Why Seeing Jesus is Important

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.

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People who cannot experience "seeing" Jesus are often imprisoned in the realms of the world. Something like what I said about people never leaving the Land of their Slavery. They believe they've left, but the more they believe so, the more they don't see Jesus and the more they're imprisoned. Click here for more. 

Because it is urgent to be exactly where Jesus is and "see" his glory. His prayer said, "To be with me where I am." This "now moment" of seeing Jesus is so crucial to be strong and updated in his presence--because only in His Presence do we have a real life in the Spirit. Outside this is nothing but man's religion and what man can do--man's realm, presence, programs and ministry. There can only be artificial glory in this. What Jesus wants for us is the very glory the Father has given him before the creation.

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.

Often, the "Jesus" that churches try to present to us is worlds apart from the real Jesus in the Gospel. Gradually, this other "Jesus" is introduced and takes root in our hearts--a Jesus that is merely human or a mere god. Or a Jesus that loses supernatural powers when received by believers in their lives as their "Savior and Lord." A Jesus boxed in man's denominations, one that has to submit to church manuals and church boards. 

Or a Jesus whose 7 last words on the cross have to be given special meanings than what they actually are, celebrated each Lent by a religion that created a Jesus that is equal in stature with Mary and has her as a "mediator" between Jesus and believers. A lot of born-again believers also worship this Jesus.

This is why seeing the true Jesus is important. Each time you meditate Scriptures, especially the Gospel, you need to see HIM and be right there in the middle of it all, seeing with your own two eyes what's taking place. You must be able to "stalk" Jesus. Then you begin to really know him, the true Jesus, the Anointed One sent by the Father in the power of the Holy Spirit. As you see his glory up-close, the glory gets reflected on you and you catch it on your face.

But unlike the glory Moses caught on Sinai, this glory will never fade--because it is a surpassing glory.

"...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]

Why did the apostle treat this proclamation urgent? 

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.