most famous
men of Egypt. He was one of the smartest men
in Egypt. He was educated in the very best
of universities in Egypt. He was an heir to the Egyptian
throne. Now listen, Hebrews 11, verse
24. By faith, this is what we're
talking about, with faith, by faith. This was the reason for
this whole thing. By faith, Moses, when he was
come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter. choosing rather to suffer affliction
with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for
a season, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than
the treasures in Egypt. For he had respect unto the recompense
of the reward, and by faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the
wrath of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible."
That's faith. When a man comes to this crossroad
like Moses did, when a man comes to the crossroad where he has
to make a deliberate choice between his will and God's will, between
his pleasure and God's purpose, between his own self-seeking
and God's glory. And he says, I turn my back on
these things. I refuse to be called a son of
this world, and I choose rather to suffer the afflictions of
God's people, whatever they are. I will be identified with Jesus
Christ wherever it leads I'll be identified with Jesus Christ.
Whatever it costs, I'll be identified with Jesus Christ. That man is
a believer. For he has received Christ. He has received his scepter,
he has received his yoke, he has received his Lordship, and
that man is a believer. He's a believer. Now the third
thing in this message, do you believe on the Son of God? Has this really transpired? This
young man, Christ asked him in verse 35, Do you believe? And he said, Lord, who is he
that I might believe? And Christ said, Is he that talketh
with thee? And he said, Lord, verse 38,
I believe. And he worshipped him. And he
worshipped him. The answer comes to this question,
does thou believe on the Son of God? Either yes or no. And it involves a whole lot more
than lip service, too. There are marks and evidences
of this faith. Peter said, unto you that believe,
he is precious. The most precious pearl in all
the world. That pearl which is worth the
sacrifice of anything and anybody, that's how precious He is. Unto
you that believe His blood is precious. Unto you that believe
His promises are precious. Unto you that believe His people
are precious. Unto you that believe His commandments
are precious. Unto you that believe His Spirit
is precious. And the question is answered
first of all within, and then it's answered without, before
men. We answer it first, Dost thou
believe on the Son of God? We answer it first in our own
hearts, for salvation is not found in the front of anybody's
or on the rule book of anybody's church, or in the ordinances
of anybody's church, salvation is found in a living, personal,
vital union with the Son of God. That's what we're talking about.
Do you believe on the Son of God? And that answer, first of
all, comes within our own hearts. For with the heart, man believeth
under righteousness, and then the answer is made with our mouths,
and confession is made under salvation. And our Lord puts
an open confession side by side with faith. Did you know that?
When he was talking to his disciples before he ascended to the Father,
he said to them, You go into all the world and preach the
gospel to every creature, and he that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved. Faith is to believe. Baptism
is to confess. And our Lord puts them side by
side. Paul put them side by side in
Romans chapter 9. Listen to Paul in Romans chapter
10, rather. He said, If thou shalt confess
with thy mouth Jesus to be Lord, and believe in thine heart God
hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Thou shalt
be saved. So you see, it's not so remarkable
after all that this question is addressed to you and to me
tonight, is it? Not so remarkable after all.
When we consider all that is involved in believing on the
Son of God, when we consider all that is involved in an interest
in the Son of God, it's not such a far-fetched question after
all. Do you believe? You can look up here and ask
the same thing of me. Preacher, you've been in the
pulpit 28 years. Do you believe on the Son of
God? And I ask you that question tonight, and I hope that it makes
us all do a great deal of heart-searching, let a man examine himself whether
he be in the faith. But I'll tell you this, this
is not a Baptist faith or a Presbyterian faith or a Methodist faith we're
talking about. And this is not religion we're talking about,
and this is not fundamentalism or orthodoxy. This is a saving
interest in Christ. Do you believe on the Son of
God? And he that believeth on the
Son of God hath life. Our Father, we thank Thee for
Thy Spirit's visitation in this hour. We feel that Thou hast
spoken to each one of us. We feel that Thy Holy Spirit
has put every one of us on trial. that we've got to come face to
face with this question asked by our living Lord. Do you believe
on the Son of God? And we pray that that question
may be answered with a positive, unwavering