How many times is this repeated in Scripture…Just BELIEVE! Faith pleases the Father. Everything else will fall into place.
Jesus is the Son of God, God in the flesh. In Him we obtain eternal life.
Our Jewish brothers and sisters use a prayer beginning, Barukh Adonai, Blessing God, or seeing God in all things, in all places. It is a way of slowing down (the Pause Button). Terry Hershey “Sabbath Moments.
John 20:29
29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
This refers to people—like John’s audience, and believers today—who have not seen the resurrected Jesus with their own eyes.
On the basis of the book’s testimony, John calls for people to believe in Jesus—the world’s King and Savior, as well as God’s Son—and receive the eternal life that comes through His death and resurrection. Faithlife Bible.
Those who have not seen includes all who have believed in Christ since His ascension to the Father. John states the purpose of his book. His purpose was to convince his readers that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah who fulfilled God’s promises to Israel. Jesus is the Son of God, God in the flesh. By believing these things, a person obtains eternal life. NKJ Bible.
Sound and sincere believers, though slow and weak, shall be graciously accepted of the Lord Jesus. It is the duty of those who read and hear the gospel, to believe, to embrace the doctrine of Christ, and that record concerning him. Matthew Henry Commentary.
Luke 1:45 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.
1 Peter 1:8 whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,
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