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From: Donnie Parrett
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Subject: [DonnieDailyDelights] DAILY DEVOTION FOR TUESDAY JUNE 15
WHY DO WE BELIEVE IN JESUS?
"Jesus answered them and said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not
because you saw the
signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled"
John 6:26
Call me a "
Doubting Thomas"
if you want, but there are just some things I won't believe until I see them.
Oh, I believe man
walked on the moon, I saw the TV broadcast as they did
it. And I believe they discovered the Titanic, I saw the movie. (Just kidding!)
But there are things
that I don't believe easily. The first time I heard
about the planes crashing into the World Trade Center, I doubted. Who would
believe any human could
inflict such a thing on another human? There are just
some things that I have to see or hear for myself to believe them.
That leads me to a question: why do we believe in Jesus? I know a lot of folk
believe in Him because
He has done something wonderful in their lives. He
may have saved their marriage, or healed a child, or redeemed them from
financial ruin. Those are
all good reasons to believe in Jesus, at least to cause
us to begin to believe. But, trust me, those are not reason enough to keep us
believing. Jesus told
His followers that they believed in Him because they
ate the bread Jesus multiplied, not because He is the Son of God. Of course
they did not have that
knowledge yet, but He had been implying such a thing
for months before this event. He continues telling them to seek imperishable
bread, that which will
not get moldy, stale, and dry. He wants them to believe
in Him because He is.
"He is what?" you may ask. He is the Son of God. He is the Redeemer for which
we have all been
waiting. He is the Sacrificial Lamb that has taken away
all of our sins. All of these and more, Jesus wants us to accept. And when we
do, we will find that
our belief, our Faith, is not dependent upon what we
have seen, but what we know, Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
And once we know that
beyond the shadow of a doubt, we will never have to
fear falling away from our relationship with Him. Why? Our Faith will be from
the heart, not the
head. It will not depend upon things that can be seen,
felt, tasted, smelled, or heard. It will not be founded upon the things of this
world, but upon the
Solid Rock, the same Rock that Jesus built the Church
upon, the knowledge that Jesus is God.
Don't get me wrong; we often need the miracles to cause us to believe in the
beginning. It is just
that we can't stay there. We need to move up to the
next level and develop a personal relationship with the Son of God. That is
when we begin to show
spiritual maturity. Hallelujah, Amen and Amen.
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