Sermon Notes for Sunday, February 19th
We cannot see ‘a blooming thing’ when we do
not have faith in Almighty God. It is faith that opens our eyes to God. When
our hearts are open to God: when we believe that He is real, then and only then
are we able to notice the reality of God at work in our lives. It is strange,
yet true that there are like scales over our eyes when we do not believe or
when we mistrust God. These scales fell off from Saul when he became a
believer (Paul): he was healed of his spiritual blindness which was also manifested in
physical blindness (see Acts 9:18).
The old adage: ‘seeing is believing’ is basically
true, however when it comes to matters of the faith it may become even more
true that: believing is seeing! We pray, as Paul prays in Ephesians 1:18 that
the eyes of our hearts may be enlightened, that we may know the hope to which
He has called us. May His true light ~the light of the Gospel of the glory of
Jesus Christ~ enter our eyes through faith and shine in our hearts ~giving the light of the knowledge of the
glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ~ as stated in today’s passage: 2 Corinthians 4:4-6.
In this way of faith we will no longer be
spiritually blind (the work of the ‘god of this world’ who blinds the eyes
of unbelievers). We will instead see by faith and recognize the Lord loving us in
all His glory.
2nd
Corinthians chapter 4 verses
3-6
3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is
veiled only to those who are perishing. 4 In their case the god of
this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing
the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5
For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves
as your servants for Jesus' sake.
6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness”, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness”, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
