See for Yourself

John 5:3939Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

The entire Bible points to the coming of Jesus.

The prophet Isaiah said:
“Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:”

The religious leaders of Jesus’ day couldn’t recognize that the scriptures pointed to Jesus. What a tragedy that He was standing right in front of them and couldn’t see Him. He was speaking to them but they didn’t hear Him. He was right in front of them but they didn’t reach out to touch Him.

Don’t make the same mistake!

Saw (Luke 5:12)
When a man with leprosy saw Jesus he fell on his face. He knew that Jesus was his only hope. When we recognize that Jesus is our only hope we need to fall on our face before Him and cry out to Him.

Heard (Mark 10:46-48)
A blind man heard that Jesus was passing by he cried out for Jesus to have mercy on him. Those around told him to be quiet but he cried the more. He wasn’t going to let his only hope pass by without getting his attention. We can get Jesus’ attention today. We just need to cry out to Him.

Touched (Luke 8:43 through Luke 8:44)
A woman with a disease of twelve years came behind Jesus, and touched the border of his garment. When she touched Him, Jesus noticed. He notices today when we touch Him with our need. Jesus always responds to the cry of our hearts.

1 John 1:1Why could the apostles preach with such conviction? They had seen Jesus with their own eyes. They had heard Him with their own ears. They had touched Him with their own hands.
I haven’t heard Him with my ears but I have heard Him speak to my heart. I haven’t seen Him with my eyes but I see Him through my faith. I haven’t touched with my hands but I have touched Him with my heart.

But more than that I know He is real because He has touched me. He will touch you if you will reach out to Him.