Mark 16:17
“And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues;”
This month, I’m thinking about the question, “Who will
believe the truth?”
Students are starting a new school year, so they’re
receiving information that they assume to be true. If they don’t believe the
new info to be true, the teacher must convince them. It takes a lot longer to
teach a student who doesn’t believe what you say. Those who listen and believe
can act on the truth and grow in that truth faster.
If you don’t believe the truth, you can’t act on it. Those
who do believe the truth can show evidence that what they believe is truth.
When Jesus was turning everyone’s world upside-down simply
by telling the truth, he gave evidence to back up what he was saying. His truth
was spiritual. There were spiritual responses that showed up in visible form
such as healings, walking on water, and divine protection.
He taught his disciples that those who didn’t believe the
truth couldn’t benefit from those evidences. Jesus went to his hometown, but
few there would believe him. The few who did believe were able to receive not
just healings, but also a new perspective. And a changed life.
How about you? Do you believe what Jesus said?
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