Primacy of the Unseen

UV 1416/10,000 Primacy of the Unseen
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Romans 10 v 9

Belief is fundamental. Expression is confirmatory. It is not just a mental or superficial belief but a belief that takes root in our hearts about the truth about God. Out thinking and feeling intertwines in the heart to replace the superficial with the superlative. Death is the ultimate reality every human being and indeed every creature of God faces on earth. But God raised up Jesus from the dead. This gives us the hope of eternal life. His teachings about the “after life” gives us a peep into eternity. When we believe in Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, it implies that He has saved us from sin and death, that He is Lord or Master of our lives. He is in command and control of every situation in our lives. Nothing is impossible for Him as He walked on water, commanded the waves and winds to be calm and rose from death on the third day. Nothing we imagine or ask or need is too difficult for Jesus but it should be in alignment with His will. When we confess that Jesus is Lord, God is glorified. God is pleased and satisfied. Jesus could have been raised on the same day or the instant He died on the cross but He had to go through the process of dying and bearing the sins of humanity and for that reason God waited three days before restoring Him. For fundamental changes in our lives too there is a process and processing time.

Our belief is not in a doctrine or a concept but in the person of Jesus. Jesus told the doubting apostle Thomas that “ he who believes without seeing me is greatly blessed.” He said so as He knew that it is difficult for humans to believe anything without a direct encounter, without experiencing first hand or seeing with one’s own eyes. Philip asked the high placed Ethiopian eunuch if he believed “wholeheartedly.” This brings in the angle of the quality of our belief- whether we believe with all our hearts that Jesus is Lord. The spiritual world is an invisible or unseen world. If we are to prove ourselves suitable for that world, we need to give primacy to the unseen over the seen.


The confession of faith is called the good confession. It is agreeing with God that His plan of redemption for our lives is the best. It is agreeing that we cannot do it on our own. It is agreeing that for salvation we need His grace manifested in and through Jesus. Salvation comes with the pre-condition of the acceptance of the Lordship of Jesus. We are no longer slaves of sin but slaves of righteousness in Jesus. Our freedom is not restricted but it is expanded. We cannot keep our faith a secret and private affair as we need to acknowledge or declare it with our mouths. When we believe without seeing Jesus we are blessed. When we confess our faith in Him others are blessed as it ignites faith in them as one lamp lights another.

Prateep V Philip