Is God's Word your guide?

Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all so long and have you not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how  you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak from Myself, but the Father abiding in Me does His works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater  than these he will do because I go to the Father. Whatever you ask in My name, this will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do . - John 14:8-14 (LSB)

In this life, we live by faith.  I have never seen Jesus, never like those disciples.  I’ve never had a vision of Jesus.  I’ve never met an angel.  I’ve never known if an angel was around.  I’ve never heard God speak.  I’ve never felt the presence of God.  I have never heard heavenly voices.  I have never had a conversation with my dead parents.  I’ve never seen God.  But I believe with all my heart that God is, Christ is, and the Holy Spirit is.
Why do I believe?  Do I have some esoteric, elevated, gnostic, spiritual sight?  No.  I have this book and it is all the evidence I need.  It is obviously the revelation of God and the only one I need.
I do see Jesus in this book.  I do meet angels in this book.  I do hear the voice of heaven here.  I do understand the location of my dead parents by reading this book.  I do see God revealed throughout the pages of this book.  And this book has stood the scrutiny and the tests of all the true believers and all the haters and skeptics throughout history, and it has stood unassailable.  It is without flaw, without error.  It is the truth and I believe it.
But we live by that faith, faith in the God of Holy Scripture.  So we’re not here offering miracles, we’re not here offering supernatural experiences.  The miracle that we see all the time is the miracle of salvation when God transfers someone from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of His beloved Son.  That is a total transformation of an entire human being called regeneration, new birth, new life.
But we don’t live by sight, we live by faith.  We are the blessed who having not seen, yet believe.  And it isn’t that we believe just willy-nilly, we believe what Scripture says.  Here lies the evidence. - John MacArthur

Is God's Word your source of absolute truth?

Is God's Word your guidebook for life?

Does the amount of time you spend in His Word each week allow you to know His will for your life?

Be Encouraged to spend time each day in His Word for His direction.



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