Seeing is believing

As believers we have seen God at work, in our lives and the lives of others around us. Now, in the lives of others, how many were believers? How many were non-believers? How many of those non-believers turned to Christ after He helped them? I want to talk about 4 examples in the bible of where others believed in Jesus after He helped them. And, I want these examples to encourage us in our walk of faith.

The first comes from Luke 17:11-19. While traveling to Jerusalem, He assed between Samaria and Galilee. As He entered a village, 10 men with serious skin diseases me Him. They stood at a distance and raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” When He saw them, He told the, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And while they were going, they were healed. But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God. He fell facedown at His feet, thanking Him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus said, “Were not 10 cleansed? Where are the nine” Didn’t any return to give glory to God except this foreigner? And He told him, “Get up and go on your way. Your faith has made you well.” See all 10 had faith, but 9 went about their business. Would it be safe to say that they were so entrenched in the world? That what had just happened to them really did not mean much? But the 1 man did see, his eyes were opened to the miracle that Christ had done for him. Now the bible does not say if all these men were Samaritans, but if would be safe to say since they were all together they probably were. Now the one man that came back fell at Jesus’ feet and thanked Him. This one man saw the power, knew were it came from and came back to honor the Lord. He saw, and believed! When we see the power of God work in others lives, we must stand with them and rejoice, shouting hallelujah to Christ the King with them. This is imperative if this person is a non-believer. Christ in us could be the guiding light they need in order to make the confession of faith in Him. We can help them “See and Believe.”

The second example comes also from Luke. Chapter 7 verses 11 through 17. “Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.” Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him an, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother. They were all filled with awe and praised God. “A great prophet has appeared among us,” they said, “God has come to help his people. This news about Jesus spread throughout Juda and the surrounding country.”  In this scenario we see that “they were filled with awe.” People saw what had just happened and they believed because they “praised God” and “news about Jesus spread throughout Juda and the surrounding country.” These people did what we need to do when we have seen Christ work in either our lives or the lives of others, SPREAD THE NEWS!!!! We must use our examples, of blessings or healings, as testimony to others, telling them that the Jesus we know wants a relationship with them also. We must use His good works as examples of what He desires to give to them, no matter their past, present or future. God loves to give, to those who believe and follow Him, and they will receive too, all they need to do is ask for forgiveness and repent and accept Christ as their Savior.