Back to the Upper Room: Believing Is Seeing
John 20:24-31
TESTED FAITH
“When we are in doubt, God will never fail to give light when we have no other plan than to
him and to act in love for him.” —Brother Lawrence
TRUE FAITH
“You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe
seeing me.” —John 20:29
“Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the
of things we cannot see.” —Hebrews 11:1
“Faith is to believe what we do not see, and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.” —Augustine
TRANSFORMATIONAL FAITH
“Faith is the ‘yes’ of the heart, a
on which one stakes one’s life.” —Martin Luther
“Thus
in a risen Christ made a mourner into a missionary, a penitent into a preacher, the bereaved friend into an apostle of love, a timid and shrinking clique of disciples into the fearless heralds of a new movement, and a doubter into a confessor.” —Merril C. Tenney
“But these are
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 20:31
“So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord. For we live by believing and not by seeing. Yes, we are fully
, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord. So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him. For we must all stand before Christ to be judged. We will each receive whatever we deserve for the good or evil we have done in this earthly body.” —2 Corinthians 5:6-10
“And it is impossible to please God without
. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.” —Hebrews 11:6