Movies on Jesus are good but you have to see Jesus in your spirit. Reading the Gospel is good but we need to have our spiritual eyes opened as we meditate it--so we can actually "witness" things as they happened in the Gospel. As if you were there in person, witnessing everything, even taking part in the scenes, as it were--as Jesus Stalker sometimes does.
Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. [John 17.24]
So we need to see Jesus.
All our nice programs and activities and ministries come to nothing if we don't see Jesus. Not seeing God or hearing his voice means unbelief. It is dead faith. Faith without works is dead, but it's not about works of religion. It's about works derived from seeing Jesus.
You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, 38 nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent. [John 5]
Artificial or "fake" Jesus has been introduced to us and embedded in our minds so that we see this "Jesus" instead of the true Jesus the Father has sent. And often, it is to this "Jesus" that we direct our prayer and worship. It's scary what this could do to our faith and the way we see Scriptures and ourselves.
"...so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was...For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. 11 And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!" [2 Corinthians 3]
Seeing Jesus is hinged on the spoken Word of God (not on what we do in church or anything else). If God sees how we covet the Word that comes out straight from his mouth and are willing to provide flesh for his Word, he promises to allow us to see him.
Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.
Finally, true fellowship in church is anchored on seeing Jesus. No matter how often you have fellowship in church and how grand, if people there do not see Jesus, no spiritual fellowship is happening. All you have is a worldly party, even if you invited a good speaker.
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. [1 John 1]
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us.
John proclaims this to other believers so that the experience gets transferred to them. In a deeper sense, it is giving shape or form to what is announced. The Greek word used here for "we proclaim" is apangellomen which comes from the root word, "apaggello," described by the Strong interlinear as thus:
"Apaggéllō (from apó, "from" intensifying angellō, "announce") – properly, to declare (report) from, which focuses on the original source (context) shaping the substance of what is announced."
The idea is shaping the substance of what the apostles personally saw and heard and touched and proclaiming that same experience to other believers so that they get something close to the original experience. In short, to enable others to also see, hear and touch the Word, Jesus, who was from the beginning. Without this, there is no fellowship. Because true fellowship is "with the Father and his Son Jesus Christ." In this way, we all walk in the light as we fellowship and are purified from all sin. True fellowship means no hindrance.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
Have You Seen Jesus?
If you haven't experienced seeing Jesus Christ in your spirit yet, we invite you to receive him in your life and surrender your life fully to him.
Ask forgiveness and repent of your sins. Believe God's forgiveness. It is promised in the bible. Then receive Jesus Christ into your heart as your sole Savior and Lord. You are then assured of heaven, not because of any good deed you have done or your religion, but because of God's grace and mercy through Jesus Christ.
Surrender to Him by intently studying the bible daily (ask guidance from the Holy Spirit) and applying in life everything you learn. And then pray that God lead you to the right person who'd disciple you, one who is totally surrendered to Jesus and living His words in the bible.
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