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Have we found Jesus, and are we attempting to reach out and bring others to Him? Well, before we do, we should be certain that we really know who He is ourselves. If we think we have sought and found Him, I wonder if we really have, because scripture seems to say that we don’t find Him through searching... God draws, or calls, us to Him. Is this an enigma; a great mystery? Let’s read two passages and then I will reveal a truth to you...
This morning we will revisit the story of the neighbor who would not get immediately out of bed when asked for three loaves. Jesus uses this story of persistent knocking to instruct his apostles on waiting for the Holy Spirit, but it is true also of all our prayers... we are to have perseverance, faith, and humility. Let’s look also at the death and resurrection of Lazarus, and what Mary and Martha expected when they asked Jesus to come, and later when He told them that He would raise him from the dead.
Have you found Jesus, and now you are attempting to reach out and bring others to Him? Well, are you certain you really know who He is? If you think you have sought and found Him, I wonder, because we don’t find Him through searching... God draws, or calls, us to Him. And, is there a great mystery in this?
How is our faith constructed? Who are we without Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit? Wasn’t it God’s plan from our inception that one would come to us then the other? That we are saved, and redeemed by Christ, and led by the Holy Spirit, so that in this way we can once again walk with God, as Adam walked? Isaiah prophesied regarding the coming of Jesus, and it has come to be. He also told us that God’s Spirit would come to us, and that too is now true, but is there more than this? Is there a mystery to solve?