Title: Eyes of Faith
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The text is 2 Kings 6:13-17
In the Old Testament, there is a man with good eyesight who did not wear glasses until he was over 100 years old, and it is Moses. Deuteronomy 34:7 says that Moses was 120 years old when he died, but his eyes were not dim and his strength did not fail. Like Moses, we want to be healthy and have good eyesight. The physical eyes that see things like this are precious. However, there is something just as important as the eyes of faith that see the spirit world.
In Matthew 15:14, Jesus also rebuked those who live with their eyes of faith closed, saying, “If a blind guides the blind, both will fall into a pit” and in Matthew 23:16, “Woe to you, blind guides!” And in Revelation 3:17, he rebuked the Philadelphia church through the Apostle John for not knowing that he was blind and naked.
We Christians must open our eyes of faith. In other words, we must open our spiritual eyes. There are three steps to opening the eyes of the spirit. First, you must receive the Holy Spirit and live in the spirit. In John 6:63, “It is the Spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.” Second, if the spirit lives, you must think of the spirit. Romans 8:5, 6 Those who follow the flesh think about the things of the flesh, but those who follow the Spirit think about the things of the Spirit; but the mind set on the flesh is death. If we think of the Spirit, we live centered on God.
Deacon Stephen saw Jesus standing at the right hand of the throne through the open heavenly gates. He was courageous even in the face of persecutors. The Apostle Paul ascended to the third heaven to see and hear mysterious things that cannot be expressed in words, and he said that I would rather leave the body and dwell with the Lord. Even after returning home to the island of Patmos, the apostle John saw, heard, and wrote the book of Revelation. When the eyes of faith are opened, there is confidence, gratitude, and victory.
I pray that you will become pastoral saints who experience spiritual things through a more thorough life of faith, namely worship-centered life, prayer life, word life, devotion life, and consecrated life.