With God it is by faith

There is a phrase that is used by some people and I have heard it a lot when I have witnessed to people. That phrase is “I’ll believe in God when I see Him.” There are many problems with that attitude. First, we will most likely die before Jesus returns. Second, even if you live long enough to see Him then it is too late. Thirdly, you miss out on all that time you could have been spending with Him.
The likely hood that we will die before God, Jesus Christ, returns is very high. The fact is we all die some day, we just don’t know when that will be. A lot of people think that God is the only one at work during the tribulation. They often forget about or don’t want to discuss what the anti-Christ, false prophet, and Satan are doing during this time. With all the natural disasters that happen during the tribulation over half the worlds population dies, but we often don’t think about how many die at the hands of the wicked. That number is not told to us in the Bible. But since we are told that the false prophet has an image of the anti-Christ made, and that you either worship this image or die (Revelation 13:14-15), the likely hood of surviving the tribulation is greatly reduced. Death is most likely to happen long before the Lord returns and then it is too late because we are sent to either Heaven or Hell based on what we believed while on earth. Those who believed that our God, Jesus Christ, died for our sins, was buried, and rose the third day will go to Heaven, and those who didn’t believe that Gospel will go to Hell and be punished for their sins.
If you are one of those who lives through the tribulation, and don’t bow down to worship the anti-Christ and his image, then you will see Jesus’ glorious return. You will then miss out on receiving an immortal and incorruptible body (1 Corinthians 15: 50-54), and you will miss out on being rewarded for your faithful service to Him while you were on earth. Waiting to see Him only means you get to possibly live on earth during His reign of 1000 years, but not as one of His.
To live and grow here on earth with God is an awesome experience. He teaches you so much about His Word the Holy Bible and about how to live for Him. Don’t misunderstand me I’m not saying there won’t be problems. Your problems won’t disappear, but God teaches us how to cope with them and grow through them. If you wait to believe Jesus you will miss out on Him teaching and comforting you through out your life. Also, since we don’t know when we will die you might not have a chance to believe before you die. Living in our sin all our life is not a bed of roses. It has all the problems as a life with Christ plus all the sorrow that our sinfulness causes us. Jesus Christ helps us to leave our sin, repent, and live for Him.
Seeing is not believing. Jesus tells us we need to believe in Him in order to have eternal life. People all over the world are looking for a way to have immortality. The only way to truly have it is to believe God and His plan of salvation from our sins.
With God it is by faith and faith alone. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is needed to be believed in the heart in order to be saved from our sins and sins punishment death.

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
1 Corinthians 15:1-4

That is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, believe it and be saved from your sins. Go from death to life and be truly immortal.

But what says it? The word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes to righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made to salvation. For the scripture says, Whosoever believes on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich to all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Romans 10:8-13

Believe that you are a sinner and will be punished for your sins. Confess to God the Father in Jesus name your sins, and believe the Gospel and be saved from your sins. Have faith in God and His bok the Holy Bible.