DO YOU KNOW HIM?

Do you know him, or just about him.  

I have a son-in-law who is a brilliant man.  Smart,

educated and a good all around man.  This man is

a history buff or enthusiast.  You can ask him about

almost any past historical figure and he can tell you

all about them.  It is like he knows everything about

any of these people.  BUT, HE DOES NOT KNOW 

THEM.  He knows about them.

My best friend I have known for about thirty years.

We spend quite a bit of time together visiting and

doing things together.  But, I don't know how tall

he is.  He is short'a short.  I don't know how much

he weights.  I do not know when he got married.

I can drive to his house, but I don't know the 

address.  I don't know what his favorite food is.

In fact there are a lot of facts about his life that

I do not know.  BUT I KNOW HIM.

Now more to the point.

There are multitudes of people who profess to 

be "Christians" or followers of Christ.  But do

they KNOW Him?

The scariest Scripture I know of is in what we

call Jesus' so called sermon on the mount.

"Not every who calls out to me, 'Lord !

Lord!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven.  Only

those who actually do the will of my Father in

heaven will enter.  On Judgment day many

will say to me, 'Lord! Lord! We prophesied in

your name and cast out demons in your name

and performed many miracles in your name.'

But I will reply, 'I never knew you.  Get away

from me, you who break God's laws.'" 

(Matthew 7:21 - 23 NLT )

Did you see that point?

These people have done all kinds of good things

for God.  Or at least that was their intent.

But Jesus will tell them "I never knew you.

Get away from me,"

Down thought history the men of God;

Enoch, Noah, Abraham, David, were 

all men who walked with God.  Or 

had fellowship with God, or were called

a friend of God, or a man after God's

own heart.  God knew them, they spent

time together.

Jesus said;

"And this is the way to have eternal life -

to KNOW you, the only true God, and

Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth."

(John 17:3 NLT)

Do you know God and his son Jesus Christ,

or only about them?

If we expect to keep our selves out of the 

Devil's hell we had better begin living with

Jesus Christ and Father God daily.  Get to 

know them more intimately than our family,