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From Dr. David Jeremiah
Seeing More Clearly: Seeing by Faith
March 14, 2026
For we walk by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 5:7
Recommended Reading:
Romans 4:16-2116 Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all 17 (as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”[{{f}}]) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; 18 who, contrary to hope, in hope believed, so that he became the father of many nations, according to what was spoken, “So shall your descendants be.”[{{f}}] 19 And not being weak in faith, he did not consider his own body, already dead (since he was about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb. 20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
Romans 4:16-21
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in caves near the Dead Sea between 1947 and 1956. The scrolls had been stored in clay jars, calling to mind Paul’s illustration in 2 Corinthians 4:7: “But we have this treasure [the Gospel] in earthen vessels.” We are the fragile “earthen vessels,” subject to weakness and breakage. But Paul’s point is that in spite of our weakness, “we do not lose heart” (verse 16) because we have an eternal dwelling in heaven (5:1). Therefore, “We walk by faith, not by sight” (5:7). “We do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen” (4:18).
Abraham saw the same way when God told him he would be the father of a multitude even though he and Sarah were beyond childbearing age. “In hope against hope [Abraham] believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken” (Romans 4:18, NASB). Eyes of faith are needed when our physical eyes cannot yet see what has been promised (Hebrews 11:1).
Like Abraham, trust by faith in God’s promise regardless of what your senses say.
Faith, to put it simply, is the conviction that God does not tell lies.
Frank Retief
