“Believe!”

December 21, 2018

“Believe!”

Blessings folk!

Do you believe what Jesus did?
Do you believe what Jesus said?

Jesus had reproached the disciples for their lack of faith and belief.

Read the passage again…

Mar 16:14-18

Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table;
and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart,
because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen.

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.

“He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved;
but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned.

“These signs will accompany those who have believed:
in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues;

they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”


So, Jesus corrected them for believing more in what they saw/thought than in what He said/did.

Jesus then gave them a commandment.

“Go!”

“Go” where?
Into all the world.

Why?
Preach the gospel to all creation.

Notice we are to preach to all.

Jesus reveals the basic simplicity of the gospel.
One must believe.
That does not mean that we must understand everything.
We simply must believe.

We must believe that Jesus is Who He said He was.
We must believe that Jesus did what Father told Him to do.
We must believe that He is Messiah Who died for mankind.

He came in the form of flesh, the very creation that He spoke into existence.
He lived a sinless life.
He died.
He was buried.
On the third day He was resurrected from the dead!

It is that simple.
Do you believe?
Truly believe?
Not an intellectual assent.
Not a religious, social activity.

True belief.

He who has believed and is baptized shall be saved.
He who does not believe, disbelieves, shall be condemned.

If so, are you willing to allow the Lord to do as He desires?

Believe!
Go!
Preach!
Believe!

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