If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit.—When you . . . believed in him, [you] were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it.
Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”—Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
We walk by faith, not by sight.—Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
Heb. 11:1; 1 Cor. 15:19; 1 Cor. 2:9, 10; Eph. 1:13, 14; John 20:29; 1 Pet. 1:8, 9; 2 Cor. 5:7; Heb. 10:35
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