<html><head></head><body><div><div><div><div><br></div>John 9;35-38<div><br></div><div><b>35. &nbsp;Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him said, “Do you believe in the Son of man?”</b></div><div><b>36. &nbsp;He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”</b></div><div><b>37. &nbsp;Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who speaks to you.”</b></div><div><b>38. &nbsp;He said, “Lord, I believe”;&nbsp;and he worshiped him.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Spiritual vision includes our testimony concerning who Jesus is. &nbsp;A public declaration. &nbsp;We see with the eyes of our hearts. &nbsp;We confess with our lips. &nbsp;This kind of seeing <u>is</u>&nbsp;true&nbsp;believing. &nbsp;Spiritual vision inspires right worship of God.</div><div><br></div><div>So many people today think they can claim a private&nbsp;faith in Jesus, but still&nbsp;refuse to find a church fellowship and worship him with others, why? &nbsp;Because our own flesh is still resisting right worship. &nbsp;We have not been set free of temptation and false belief yet. &nbsp;We do have the greater&nbsp;power now to overcome our flesh, but our flesh is powerful, and overcoming our flesh requires discomforting the flesh.</div><div><br></div><div>We deceive ourselves into believing that we can remain separated and aloof from other Believers, while claiming Christ. &nbsp;Yet, the very work of God the Holy Spirit is to make us one, and inspires not only love of God, but also love of one another, and public declaration of who he is. &nbsp;(see, Ephesians 1;9&amp;10). &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Spirit of God draws us to right worship in fellowship with other Believers, where we publicly&nbsp;proclaim Christ. &nbsp;<i>“As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.” (1 Corinthians 11;26) &nbsp;</i>Real peace with God comes&nbsp;by believing rightly in who Jesus is, and then proclaiming him with our own public worship, just as the seeing man did. &nbsp;He proclaimed Christ to the Jewish authorities and he bowed himself before Jesus. &nbsp;He not only saw Jesus with his heart, he risked public ridicule to declare him so. &nbsp;He received&nbsp;the full joy and peace of God. &nbsp;He fulfilled his life’s purpose.</div><div><br></div><div>He no longer needed to be a part of the&nbsp;temple to be near to God. The true&nbsp;great High Priest, the Lamb of God had restored him in both body and soul. Jesus found him and stood before him. As he bowed before Jesus,&nbsp;he had become&nbsp;a fruitful&nbsp;public&nbsp;witness for Christ, along with&nbsp;all who are his disciples. &nbsp;Following Jesus make us conspicuous.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Prayer: &nbsp;Deliver me Father from the temptation to be a ‘stealth christian’. &nbsp;Grant me such love of you and my neighbor that I would publicly declare the Lord’s death until he comes. &nbsp;Teach my heart to know: faith with out the good&nbsp;work of public worship is fruitless. &nbsp;In Jesus I&nbsp;pray, Amen.</div><div><br></div><div>Love,</div><div>Dad/Baba/Eric</div><div>Grandpa Pickle Pastor</div><div>“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.”</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i><br></i><br><br><a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>


John 9;35-38
35.  Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him said, “Do you believe in the Son of man?”36.  He answered, “And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?”37.  Jesus said to him, “You have seen him, and it is he who speaks to you.”38.  He said, “Lord, I believe”; and he worshiped him.
Spiritual vision includes our testimony concerning who Jesus is.  A public declaration.  We see with the eyes of our hearts.  We confess with our lips.  This kind of seeing is true believing.  Spiritual vision inspires right worship of God.
So many people today think they can claim a private faith in Jesus, but still refuse to find a church fellowship and worship him with others, why?  Because our own flesh is still resisting right worship.  We have not been set free of temptation and false belief yet.  We do have the greater power now to overcome our flesh, but our flesh is powerful, and overcoming our flesh requires discomforting the flesh.
We deceive ourselves into believing that we can remain separated and aloof from other Believers, while claiming Christ.  Yet, the very work of God the Holy Spirit is to make us one, and inspires not only love of God, but also love of one another, and public declaration of who he is.  (see, Ephesians 1;9&10).  
The Spirit of God draws us to right worship in fellowship with other Believers, where we publicly proclaim Christ.  “As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.” (1 Corinthians 11;26)  Real peace with God comes by believing rightly in who Jesus is, and then proclaiming him with our own public worship, just as the seeing man did.  He proclaimed Christ to the Jewish authorities and he bowed himself before Jesus.  He not only saw Jesus with his heart, he risked public ridicule to declare him so.  He received the full joy and peace of God.  He fulfilled his life’s purpose.
He no longer needed to be a part of the temple to be near to God. The true great High Priest, the Lamb of God had restored him in both body and soul. Jesus found him and stood before him. As he bowed before Jesus, he had become a fruitful public witness for Christ, along with all who are his disciples.  Following Jesus make us conspicuous. 
Prayer:  Deliver me Father from the temptation to be a ‘stealth christian’.  Grant me such love of you and my neighbor that I would publicly declare the Lord’s death until he comes.  Teach my heart to know: faith with out the good work of public worship is fruitless.  In Jesus I pray, Amen.
Love,Dad/Baba/EricGrandpa Pickle Pastor“A chapter a day, every day, progressively, be transformed, ‘soak’ in the living Word.”



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