And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day (John 6:40).
It is the will of God that all who see His Son as the Savior and believe on Him may have everlasting life. The promise of Jesus is clear: "I will raise him up at the last day."
A minister passing the corner of Fourth Avenue and Jefferson Street in Louisville, Kentucky, one cold November morning saw a man who had been placed on the sidewalk in front of a building in order that he might receive alms from passerby. Both his arms were gone, and he had no legs. His face was marked with the miseries of many winters, but his eyes were very bright. His head was bare, for his hat was pinned to his ragged clothing to receive the proffered coins. The minister asked the poor man if he didn't wish to be moved inside the building to get out of the cold. But one standing by said, "He cannot hear." Then he wrote his question on a piece of paper: "May I move you to a warm place?" The onlooker said, "He cannot read; neither can he speak." But, looking into the man's eyes, the minister seemed to read there these words: "O man, please give me something with which to get bread and a warm place to stay." That look was rewarded, for help was extended immediately.
But there is a more important look than that. God says, "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else" (Isa. 45:22). This is the look that God must see in the spiritual eye of every lost soul.
With the eye of faith we must see the Son, and believing on Him, receive everlasting life. This is the definite promise of our Savior: "I will raise him up at the last day." Seeing is believing, and believing is receiving everlasting life.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "In his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning" (Ps. 30:5).
It is the will of God that all who see His Son as the Savior and believe on Him may have everlasting life. The promise of Jesus is clear: "I will raise him up at the last day."
A minister passing the corner of Fourth Avenue and Jefferson Street in Louisville, Kentucky, one cold November morning saw a man who had been placed on the sidewalk in front of a building in order that he might receive alms from passerby. Both his arms were gone, and he had no legs. His face was marked with the miseries of many winters, but his eyes were very bright. His head was bare, for his hat was pinned to his ragged clothing to receive the proffered coins. The minister asked the poor man if he didn't wish to be moved inside the building to get out of the cold. But one standing by said, "He cannot hear." Then he wrote his question on a piece of paper: "May I move you to a warm place?" The onlooker said, "He cannot read; neither can he speak." But, looking into the man's eyes, the minister seemed to read there these words: "O man, please give me something with which to get bread and a warm place to stay." That look was rewarded, for help was extended immediately.
But there is a more important look than that. God says, "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else" (Isa. 45:22). This is the look that God must see in the spiritual eye of every lost soul.
With the eye of faith we must see the Son, and believing on Him, receive everlasting life. This is the definite promise of our Savior: "I will raise him up at the last day." Seeing is believing, and believing is receiving everlasting life.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "In his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning" (Ps. 30:5).
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