Christ
Jesus said:
Now
this is Eternal LIFE:
That
they may KNOW You, the
only True God,
And
Jesus Christ, Whom You have sent.
(John
17:3)
Now
this is Eternal LIFE:
[It
means] To KNOW
(To
perceive, recognize, become acquainted with
And
understand) You,
The
only True and Real God,
And
[likewise] to KNOW Him, Jesus [as the] Christ,
The
Anointed One, the Messiah, Whom You have sent.
(John
17:3, AMP)
The
apostle Paul said:
I
want to KNOW Christ and the Power of his Resurrection
And
the Fellowship of sharing in His Sufferings,
Becoming
like him in His Death,
And
so, somehow, to attain to the Resurrection from the dead.
(Philippians 3:10-11)
The
man who thinks he Knows something
Does
not yet Know as he ought to Know.
But
the man who loves God is KNOWN by God.
(1
Corinthians 8:2-3)
To
be KNOWN by God and KNOWING God
Are
two sides of the same coin.
Therefore,
loving God is essential to Knowing Him;
Loving
Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.
'This
is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel
(And
the New Covenant, Church of God by implication)
After
that time,' declares the Lord.
I
will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts.
I
will be their God, and they will be my people.
No
longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother,
Saying,
'Know the Lord,'
Because
they will all Know me
From
the least of them to the greatest,'
Declares
the Lord.
(Jeremiah
31:33-34)
But
all of you have an Anointing from the Holy One,
And
all of you Know the Truth.
(1
John 2:20)
As
for you, the Anointing you received from Him
Remains
in you,
And
you do not need anyone to Teach you.
But
as his Anointing Teaches you about all things
And
as that Anointing is Real, not counterfeit--
Just
as it has Taught you, Remain IN Him.
(1
John 2:27)
The
Anointing from God Teaches us to Know
Him.
Yet,
we must still Choose to Remain IN Him
As
we are taught by Him.
Eternal LIFE Is To
Know God
That is a simple
statement
But the most profound
statement there could be.
Many people know of God
or some concept about God,
But only a few KNOW
Him.
God is the
Self-Existent One, the Creator of all that exists.
He spoke into existence
all that exists
From that which could
not be seen,
By His Word. (Hebrews
11:3)
God is the Spirit who
cannot be seen.
He speaks in a “still
small voice”
To the inner being of
every living person.
Some have ears to hear
this voice, but most do not.
Those who respond
To the “still small
voice” of God speaking to them
Are on the pathway to
KNOWING Him.
Responding to the
“still small voice” of God is called FAITH;
Now
FAITH is being sure of what we hope for
And
certain of what we do not see.
(Hebrews
11:1)
And
without FAITH it is impossible to please God,
Because
anyone who comes to Him
Must
believe that he exists
And
that He rewards those
Who
Earnestly Seek Him.
(Hebrews
11:6)
Those who come to
KNOW God
Will
have FAITH and Earnestly Seek Him.
John the Baptist
said of the Christ, Jesus:
I
baptize you with water for Repentance.
But
after me will come One who is more Powerful than I,
Whose
sandals I am not fit to carry.
He
will baptize you (immerse you)
With
the Holy Spirit and with Fire.
(Matthew
3:11)
This Baptism, this
Immersing,
Is
the the Anointing that Teaches us to KNOW God.
God teaches us to KNOW
Him by His Holy Spirit
Otherwise
we could never KNOW Him.
Christ
Jesus said: ...you have one Teacher, the Christ.
(Matthew
23:10)
Our part is FAITH
In responding to the
“still small voice” of God,
And Earnestly Seeking
Him.
If we are faithful to
do this,
He will Baptize us in
His Holy Spirit and with Fire.
Then by the Instruction
of the Holy Spirit,
His
Anointing, we can come to KNOW Him.
By FAITH we Repent of
our Sins
And are washed clean in
the blood of the Lamb.
By FAITH we Confess
with our mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord
And Believe in our
hearts that God raised Him from the dead.
Then, being Baptized,
Immersed, in His Spirit,
We allow His Spirit to
live IN and THROUGH us;
This is KNOWING Him and
Eternal LIFE;
Christ in us our Hope
of Glory or Heaven.
(Colossians 1:27)
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