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Classic: Programme Of Belief
Believest thou this? —John 11:26
Martha believed in the power at the disposal of Jesus Christ; she believed that if He had been present He could have healed her brother. She also believed that Jesus had a peculiar intimacy with God and that whatever He asked of God, God would do; but she needed a closer personal intimacy with Jesus. Martha’s programme of belief had its fulfilment in the future; Jesus led her on until her belief became a personal possession, and then slowly emerged into a particular inheritance — “Yea, Lord, I believe that Thou art the Christ….”
Is there something like that in the Lord’s dealings with you? Is Jesus educating you into a personal intimacy with Himself? Let Him press home His question to you — “Believest thou this?” What is your ordeal of doubt? Have you come, like Martha, to some overwhelming passage in your circumstances where your programme of belief is about to emerge into a personal belief? This can never be until a personal need arises out of a personal problem.
To believe is to commit. In the programme of mental belief I commit myself, and abandon all that is not related to that commitment. In personal belief I commit myself morally to this way of confidence and refuse to compromise with any other; and in particular belief I commit myself spiritually to Jesus Christ, and determine in that thing to be dominated by the Lord alone.
When I stand face to face with Jesus Christ and He says to me — “Believest thou this?” I find that faith is as natural as breathing, and I am staggered that I was so stupid as not to trust Him before.
Updated: Intimate Theology
Do you believe this? —John 11:26
Martha believed in the power available to Jesus Christ; she believed that if He had been there He could have healed her brother; she also believed that Jesus had a special intimacy with God, and that whatever He asked of God, God would do. But— she needed a closer personal intimacy with Jesus. Martha’s theology had its fulfillment in the future. But Jesus continued to attract and draw her in until her belief became an intimate possession. It then slowly emerged into a personal inheritance— “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ…” (John 11:27).
Is the Lord dealing with you in the same way? Is Jesus teaching you to have a personal intimacy with Himself? Allow Him to drive His question home to you— “Do you believe this?” Are you facing an area of doubt in your life? Have you come, like Martha, to a crossroads of overwhelming circumstances where your theology is about to become a very personal belief? This happens only when a personal problem brings the awareness of our personal need.
To believe is to commit. In the area of intellectual learning I commit myself mentally, and reject anything not related to that belief. In the realm of personal belief I commit myself morally to my convictions and refuse to compromise. But in intimate personal belief I commit myself spiritually to Jesus Christ and make a determination to be dominated by Him alone.
Then, when I stand face to face with Jesus Christ and He says to me, “Do you believe this?” I find that faith is as natural as breathing. And I am staggered when I think how foolish I have been in not trusting Him earlier.
한글: 믿음의 계획
요 11:26 “이것을 네가 믿느냐”
마르다는 예수 그리스도의 능력을 믿었습니다. 그녀는 주님이 계셨더라면 주께서 그녀의 남동생을 치유하셨을 것이라고 믿었습니다. 그녀는 예수님께서 하나님과 특별한 관계를 가지고 있다는 것을 믿었고 따라서 예수님께� 하나님께 무엇을 구하던 하나님께서 행하실 것을 믿었습니다. 그러나 그녀는 예수님을 더욱 친밀하게 알아야 할 필요가 있었습니다. 마르다의 믿음은 미래의 성취만을 위한 것이었습니다. 그러나 예수님은 그녀의 믿음을 인도하여 주님과의 인격적 소유가 되게 하십니다. 그러자 서서히 그녀의 믿음은 특별한 기업으로 성장합니다. “주여, 그러하외다. 주는 그리스도이신줄 내가 믿나이다.”
주님께서 당신을 다루실 때에도 이러한 면들이 있었습니까? 당신이 주님과 인격적인 친밀함을 맺도록 주께서 교육하십니까? 주님께서 부담 없이 “이것을 네가 믿느냐?” 라고 당신께 묻게 하십시오. 당신 안에 의심을 만드는 시련은 무엇입니까? 마르다처럼 미래만을 향하였던 당신의 믿음이 당신이 처한 상황 속에서 주님을 향한 인격적인 믿음으로 바뀌었습니까? 문제를 당하여 주님과의 친밀한 관계를 필요로 할 때까지 이런 일은 발생할 수 없습니다.
믿는 것은 전적으로 맡기는 것입니다. 자신을 지성에 맡기면 지적으로 납득할 수 없는 모든 것을 버리게 됩니다. 어떤 믿음에 인격적으로 자신을 맡기면, 다른 신조와 타협하지 않게 됩니다. 우리는 특별한 믿음 가운데 영적으로 우리 자신을 주 예수님께 맡기고 주님께만 통치를 받기로 결정한 자들입니다.
예수 그리스도와 얼굴과 맞대고 대하는 때, 주님은 물으십니다. “이것을 네가 믿느냐?” 그때 우리는 믿음이란 숨을 쉬는 것처럼 자연스런 것임을 발견하게 될 것입니다. 그러면서 전에 주님을 신뢰하지 못한 것이 얼마나 어리석었던 것인가를 깨닫고 부끄러워하게 될 것입니다.