"Knowing of His Rich Mercy"

"Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed." (Isaiah 53:1) Part of the power to save is in the Knowledge of His Salvation; the other part comes by applying it to yourself! I can tell you about Jesus and what He did on that cross till I am blue in the face, but until you accept it, and believe that it was for you that He died, you will not Know of His power to save. There is a burden that we bare, unlike anything else which is known to this world; a burden of sin that separates us from the One who created our very soul. This type of burden, although masked by the burdens and cares of this life, is only noticed by the one who can see the power to be saved from it. In other words; we can not believe how separated we are until we can see what was required to make us whole. This was a major problem for the Jew in the time of Jesus, and is still a problem today; that people would forfeit the power of His Rich Mercy in an effort to appear as though they did not need it. What a shame!!! "But though He had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed Him not: that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore they could not believe, because that Isaiah said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. These things said Isaiah, when he saw His glory, and spake of Him. Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praises of men more than the praise of God." (John 12:37-43)