Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true. John 3:33
Faith, at its root, is believing the testimony of Jesus. He has come from heaven. He tells us what he has seen and heard. And faith simply believes his testimony.
Some people have the idea that faith is a very difficult business, and that it involves a long journey. Many are convinced that faith is much easier for some than it is for others. Someone may even have said to you, “Oh, I think it’s wonderful that you have faith, but I don’t think I could ever have faith.”
Maybe you have said something like this yourself: “I sometimes wish I could have faith like these other people, but I just can’t,” as if some people were born with a genetic disposition in that direction, or as if some have a capacity for faith that others just don’t get.
Here is, very simply, what God calls us to: God has sent his Son into the world. His Son, Jesus Christ, bears witness to what he has seen and heard, and God calls you to believe his testimony.
When you believe the testimony of Jesus you honor and glorify God: “Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true” (John 3:33). When you believe the testimony of Jesus, you are saying, “I do not think, for one minute, that Jesus is misleading me when he tells me what he has seen and heard.”
Believing Jesus’ testimony honors and glorifies God. Here’s why: The opposite of belief is not unbelief; the opposite of belief is defiance. Belief responds to God by saying, “I heard what you said and I accept it!” But unbelief says to God, “I heard what you said and I reject it.
Does faith seem harder or easier than this to you? How so?
