Biblical Belief
The Bible says, “And after eight days again his disciples
were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace
be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and
thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my
God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not
seen, and yet have believed. And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not
written in this book: But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing
ye might have life through his name.” John 20:26-31 (KJV)
Charles Haddon
Spurgeon wrote: “Some think it hard that there should be nothing for them but ruin if they will not believe in Jesus
Christ; but if you will think for a minute you will see that it is just and reasonable. I suppose there is no way for a man
to keep his strength up except by eating. If you were to say, “I will not eat again, I despise such animalism,”
you might go to Madeira, or travel in all lands (supposing you lived long enough!), but you would most certainly find that
no climate and no exercise would avail to keep you alive if you refused food. Would you then complain, “It is a hard
thing that I should die because I do not believe in eating?”
It is not an unjust
thing that if you are so foolish as not to eat, you must die. It is precisely so with believing. “Believe, and thou
are saved.” If thou wilt not believe, it is no hard thing that thou shouldst be lost. It would be strange indeed if
it were not to be the case.
I would recommend you either believe God up to the hilt, or
else not to believe at all. Believe this book of God, every letter of it, or else reject it. There is no logical standing
place between the two. Be satisfied with nothing less than a faith that swims in the depths of divine revelation; a faith
that paddles about the edge of the water is poor faith at best. It is little better than a “dry-land faith” and
is not good for much.”
Daily Chronological Bible Reading:
Luke 24; John 20-21
