DO YOU KNOW HIM?

Matthew 1:21  "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins".

Matthew 16:13-16:  "When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, 'Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?'  And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.  He saith unto them, 'But whom say ye that I am?'  And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God".  (King James Version)

We see here in the book of Matthew that Jesus made a strong declaration to his disciple, “Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?”  They answered naming some of the prophets.  Then He said unto them again, “But whom say ye that I am?”  You see Jesus wanted to know if they knew Him.  Then Peter answered saying, “Thou art the Christ.”  Right there Jesus blessed Peter because He knew that flesh and blood didn’t reveal this unto Peter.  The great truth came from God the Father - that spiritual idea of man; The Christ of God; The Son of God which is the Divine Mind (God) - had revealed this to Peter. 

So as we find Jesus referring to Himself as the “Son of God”, we see Peter also had reached a place in understanding where he realized his relation to Being (God).  In John 7:29, Jesus explains this realization when He says “I know Him: for I am from him and he hath sent me".

Now I’m saying to you, people of God, “DO YOU KNOW HIM?”  Tell me do you Know Jesus; do you really know The Christ and His Anointing?  What a wonder!  Well, to know Him is to have the facts.  Facts are known to be true; known to have happened; a reality.  Having facts is to know that you know….that you know.   Also to know Him is to have an understanding of Him and to have the knowledge or revelation, which means to have an experience or acquaintance with someone.  To know is to be aware of; to have seen or even heard; it means you have some information about that particular individual.

So you see: Knowing is based on our experience of something.  In knowing something, we do not have to think or speculate about it because we perceive it so deeply within ourselves as true, that we don’t even have to discuss it.  No matter what anyone else says about it, it does not alter our reality about it.  It cannot be proved or disproved.  It can go to more and more profound levels of conviction, but it is generally only when we ourselves can testify to it.  To experience something is to know it.  To experience something is to know it with a degree of certainty that it gives it more power and influence over our lives than other things.  Prime example: When the s-u-n shines on our skin, we feel the warmth. We don’t need anyone to tell us what we feel—we just know.   Well what about the S-O-N.  Same thing. The experience of God (THE LIGHT) and the energy of His Light can be as real to us as the warmth of the sun on our skin.  It’s like the wind, you can’t see it, but you know He’s there. 

We know that the experience of God can be felt in our bodies, and it is unlike just thinking about something or having faith in it.  We just KNOW HIS PRESENCE IS WITH US!!!

Here is the point, people of God:  belief and faith work like hands in a glove.  We believe with our minds and have faith in our heart.  Faith joins the heart and mind together.  Faith is not concerned with proofs.  Faith believes in the invisible.  Faith says that I can believe in what I do not see.  Hebrews 11:1:  "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen". 

So now, if belief is based in the mind and faith on joining of the heart and mind, then what about knowing.  Knowing is based on the whole body in our very being itself.  You see Being is composed of wisdom, will and consciousness.  It takes all these to make what we call GOD!!!  Man stands in this God-head as will.  I’m just saying that ideas exist eternally in wisdom.  They are made manifest through will, and that manifestation is called consciousness (The Thing Made).  With Man being the faculty of will in the supreme God-head, it is through him that the universe is brought into manifestation.  I know it’s deep, but I’m trying to tell you that knowing goes beyond faith and belief.  When you know that you know, it brings each of us to a goal or point of experiencing God in a way that’s so real that it’s impossible to deny.  This knowing takes us past faith and belief into certainty.  Certainty is freedom from doubt; a sure fact or assurance, you are totally convinced.  You are so convinced that no one can dissuade you that you know HIM.  Why????  Because YOU are totally convinced, no doubt, and assured that you:

   1)   Have the facts: You know God created by the power of His Word, and you came forth.  Genesis 1:26:   "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness".  Let us make and it was.
2)   Have the understanding:  The knowledge of who God is; that you have experienced or had a close encounter with him.  1^st John 5:20:  "And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus the Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life".

   3)   Have an awareness /acquaintance with: You’re familiar with and can recognize (identify) Him;  able to distinguish Him from all other; also totally aware of His presence.   Job 22:21:  "Acquaint now thyself with him and be at peace".   John 8:42:  "If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me".

So people of God, “Do you really know Him?”  Do you actually have the facts about Him?  Do you have the understanding, the knowledge or revelation of Him?  Are you really aware or have the acquaintance of who He is?  Are you able to recognize Him and His infinite mercies?  Whatever situation or opposition that presents itself, you must know that God will reveal Himself according to the need.  Just know that nothing can give you a strong tower of security and assurance like “KNOWING GOD.”

Philippians 3:10 says, “That I may know (be aware of) him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.” To know/be aware of The Anointed One and His Anointing.  That "dunamis" power; that force; that strength; the ability to perform through the Holy Ghost!

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~ Evangelist Jackie Burton