Issued 09.12.2001
Blindīs faith
Every man is some kind of a believer. You need faith to adopt knowledge that you cannot get by seeing. So faith is for the blind. A blind man must sensitize his other senses to be able to get reliable information of his environment. In the same way everyone has some kind of standpoint concerning the invisible reality. Therefore the faith of everyman is a blind's faith. On the other hand a blind one can ask a person who is able to see and believe his testimony. Concerning the matters of the hereafter Jesus Christ is the only sighted person. Are you going to believe in Him or are you going to get along with your own faith?
To the narrow-mindedI am wondering how you can claim that you have no evidences of God's
existence. You must have blinkers as racehorses. You have closed your eyes to evidences, because you do not want to see God. You have narrowed your visual field so that your
vision has no room for God. You are escaping God, because you know that He would rebuke you for your
wickedness.
If you want, you would easily get evidences of God's
existence with your own observations, but
love of
sin has blinded you. Sin has made your mind so narrow that God's greatness cannot come into you.
A godless one is narrow-minded, but Jesus Christ expands our mind. He broadens of our consciousness and opens our eyes to look at the reality.
To the mindlessWho is mindless? Is it not you, who doesn't take into consideration the realities of practical life? Everyone sees the consequences of man's
wickedness. It is against facts to blame social conditions for wickedness of people. You have evidences of the fact that wickedness of people is the reason for the terrible conditions in the world.
You are mindless when you
believe in
goodness of people! How have you been able to become so crazy a believer? The answer is obvious. Otherwise you would have no energy to live. It is too heavy for you to live on facts. You take care of your mental health with positive attitude although it is against the facts. If your
faith helps you to feel well, let's allow it to you.. However it is irritating that you press your faith as a fact upon other people.
A godless one is a mindless idealist, but Jesus Christ makes us sensible. His
doctrines correspond with reality of practice.
To a modern manGenerally you are right and not wrong. It is so because you are not a
sectarian, not a fanatic and not a
fundamentalist. You are not old-fashioned and not uptight. Well, what are you? You are tolerant and cultivated. You are a modernly thinking man. It is so because you want to be a part of the
majority. What else are you thinking of yourself?
Of course you think that you are on the road to
heaven. So you
believe in God? Yes, but in your own way. You look down your nose at the Bible and think about it: "They are telling fairy tales to me, but they are not able to
deceive me. I know the facts better than the Bible."
You don't want to adopt
principles that would make you a
sectarian in the eyes of the others. A sectarian dares to oppose the power of the
majority. Instead you are so much begging for thanks of everybody that you are not able to do it. A fanatic is a man of principle who takes his matter sincerely. On the other hand your principles are only gloss. You are a meaningless sympathizer, yes-man and a seeker of your own benefits.
However you can find a good
principle that is thousands of years old. Do you reject it only for the reason that it is so old-fashioned? Why does being old-fashioned tighten you? Maybe you are uptight because of your modernity that has the following leading thought: "A new one is better than bagful old ones."
Nowadays the power of the
majority is greatly honored. That respect blinds many to
believe that the majority cannot be wrong. It is natural that you don't honor the Bible, because there the majority is almost always wrong.. Not until in
heaven everybody is right.
A godless one is an unjust reviewer, but Jesus Christ makes upright. His thoughts are just. They are conclusions of a sighted.
Jesus Christ is my eyeAlthough I don't see God now with my natural eyes, Jesus has removed my inner blindness. One day I will face God. Then I will not need
faith any more.
Also you can become a sighted one, if you confess being blind and needing help from Jesus. If you obstinately are going to stand with your own
faith, you will hurt yourself badly. The reality is not perfectly according to your own faith, but in the faith of Jesus you will never be put to shame in any point.