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"After that, He appeared in another form to two
of them . . ." — Mark 16:12
Being saved and seeing Jesus are not the same thing. Many people who have never
seen Jesus have received and share in God’s grace. But once you have seen Him,
you can never be the same. Other things will not have the appeal they did
before.
You should always recognize the difference between what you see Jesus to be and
what He has done for you. If you see only what He has done for you, your God is
not big enough. But if you have had a vision, seeing Jesus as He really is,
experiences can come and go, yet you will endure “as seeing Him who is
invisible” ( Hebrews 11:27 ). The man who was blind from birth did not know who
Jesus was until Christ appeared and revealed Himself to him (see John 9 ). Jesus
appears to those for whom He has done something, but we cannot order or predict
when He will come. He may appear suddenly, at any turn. Then you can exclaim,
“Now I see Him!” (see John 9:25 ).
Jesus must appear to you and to your friend individually; no one can see Jesus
with your eyes. And division takes place when one has seen Him and the other has
not. You cannot bring your friend to the point of seeing; God must do it. Have
you seen Jesus? If so, you will want others to see Him too. “And they went and
told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either” ( Mark 16:13 ). When
you see Him, you must tell, even if they don’t believe.
O could I tell, you surely would believe it!
O could I only say what I have seen!
How should I tell or how can you receive it,
How, till He bringeth you where I have been?
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