To Know God

Our pastor has been preaching a series on The Upper Room Discourse. Today he spoke on John 14:1 -11. The disciples are asking Jesus questions that he is answering. On one side the questions seem like the disciples just don't get. On the other side they are showing us their humanity which we would probably done in the position, as well. John 14:7 says, "If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him."

Seems odd that Jesus is saying "If you had known Me" since the disciples had been with him 3 years. But can you imagine being with Jesus? The magnitude of being in that moment had to be enormous as the disciples looked back on that experience.

Today, our pastor said that many people believe there is a God, but when you start to talk about His Son, Jesus Christ, people get offended. As Jesus says in these verses, "Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me." The Father and Jesus are inseparable. We must strive to know Him, and by knowing Him we can love Him. In "Walk This Way, Walk His Way", I talk about what we need to know to love God. We need to know "Who" He is and "What" He has done. By knowing who He is, we are able to understand why what He says we should do is so important. And Jesus says that if we follow His commands we are showing our love for Him. So, as you start this month of December please think about where you are in knowing God and in knowing Jesus.

Merry Christmas,

Kevin