John 20:29- Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
2007-12-22 09:35:48 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes.
because I believe the Bible.
2007-12-22 10:41:07 · answer #1 · answered by pir8 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People today require signs but none will be given them. The miraculous signs that happened at the beginning of the Church were to confirm the word of God (Heb 2:2-4). There will be no further revelations neither, for the word is completely reveled to mankind. Paul said: “For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.” (Acts 20:27). Jude said: " Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints." (Jude 3).
The written word of God is all that is supposed to be necessary. If the word of God is not strong enough to make a man change its ways, then nothing else can. In Luke 16, a man wanted to come back from the dead to warn his brothers of the impeding judgment that awaited them, but it was told him that even if he would come back from the dead it would not change anything for his brothers had all the prophets given them to hear. The word and all these miracles performed in time pass are written for us to believe:
"30 And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name." (John 20:30-31)
2007-12-22 10:07:51 · answer #2 · answered by checkmath 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
This goes against every ounce of (seemingly) inherent rationality that human beings possess. Why should we not require some kind of evidence to believe what we are told? After all, all perception is sensory based; we have no other means of truly knowing something empirically.
To suggest that someone who believes without any evidence (or at the very least without strong inductive reason) is in any way "blessed" (I take it to mean "better") leads into a counter intuitive argument common to religion. I pose my response as follows:
If God is the source of our rationality (He must be; He created us) then He expects us to use it (Implicit is the assumption that God creates all things with a purpose in mind). Why then would He also expect us to believe something without any evidence (a clearly irrational action)?
That's what I feel. I encourage you to think about it...rationally.
2007-12-22 10:03:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
To be honest it sounds like something I'd write if the person was gone and I wanted to perpetuate the belief. This is probable close to the truth as the writers were writing around 70 years after the event.
2007-12-22 09:42:43 · answer #4 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes because i believe in the the Lord God as well as the Word of God( the Bible).
I am happy i am one of those who are blessed!
2007-12-22 13:07:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
since Jesus is the absolute representation of his Father, yes I believe this statement. We can't worship God we have not seen if we don't accept his son whom humans have seen. we worship God in spirit and truth (John 4:24).
2007-12-22 09:44:31 · answer #6 · answered by andre 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's in the Word of God. What's there to not believe in?
2007-12-22 09:45:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The key word is 'believe'.
2007-12-22 12:46:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
doubting is bad but if you have been proved and given faith it's a good thing. and those who have faith without proof, those who trust, are blessed. sounds right.
2007-12-22 09:38:22 · answer #9 · answered by sou 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that all of us who have not seen Him, have allot more faith and favor with God than we think.
2007-12-22 09:40:43 · answer #10 · answered by guitarrman45 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋