That is mere dead belief; faith without works, which is dead,
the belief of the brains, not the faith of the heart and spirit.
Oh, do you really believe the good news of this text, in which the
Son of God himself said to mortal men like ourselves, 'Handle me and
see that it is I, indeed; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as
ye see me have.' Do you believe that there is a Man evermore on the
right hand of God? That now as we speak a man is offering up before
the Father his perfect and all-cleansing sacrifice? That, in the
midst of the throne of God, is he himself who was born of the Virgin
Mary, and crucified under Pontius Pilate? Do you wish to find out
whether you believe that or not? Then look at your own hearts.
Look at your own prayers. Do you think of the Lord Jesus Christ, do
you pray to the Lord Jesus Christ, as a man, very man, born of
woman? Do you pray to him as to one who can be touched with the
feeling of your infirmities, because he has been tempted in all
things like as you are, yet without sin? When you are sad,
perplexed, do you take all your sorrows and doubts and troubles to
the Lord Jesus, and speak them all out to him honestly and frankly,
however reverently, as a man speaketh to his friend? Do you really
cast all your care on him, because you believe that he careth for
you? If you do, then indeed you believe in the resurrection of the
Lord Jesus Christ; and you will surely have your reward in a peace
of mind, amid all the chances and changes of this mortal life, which
passes man's understanding.
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