Just Believe It!

December 14, 2025

There are a lot of things in the Bible that, on the surface, are hard to believe. A worldwide flood, all those plagues, the parting of the Red Sea so people could walk through it, marching around the edges of a major, fortified city, and then blowing a trumpet, shouting, and then seeing the walls of that city fall down. Really? A talking donkey, no rain for three and a half years, three guys thrown into a fiery furnace, and not only are they not burned up, but they don’t even smell like smoke. Then there is the virgin birth of the Messiah, a man executed on a Roman cross whose blood paid for the sins of the world. Then, three days after being buried in a borrowed tomb, this same man walked out of that tomb, alive and well. Then, forty days later, that same man ascended back to heaven, where He came from, and is waiting for the appointed time to return to earth in order to consummate the coming Kingdom fully. Isn’t that an awful lot to swallow? God expects us to believe all these things and just take His word for it? Well, actually, yes, He does. It’s called living by faith. Faith is confidence in something you can’t see. When I went out to warm up Marie’s car this morning, I had faith the car would start. When I sat down in my computer chair this morning to type this, I had faith the chair would hold my weight and support me. We accept a lot of things in our lives by faith, many of which we don’t even stop to think about. Can I let you in on something? The lynchpin that holds the entire Bible together is the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Of all the unbelievable things in the Bible, the most important is the resurrection of Jesus. It is also the one with the most evidence to support it. Over 6oo witnesses, many of whom were executed because of their witness, saw Jesus in the forty days Jesus lived on earth after His resurrection. Why is the resurrection the most important thing in the Bible? Because if the resurrection is true, all the rest of it is true too. If the resurrection is just a made-up story, all the rest doesn’t matter. Paul gives a good explanation of this in 1 Corinthians 15. So, while you put up your Christmas decorations, wrap your presents, and go to your Christmas parties, take the time to celebrate the birth of our Savior. Born of a virgin, sinless and spotless. Aren’t you glad we worship a God who isn’t limited by space, time, and matter? Our God can do anything, including save us. You just gotta have faith.

Be blessed and then go be a blessing . . . Bro. Andy