Seeing Jesus

To Christians who are challenged by nonbelievers to prove He is Who He says He is, my recommendation is to smile, shake their hands if they will permit you to, and just assure them, “I love you.” Then pray for them. Until their own sins and foibles bring them face to face with Christ and with His offer of atonement, they aren’t going to “get it.” They haven’t an inkling how bad they truly are, how badly they need the Saviour. If you attempt to explain to them that they are inherently bad and need a Saviour, you are bound to offend them. It’s been said you can never understand how dearly, divinely loved you are until you understand how horribly bad you are . . . and vice-versa. You’re bad. You’re really bad. You’ve done lots of things you wouldn’t like for the general public or your closest intimates to know about. He’ll love you anyway and forgive you forever -- but only if you ask Him.

Oswald Chambers, in his classic My Utmost for His Highest, wrote: “Jesus must appear to your friend as well as to you; no one can see Jesus with your eyes.”