Seeing The Unseen
Channel: South Austin church of Christ
Date: 2023-02-06

Seeing The Unseen


Open His Eyes That He May See

2 Kings 6:14-20
[The king of Syria] sent horses and chariots and a great army, and they came by night and surrounded the city. When the servant of the man of God rose early in the morning and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was all around the city. And the servant said, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?" He said, "Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them." Then Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see." So the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Please strike this people with blindness." So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha. And Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek." And he led them to Samaria. As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha said, "O LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see." So the LORD opened their eyes and they saw, and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.


Those Who Don't See May See

John 9:1, 6-7, 39-41
As [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man blind from birth....
He spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man's eyes with the mud and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing....
Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind." Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?" Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, 'We see,' your guilt remains."


We Look To Things Unseen

2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

    we do not lose heart
    we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen


2 Corinthians 5:6-10
So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

    we are always of good courage
    we walk by faith, not by sight


Faith
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

    Hebrews 1:3, He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his __nature__, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.
    Hebrews 3:14, For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original __confidence__ firm to the end.


    2 Timothy 3:16, All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for __reproof__, for correction, and for training in righteousness....

    compare
        2 Peter 2:16, but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.

        John 3:20, For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
        John 8:46, Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?


Hebrews 11:3
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

    Matthew 16:9, 11
    "Do you not yet perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered...?
    How is it that you fail to understand that I did not speak about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
    Romans 1:20
    His invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.