John17:3(Amp) says, "And 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."
This is awesome scripture comes with a realization that we have the opportunity to actually know and understand the Creator of the Universe for ourselves. We have the opportunity to have a personal friendship and enter God's Presence, so we can know Him. Many never pursue the open door into His Presence. We prefer to stay in the Outer Court and believe that we can only enter God's Presence when we die and go to Heaven.
We are God's family and He is our Father. God's family was separated from Him by Adam's transgression, but Jesus' Resurrection restored us back to God. God never stopped or forgot His quest to get His family back. This cost Him everything He had, which was His Only Begotten Son, Jesus. Why then, do we live like God is apart from us?
Jesus said in John10:9(Amp), "I Am the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved (will live). He will come in and he will go out (freely) and will find pasture." Through Jesus, we can do like Heb.4:16(Amp) which says, "Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the Throne of Grace (the Throne of God's unmerited favor to us sinners) that we may receive mercy for our failures and find Grace to help in good time for every need (appropriate help and well-timed help), coming just when we need it."
The sounds coming from the world today, are so loud and persistent that we can barely hear God's Voice. Jesus said in Mark4:23-25(Amp), "If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him perceive and comprehend And He said to them, Be careful what you are hearing. The measure (of thought and study) you give (to the knowledge) that comes back to you-and more (besides) will be given to you who hear. For to him who has (ears to hear) will more be given; and from him who has nothing (no ears to hear); even what he has will be taken away (by force)."
We know from John10:10(Amp) that, "The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy." And we know Jesus' "The Parable of the Sower" in Mark4:4(Amp) that, "Satan comes at once, and by force takes away the Message which is sown in them." It's of utmost importance, that we know and have a personal relationship with the Father. When we know, understand, perceive, recognize and become acquainted with the Father, then we can hold onto and understand what He says to us. And, in order to do this, we must "have ears to hear."
God is revealing many things to His people in these Last Days, so we can be more secure in His Word and His Love. These times of Revelation have prove that many things we've accepted through the years are untrue. Many of things were learned, pertained to the Law and not the new creation family we've become through Jesus. God's ideas about His family aren't always what we were taught from man's ideas.
When we allow God's Word and His Holy Spirit to reveal His Love, then we'll come into a closer fellowship and union with the Father. Bad things still happen to people who know the Lord, so we assume it must be God Who is doing them. We still live in a fallen world and satan is still the god of this world, according to 2Cor.4:4(Amp) which says, "For the god of this world has blinded the unbeliever's mind, that they should not discern the Truth, preventing them from seeing the Illuminating Light of the Gospel of the Glory of Christ the Messiah, Who is the Image and Likeness of God."
We might be believers who are born-again, but we still walk in degrees of unbelief, because satan has blinded our minds to many wonderful things about our salvation. None of us wish to be "unbelieving believers," but many of today's Christians still don't accept things the Father has made available to us. Jesus told the people that, "By your traditions and rituals, you have made the Word of God of no effect."
We've established our own rituals and traditions in the Church today, and like those Jesus spoke too, we fight to maintain them. It's difficult to deceive those who've built a personal relationship with the Father. We not only hear, but we pray about what we're hearing, in order to receive confirmation from the Holy Spirit. In order to know His Voice, requires that we have personal relationship with Him.
I believe that God will give us warning before something happens to us. If we will listen, then He will "lead us in paths of Righteousness, for His Namesake." God will help us avoid the paths of the destroyer and will guide us in His Light, if we will listen. Jesus prayed for God to "deliver us from the evil."
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