Experiencing Life
Blessed are Those Who Believe Without Seeing
John 20:29
Believing is seeing.
And though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in (faith) Him, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, receiving as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls. (1 Peter 1:8,9)
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have beheld and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life—what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also... (1 Jn. 1:1,3)
Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of Christ. (Rom. 10:17)
Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed (“faithed”). (Jn. 20:29)
In what specific ways are those who believe in Jesus blessed?
10 ways believers are blessed by the acceptance of God. Are you experiencing life in His name?
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1:12-13)
1. You are accepted as a child of God.
Enjoy the right of being the covenant people of God.
For God loved the world (like so), He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
2. You have eternal life.
From objects of wrath (Eph. 2:3) doomed to destruction, to glorious life forever.
Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death to life. (John 5:24)
3. You have been delivered from judgment.
On the day of your salvation you were acquitted of all previous and future charges against you.
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.” (John 6:35)
4. You are spiritually satisfied.
The empty soul prone to restlessness, addictiveness, idolatry is finally full and satisfied in Jesus.
“He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water’” (John 7:38)
5. You are a conduit of spiritual blessings.
The rich presence of the Holy Spirit overflows from you to the benefit of others through the sharing of your gifts and the benefits of the fruit of the Spirit.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die—ever. Do you believe this?” (Jn. 11:25,26)
6. You will be finally resurrected to life. (on the last day v.23)
Your mortal body will die, YOU will not, and you will receive a replacement body!
Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God? (John 11:40)
7. You will see God’s glory.
At His pleasure, believers experience “break-ins of the age to come”, manifestations of His magnificence, in anticipation of His uninterrupted glory in the age to come.
“I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.” (John 12:46)
8. You will lead a holy, unhidden life.
Living in the darkness will feel “repulsive” to you and will result in a desire to move into the light to be transformed.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do because I go to the Father.” (John 14:12; cf. 5:20)
9. You are effectively fruitful.
The post-resurrection power of Christ at work in a righteous person is powerful and effectively productive.
“I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.” (John 17:20,21)
10. You are intentionally prayed for by Jesus
You are empowered to live in noticeable and *inexplicable unity—*explained only through belief in the Father’s mission to send the Son to redeem a united global people for His name.
The Goal: Experience Life in His name. How is that going for you?
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