Did anyone in the congregation inspect their chair before sitting down?
No one inspected their chair before sitting down. According to the account, not a single person in the room analyzed or examined whether the chair would hold them; they sat by faith that it would hold, without checking its strength or reliability.
Les teaches that when people came into the room, he bet that not a person analyzed or inspected their chair to see if it would hold them. He asks why they did not examine it, and answers that it was their faith in the chair that it would hold them. If the chair is not faithful, they would go to the floor, but it is there and holding them. He then parallels this with Christ: Christ claimed to have done everything necessary, and Les says he has put his faith in that. Someday in the eternal abode, God will not say it was not what it seemed; He will say the blood of Christ is faithful, He is faithful, and that is why we can trust Him. Les says Paul is driving at the faithfulness, his faith in the One who is faithful to keep us, and because He loved me and gave Himself for me. Les also shares that his nine-year-old grandson asked whether he loves God enough or has enough faith that if He should come tonight, he would not be left behind, and Les concludes it is not how much we love Him, but how much He has loved us.
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Why did no one examine their chair before sitting down in it?
Nobody inspected or analyzed their chair before sitting in it because of their faith that the chair would hold them.
Why didn't anyone in the room examine their chair before sitting down on it?
People in the room did not analyze or inspect their chairs before sitting down because they simply had faith that the chair would hold them.