KNOWING JESUS
Matthew 13:54-56
“When He had come to His own country, He taught them in the synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, ‘Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not this His mother called Mary? And his brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?’ ”
The residents of Jesus’ home town, Nazareth, knew Jesus from a purely natural standpoint. Some had grown up and played with Him. They knew His family. They had seen Him as an apprentice in Joseph’s carpenter shop. However, they did not recognize Him as their Messiah. They apparently knew nothing of His miraculous conception, or the announcement at Bethlehem by the angels from heaven that He came to be the Savior. Today, some people know Jesus in a natural way. It is not enough to acknowledge intellectually that Jesus was a historical figure. Jesus is more than a natural man who lived 2,000 years ago. As Paul wrote, “Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet we know Him thus no longer” (II Corinthians 5:16). We can know Jesus personally. I’m so glad that I know Him, not just with my brain, but in my heart as the living Savior.
TODAY’S PRINCIPLE: Jesus is more than a historical figure; He is the living Savior.
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Have a “knowing” day. Love you.
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