As I was browsing the news the other day, I can across an article containing Obama’s official long birth certificate.  As I read the details contained on the document, I began thinking I now know more intimate details about President Obama than I do about some of my closest friends… or even my family.  I now know his birthday down to the exact minute he entered this world.

That thought prompted another thought.  Since Obama was sworn into office, the American public has learned a lot about him and his family.  We know their style preferences, the kind of dog the own, where they go, who they see, what they do…  The list could go on.  But if I showed up at the doors of the White House and said, “Please let me in.  I know the President,” and then showed the guards my hundreds of trivial facts I had accumulated about his life, they’d look at me like I was crazy and kindly (hopefully) ask me to leave.

Common sense, right?

Why then do so many people think God is any different?  You may know about the Bible, the Christmas story and the Easter story, the Creation story… You may know about Moses, Jonah, Paul… But do you KNOW Jesus?  Do you spend time with Him?  Do you have a relationship with Him?  If you showed up at His door, would He recognize you as His friend?

Knowing about a person does not constitute having a relationship with that person.  The same is true with God.  In fact, James 2:19 says that even the demons believe in God.

It seems to me that more and more people today are under the impression that being good will cut it.  This is a lie.  In fact, it’s one of Satan’s favorites.  If he can get you to believe by doing “good” things, you’ll go to heaven, he can most assuredly secure your place in hell.  The Bible also says (Titus 3:5) that it is not because of the righteous things we have done that we are saved, but because of his mercy through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

So I ask you, do you know Jesus?  Or do you just know about Him?

Lindsie

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