“God gives him the Spirit without reserve. The Father loves the Son and has entrusted everything to him. Anyone who believes in the Son has eternal life, but anyone who refuses to believe in the Son will never see life: the anger of God stays on him.” (John 3: 34 – 36)
Everything has been entrusted to Jesus by the Father: our destiny, spiritual life, family, job, money, health, food and tools. And key to appropriate these blessings is belief in Jesus.
What does belief in Jesus mean? It means:
- To know the heart of Jesus intimately.
- To know his word and dwell on it since ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. Ignorance of Christ is unbelief.
- To love Jesus passionately, that is to love his person, his life style, his qualities and his Church.
- To follow Jesus everywhere, that is, profound, total and massive commitment to serve him with all our soul, heart, mind and strength.
Belief in Jesus is demanding. Full belief in Jesus is a journey and not a destination or series of events. We come to it one step at a time. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that God gives us “the grace of believing in his Son Jesus, ‘the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.” (CCC #147)
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