Seeing Everything, Believing Nothing

Acts 3:19 NIV20 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.

  • Having Facts about Jesus isn’t the same as Having Faith in Jesus

Matthew 11:20 NIV20 Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.

  • There is no Genuine Faith w/out Genuine Repentance

Matthew 11:21–22 NIV21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

  • Miracles Alone Won’t Soften a Callous Heart

Matthew 11:23–24 NIV 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

  • Miracles Won’t Awaken a Complacent heart

How to restore a callous and complacent heart:

  1. Examine
  2. Repent
  3. Receive