FAITH HAS MADE YOU WELL

"What do you want Me to do for you?" And he said, "Lord, I want to regain my sight!" - And Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has made you well." {Luk 18:41-42}

OH MY GOSH! Did you see that? Bartimaeus, a poor blind beggar had been shouting at Jesus "Son of David, have mercy on me!". Others nearby were shushing the man telling the beggar to be quiet, but he continued shouting. Jesus stopped, asked the man what he needed, and then Jesus spoke the WORD and the man was healed. "Receive your sight; your faith has made you well."

The poor old man had FAITH. Faith that the Lord could give him what he so desperately needed, return of his sight. Was it the WORD or was it the FAITH that healed? Did one support the other? Will one work without the other?

You and I, creatures created by the WORD and hand of GOD, are saved into salvation by GRACE alone, through FAITH alone, in CHRIST alone, according to SCRIPTURE alone, for the glory of GOD alone.

When Bartimaeus asked Jesus to restore his sight, he already had the FAITH that Jesus could do this thing. Jesus saw the man's FAITH and it was strong. He granted his request through GRACE through the man's FAITH by His WORD.

When you have FAITH -- The Bible, comes alive with example after example of true events that defy earthly understanding. Take a look:

Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things... {Psa 119:18}

Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.. {Luk 24:45}

"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. {Joh 14:26}

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. {Jas 1:17}

I Pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might, AMEN {Eph 1:17-19}

HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?