We Have Seen

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 

I John 4:14 

Why should we believe the writers of the New Testament? The simple answer is, they were eyewitnesses. When John began his testimony, he wrote, ‘And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.’  Everything else we find in his gospel is an account of what he saw. When the disciples experienced opposition to preaching Christ by the religious authorities, their response was, ‘We cannot but speak the things that we have seen and heard.’ Peter makes a point of emphasizing the truth of the apostles’ testimony when he remarks, ‘For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.’ Paul goes to great lengths to assert that there were numerous eyewitnesses to the resurrection of Christ because they saw Him in Person and on various occasions. Thus, there is an abundance of evidence regarding the Person and work of Christ. When John wrote his gospel he declared that his purpose was, ‘that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God, and that believing you might have life through His name.’ Our text reiterates the same idea in that John continues to point us to Christ, the Savior. We have every reason to believe their testimony.  

Our Wise and Holy God, 
we rejoice that You have made Your revelation of Christ so clear. 
We praise You that we have received it 
from those that saw it first.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning