August 5, 2025 – If You Can Trust a Pilot…
1 John 5:9
Sermon: 2119 How to Be Sure, Part 1
Pray Over This
“If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater; for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son.”
1 John 5:9
Ponder This
Every day, you live by faith, often without even realizing it. You receive the witness of men when you go out to a restaurant. When sitting in a building, you’ve trusted the engineers who designed the roof not to fall in. You get on an airplane to fly overseas. You’ve never seen that pilot, never met him, and never examined that airplane. Yet you take your seat and fly over the ocean. That’s faith. We receive the witness of men every day.
“If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater.” Men can lie, but the Holy Spirit is truth. And so, first of all, the Holy Spirit witnesses to us. I’m never moved when a person says, “I can’t believe.” If you want to believe, the Holy Spirit will enable you to believe. Jesus did not say, “You can’t come to me.” Jesus said, “You will not come to me” (John 5:40, author’s paraphrase). The Holy Spirit witnesses with the Word as we hear the truth of Jesus proclaimed.
- What are the ways you show faith in people daily? What is more difficult about having faith in God?
- How have you benefited from trusting God?
Practice This
Explore the areas of life where you have struggled with faith and share your thoughts with a mentor or friend, asking that person to pray for you.
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