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I am reminded of a popular credit card commercial that asks "What's in your wallet".
Talking to some people this week and asking them how they got saved was revealing.
1. There was alter call, I raised my hand and went up and got prayed for.
2. I was dedicated as a baby, confirmed as a teenager.
3. I was baptized.
4. I was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Yet I wonder if any of those things is really how we get saved.
In Matt 7:23; Jesus tells people that say they knew Him that He never knew them.
Jesus tells those in Luke 13:27; that He doesn't know them either.
In Matt 25:12; Jesus tells five of the virgins He doesn't know them.
Now of course the Bible says He knows the number of the hairs on our head, and He knew us
before we were formed in our mothers womb. But I think the verses above are more about
"do you know Him?"
It seems from the verses above that not everyone who thinks they know Him actually does.
So how do we know if we really know Him?
Some say Jesus give grace or faith to a select few and refuses to give it to others.
But could it be more than that? Could it be that knowing Him is also required.
Talking to some people this week and asking them how they got saved was revealing.
1. There was alter call, I raised my hand and went up and got prayed for.
2. I was dedicated as a baby, confirmed as a teenager.
3. I was baptized.
4. I was filled with the Holy Spirit.
Yet I wonder if any of those things is really how we get saved.
In Matt 7:23; Jesus tells people that say they knew Him that He never knew them.
Jesus tells those in Luke 13:27; that He doesn't know them either.
In Matt 25:12; Jesus tells five of the virgins He doesn't know them.
Now of course the Bible says He knows the number of the hairs on our head, and He knew us
before we were formed in our mothers womb. But I think the verses above are more about
"do you know Him?"
It seems from the verses above that not everyone who thinks they know Him actually does.
So how do we know if we really know Him?
Some say Jesus give grace or faith to a select few and refuses to give it to others.
But could it be more than that? Could it be that knowing Him is also required.
