What About Us Non-See-Ers?

Conclusion:

I don’t know if you’ve ever been disillusioned but I find myself disillusioned at times. There are things in life that cut so deeply we wonder if Christ is alive and well and is as he promised, “with us until the end of the age.”

• I feel for the family who set out to do a good thing by adopting three children from Adam’s County foster care only they were not told that all three children had been so severely abused and traumatized that they would need years of extensive treatment…

• I feel for those who did their very best at parenting but find themselves wondering what went wrong.

• I feel for those who set out to live for and honor God only to find themselves dealing with a terrible illness.

• I feel for those who thought their Christ-centered marriage would last forever but it didn’t…

• I feel for those who thought their savings and investments would be there when they needed it.

• I feel for those who thought they were secure in their employment but aren’t.

You get the idea…

So we find ourselves hiding behind a locked door, all fearful and frustrated with life and wondering what happened to God… is he alive or not?

But Jesus comes into the room this morning, a powerfully risen Christ and he still says, “Peace be with you.” Jesus comes into the room this morning to say, “Don’t be faithless anymore. Believe!”

There is a faith or belief that requires seeing to believe… and there is another kind of faith that Jesus commends that believes and trusts without seeing. That is the faith of the Non-See-ers… you and me.

Jesus said to Thomas, “You believe because you have seen me, blessed are those who believe without seeing me.” John 20:29

For us Non-See-ers…these things are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name. John 20:30-31