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Sight Unseen Bible in a Year: 1 Chronicles 19–21 John 8:1–27 If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead. Luke :31 Today's Scripture & Insight: Luke :19–31 After Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, he parachuted into the Russian countryside. A farm woman spotted the orange-clad cosmonaut, still wearing his helmet and dragging two parachutes. “Can it be that you have come from outer space?” she asked in surprise. “As a matter of fact, I have,” he said. Soviet leaders sadly turned the historic flight into antireligious propaganda. “Gagarin went into space, but he didn’t see any god there,” their premier declared. (Gagarin himself never said such a thing.) As C. S. Lewis observed, “Those who do not find [God] on earth are unlikely to find Him in space.” Jesus warned us about ignoring God in this life. He told a story of two men who died—a rich man who had no time for God, and Lazarus, a destitute man rich in faith (Luke :19–31). In torment, the rich man pleaded with Abraham for his brothers still on earth. “Send Lazarus,” he begged Abraham. “If someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent” (vv. 27, 30). Abraham got to the heart of the problem: “If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead” (v. 31). “Seeing is never believing,” wrote Oswald Chambers. “We interpret what we see in the light of what we believe.” Reflect & Pray What do you believe about the existence of God and the reality of Christ’s resurrection? How do your beliefs affect your day-to-day choices? Father, I pray today for those who don't yet believe in You. Draw them by the gentle power and love of Your Holy Spirit. 
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Nobody comes to know the Lord, unless He draws them. Thankfully He is always drawing them to Himself, but sadly many resist. Even sadder is when we do things that chase others away. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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I think the extract below (The Knowledge of the HOLY - A W Tozer) is in keeping with today's 'Sight Unseen' theme - 'Yet so subtle is self that scarcely anyone is conscious of its presence. Because man is born a rebel, he is unaware that he is one. His constant assertion of self, as far as he thinks of it at all, appears to him a perfectly normal thing. He is willing to share himself, sometimes even to sacrifice himself for a desired end, but never to dethrone himself. No matter how far down the scale of social acceptance he may slide, he is still in his own eyes a king on a throne, and no one, not even God, can take that throne from him.'
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I think the extract below (The Knowledge of the HOLY - A W Tozer) is in keeping with today's 'Sight Unseen' theme - 'Yet so subtle is self that scarcely anyone is conscious of its presence. Because man is born a rebel, he is unaware that he is one. His constant assertion of self, as far as he thinks of it at all, appears to him a perfectly normal thing. He is willing to share himself, sometimes even to sacrifice himself for a desired end, but never to dethrone himself. No matter how far down the scale of social acceptance he may slide, he is still in his own eyes a king on a throne, and no one, not even God, can take that throne from him.' That is why an organization, Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International was formed: to reach those successful folks. BTW, many years ago, the founder Demos Shakarian wrote an interesting book called, "The Happiest People on Earth". Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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