As I was reading out of "Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ" a paragraph on one of the last pages seem to strike deep within my heart.
Piper states:This is another path (referring to how one comes to see Jesus as real and true)...It starts with the conviction that divine truth can be self-authenticating. In fact, it would seem strange if God revealed himself in his Son Jesus Christ and inspired the record of that revelation in the Bible, but did not provide a way for ordinary people to know it. Stated simply, the common path to sure knowledge of the real Jesus is this: Jesus, as he is revealed in the Bible, has a glory- an excellence, a spiritual beauty- that can be seen as self-evidently true. It is like seeing the sun and knowing that it is light and not dark, or like tasting honey and knowing that it is sweet and not sour. There is no long chain or reasoning from premises to conclusion. Their is a direct apprehension that this person is true and his glory is the glory of God....(seeing and savoring jesus christ. pp. 119;120)
2 Corinthians 4:4-6
4In their case(J) the god of this world(K) has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing(L) the light of(M) the gospel of the glory of Christ,(N) who is the image of God. 5For what(O) we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with(P) ourselves as your servants[b] for Jesus’ sake. 6For God, who said,(Q) "Let light shine out of darkness,"(R) has shone in our hearts to give(S) the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
I pray that everyone may see the sun as light, and honey as sweet.
