Believing Without Seeing

OVERFLOWING GRACE GOD’S LOVING FAVOR IN MY INADEQUACY RESULTING IN OVERFLOWING BENEFITS. JOHN 1:1-5 AS GOD AND CREATOR, HOPE IS FOUND IN JESUS. JOHN 1:6-18 JESUS IS THE SOURCE OF GRACE AND TRUTH, AND MAN MUST CHOOSE IF HE WILL BELIEVE IN THIS JESUS. JOHN 1:19-2:11 (DISCIPLES FOLLOWING JESUS AND MIRACLE OF CANA) THE REALITY OF JESUS (AS REVEALED BY THE MANY WITNESSES) SHOULD LEAD YOU TO BELIEF. JOHN 2:12-25 (CLEANSING THE TEMPLE) MAN MUST BE WILLING TO ACCEPT WHAT IS TRUE ABOUT JESUS. JOHN 3:1-21 (NICODEMUS) BELIEVE IN JESUS BECAUSE THE CONSEQUENCES HAVE ETERNAL IMPACT! JOHN 3:22-36 (TESTIMONY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST) EXALT JESUS THAT OTHERS MAY BELIEVE HE IS TRUTH. JOHN 4:1-42 (WOMAN AT THE WELL) ALLOW GOD TO USE YOUR TESTIMONY TO POINT OTHERS TO CHRIST! Believing Without Seeing! JOHN 4:43-54 BELIEVING WITHOUT SEEING! 1. The reality is that not everyone is believing that Jesus is the Savior. 43-45 2. Jesus confronts their shallow view of belief. 4648 3. Jesus heals the royal official’s son after the royal official’s persistent request. 49-54 4. The royal official’s genuine faith believes without seeing. 52-54 FIVE TAKE AWAY PRINCIPLES 1. Knowledge of Christ often does not translate into genuine belief in Christ. 2. Genuine faith is more than believing in the power of God but in the entire truth of Jesus Christ. 3. Genuine belief does not require seeing miraculous proof. FIVE TAKE AWAY PRINCIPLES 4. Progression of last couple chapters: Belief is the spiritual transformation of a person when they understand and believe the realities of Jesus Christ for themselves—He is the Messiah, the Savior of the world. 5. My belief impacts those around me! GENUINE BELIEF GOES BEYOND CURIOSITY TO ACCEPTING THE REALITY THAT JESUS IS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.