Is He Your Lord, or do you just want Him to be your Savior?

John 14:11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

I had a conversation with someone a couple weeks ago that calls themself a Christian, but with further discussion they confessed that they are not really born-again and the study of The Bible is more of an intellectual excercise; however, they really want to have faith and be saved.

This clearly demonstrates what we've talked about before: "The Bible is logical and reasonable; but cannot be received through logic and reason"

John 14:11 seems to give hope to those on the intellectual journey. Jesus is giving instruction to Thomas. Thomas, howevr, seems to be the "intellectual skeptic" of the group (remember "Doubting Thomas'" reaction to the empty tomb?). So Jesus told him, if you don't beleive, atleast believe in the works. It seems like Jesus is saying, "use your head man, use simple logic and look at the miracles!" I don't think there is any doubt that Jesus will use simple logic to draw you closer to Him, but we must not stay there. Simple logic will move you to want Him to be your Savior, but absolute surrender is what is needed for Him to be your Lord.