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Fact & Faith
As amusing as the following account may seem, there is no doubt a lesson to be learned from it.
A preacher of the gospel in seeking to illustrate the difference between fact and faith put it this way: “That you are sitting before me in this auditorium is fact. That I am standing speaking to you from this podium is fact. That I have a Bible in front of me is fact. But it is only faith that makes me believe that anyone is actually listening.”
We smile at the irony and simplicity of the illustration, but there is perhaps more truth to it than we would like to admit. The fact is most of you have been to gospel meetings and most of you have heard the way of salvation. But that is not enough. Have you really listened? We read of those in the Bible of whom it says, “they have ears to hear, and hear not” (Ezekiel 12:2). On the other hand we are told, “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God” (Romans 10:17).
The facts of the gospel, man’s true condition, and God’s way of salvation remain as fact. Have you believed it? Has there been “repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 20:21).
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