Your faith is unseen but not blind

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The Holy Spirit ultimately makes the truth of Christianity certain in the hearts of believers (1 Corinthians 2:12–13). 

He gives us absolute confidence in both God’s Word and God’s Son, assuring us of our salvation and our heavenly hope (Romans 8:14–17). 

As Josh McDowell and Don Stewart explain, 
“To those outside the Christian faith, Christianity can be shown to rest on strong evidence and have a high degree of probability for its truth claims. But when a person becomes a Christian, the ‘assurance’ or ‘certainty’ becomes a reality. Christianity from a ‘morally certain’ standpoint becomes as undeniable as one’s own existence.”

For Christians, then, the reasons surveyed in this book only confirm what they already know to be true. By the same token, it is the Holy Spirit who finally convinces the non-Christian of his need for a Savior (cf. John 16:8; 1 Thessalonians 1:5). Evidence alone is not enough; only God can bring spiritual life where there was no life (Ephesians 2:1–10). 

To be sure, the case for Christianity is a substantial one. But without the Holy Spirit’s power, the most that the evidence can do is win a debate. True belief is only possible through the Spirit’s working.

If you are already a believer in Jesus Christ, I trust you will be strengthened and encouraged —to know that, although our faith is unseen (Hebrews 11:1), it is not blind. And if you are not yet a believer in Jesus Christ, my prayer for you is that the Holy Spirit would open your eyes to see the truth as you honestly consider the case presented here. I sincerely hope that, by His grace, God will use the reasons included in this book to draw you to Himself.

Busenitz, N. (2008). Reasons We Believe: 50 Lines of Evidence that Confirm the Christian Faith (p. 26). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.

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