That some would find it hard to follow a Savior they couldn’t see is shown in Peter’s book, I Peter 1:8 “Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.” He leads and governs us with the New Testament which he left for us to follow, (Heb. 9:1-17).
It should be noted, however, that there is a sense in which we can see Christ today.

In Acts 9:4, when Jesus appeared to Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus, He asked, “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?” How could Saul possibly persecute the Christ? Jesus had died and been resurrected to His Father in Heaven in Acts 1, and yet Jesus asks Saul why he is persecuting Him. The answer to this is simply found in Acts 8:3 where we read, “As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.” The fact is, when Saul, or anyone else for that matter, hurts the people who wear Christ’s name, they are hurting Christ.

We can also see Jesus when we care for and love Christians. The concept will be expressed in the judgment: “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me,” (Matthew 25:34-40).

The teaching is too clear to miss. To see the face of our Lord we must only look as far as our brother or sister sitting next to us. Whatever kindness we show to them is being received by Christ. When we see their faces, the faces of our brethren in need, there is a sense in which we are seeing the lovely face of Jesus.

It’s no wonder that the church is called the body of Christ, (Eph. 1:22,23). We are not just His friends, we are His body; And we can see Him today. As the old song says, “Does Jesus care?...I know He cares.”
Glenn Colley