Just from these verses, we can read that God is trying over and over to tell us that we don't just have physical eyes to see what is around us, but we have spiritual eyes. God gives us a choice of what we can look at with our spiritual eyes. We can just live our life and only use our physical eyes. Doing this is like going through life and just looking at a 3D picture without seeing the 3D image that is within. You may choose to pass it by because the picture looks all jumbled up and confusing which actually describes our life without our eyes fixed on God.
However, when we live our life and choose to use our spiritual eyes, then we will see God and all of the awesome glory surrounding Him. We will be drawn into the realm of His glory just like the verses say that we just read. In fact, let's put all of these verses together "to see" what we come up with.
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When we use our spiritual eyes to see and understand God's law (Psalm 119), then we will see the shame of our sin and guilt as compared to God's glory (Genesis 3). And as we begin to see God, our soul will strive to be with Him (Matthew 6) which will result in our wanting to turn away from the darkness of sin that we have known and to turn instead (Acts 26) to focusing on the joys to come that will last forever (2 Corinthians 4).
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Let's listen to what was just read again because just like once we saw our 3D image, we tried to see it again more clearly, we just actually saw a glimpse of the "Gospel message" of the Bible so that we want to look again and see more clearly what God is showing and teaching us.
These few verses describe the "Big Picture," so to speak, of what you will "see" in the Bible over and over maybe in different contexts and words, but always a similar picture of what God is wanting us to see. When we study God's Word further like we studied the 3D art further, this is what we will see:
That God's law is perfect,
That we are guilty of breaking God's law,
That we want to be with God,
That we have to turn away from evil
and turn to God, and
That when we do,
we will have the joy of living with God forever.
To finish up, let's summarize God's simple Gospel message to each of us from the verses that we read and ask yourself whether the eyes of your heart are seeing and responding to the truths that God is revealing to all those who will seek Him. Remember our verse from "Using the Word "EXISTENCE" from Part 2 of our study?
"And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds, and the door is opened to everyone who knocks." (Luke 11:9-10)
By asking for God's wisdom, seeking His will, and looking into His Word, we have now received a truth from God just from the verses that we read above. From these verse, then, let's paint God's picture painted within His Word and allow our hearts to be open to "VIEW" what God is offering to all those who place their trust and believe in the "PERSON" of God and His "EXISTENCE."
When we use our spiritual eyes
to see and understand God's law,
Then we will see the shame of our sins
and guilt as compared to God's glory.
And as we begin to see God,
our soul will strive to be with Him;
Which will result in our wanting to turn away
from the darkness of sin that we have known
And to turn instead to focusing on
the joys to come that will last forever.
When we see God's message of eternal salvation and that He is offering us joy forever, our hearts within us will leap with joy at what we have seen.
My prayer is:
* That you have personally met the "PERSON" of God
* That you have come to personally believe in the "EXISTENCE" of God
* That your heart has been opened to grow personally in your "VIEW" of God
God Uses Everyday Things to teach us about Him
Even 3D Stereograms.
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