joh 06v40 Seeing The Savior
SEEING THE SAVIOR
John 6:40
True faith is a spiritual act
of the soul represented in various ways in the Bible. One act of faith is
seeing the Savior. This is not a physical or visionary sight of Christ. It is
spiritual sight of the glory and excellence of his person, the fulness of his
grace and righteousness, and the completeness and suitableness of his
salvation. It is looking to Jesus as the author and finisher of faith. It is
seeing him as altogether lovely, the chiefest among ten thousand.
Faith is accomplished by the enlightening of the
sinner's darkened heart. Though, at first, it may be only a glimmering light,
man is made to see himself a sinner, miserable, helpless, and undone. Christ is
held forth in the gospel, crucified, slain, risen, and exalted to save sinners.
Like the brazen serpent set upon a pole, for the bitten Israelites to look at
and live, Christ is set forth in the gospel as the hope of perishing sinners.
When we see him, we have life!
It is the preacher's task to uphold Christ before
men, and say, "Behold the Lamb of God!" Thereby, we show men the way
of salvation. It is looking to and believing on Christ. Our Lord himself calls
poor sinners to look and believe. "Behold me! Behold me!...Look
unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is
none else." When God thus speaks to our hearts, we see the Savior.
This sight of Christ fills our hearts with desires
after him, and interest in him. It gives us a hungering and thirsting for his
righteousness. It causes us to pant after his salvation. We see Christ, not
merely as the Savior of others, but as a Savior and Redeemer suitable for
ourselves. When a man sees the altogether Lovely One, his soul is filled with
love for him. May God give you eyes to see the Savior.