KNOWING JESUS

TEXT:

JOHN 17:3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent

OPEN:

THERE IS LIFE AND ETERNAL LIFE - TO ACHIEVE THE LATTER, YOU MUST KNOW HIM.

I’M STILL LEARNING MY WIFE.

REPENTANCE IS:

WILLINGNESS TO LEARN JESUS.

LEARN HIS WAY.

LEARN HIS HEART.

ADMISSION OF LIMITED KNOWING

DANGER OF NOT KNOWING HIM IS TO SETTLE FOR LIFE WHEN THERE IS AVAILABLE, ETERNAL LIFE

- TO SETTLE FOR WHAT IS RATHER THAN WHAT GOD SAYS IS POSSIBLE.

LIFE IS FOUND IN KNOWING OF HIM; ETERNAL LIFE IS FOUND IN KNOWING HIM.

KNOW - GINOSKO - PROCESS OF LEARNING HIM THROUGH INTIMACY.

BENEFITS OF KNOWING HIM - RELEASE, RESIST, REVEAL

I. RELEASES THE ANOINTING! THE CROWD OR THE CHRIST *AS I LEARN CHRIST I GAIN ACCESS TO THE ANOINTING. THE MORE I LEARN HIM. THE MORE ANOINTING I AM ENTRUSTED WITH. FAITHFUL WITH LITTLE

MARK 5:29 29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt (GINOSKO) in her body that she was healed of the affliction.

THE ANOINTING CAN ONLY BE RELEASED BY GINOSKO! LEARNING CHRIST.

HOW OFTEN IN LIFE DO YOU SETTLE FOR A CROWD AND SURRENDER THE CHRIST!?

THE ANOINTING IS RELEASED TO THOSE WHO COMITT TO LEARN AND TOUCH.

INFORMATION + EXPERIENCE = TRANSFORMATION

TO REJECT DISCIPLINE IS TO SURRENDER THE ANOINTING.

*** TO PURSUE A TOUCH WITHOUT GINOSKO (DISCIPLINE) IS FUTILE.

**CROWD MINDSET. DEVELOP A MINDSET OF REPENTANCE. GROWTH.

***I AM NOT CONSTRAINED BY YOUR OTHERS LIMITED EXPERIENCE!

GROW ME JESUS! KNOW ME JESUS! - SAY IT WITH ME.

II. RESISTS THE SPIRIT OF RELIGION! - ****WORKING FOR PEOPLE TO ACCEPT YOU. YOU'RE WORKING TOO HARD! ETERNAL LIFE IS NOT FOUND IN WHAT YOU DO! *TIRED CHRISTIANS. ARE YOU WEARY? FRUSTRATED? OFFENDED?

MATTHEW 7:21-23 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

TO USE HIS NAME WITHOUT KNOWING HIM IS LAWLESSNESS!

DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME LABORING FOR THAT WHICH ONLY COMES THROUGH DISCIPLESHIP AND PRESENCE BURN OUT IS THE RESULT OF CHRISTIANITY PREMISED UPON LABOR WITH NO TOUCH.

MARTHA WORKED; MARY LEARNED AND TOUCHED PUT THE OFFERING BAGS DOWN; TURN OFF YOUR MINISTRY AND TURN ON YOUR DISCIPLESHIP! LEARN HIM AND TOUCH HIM.

HOW ARE YOU DEFINING SUCCESS? JESUS DEFINES IT BY YOUR GROWTH NOT YOUR PERFORMANCE!

YOU DON’T NEED TO PERFORM! JUST LEARN HIM THROUGH EXPERIENCES.

III. REVEALS THE SECRETS OF GOD! - GOD TELLS ME SECRETS - SECRETS ARE REVEALED AND PURPOSE CLARIFIED THROUGH KNOWING HIM *SMART KIDS CLASS

LUKE 8:10 10 And He said, “To you it has been given to know the [f]mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is given in parables, that ‘Seeing they may not see, And hearing they may not understand.’

MYSTERIES - SECRET TEACHINGS

GOD FELT OBLIGATED TO TELL ABRAHAM WAS HE WAS ABOUT TO DO!

SECRETS INDICATE INTIMACY WHAT SECRETS DO YOU HAVE WITH GOD?

HOW TO KNOW HIM MORE EACH DAY

1. READ THE LOVE LOVE LETTERS - READ YOUR BIBLE TO GROW NOT TO KNOW. STUDY THE BIBLE TO CHALLENGE YOU INSTEAD OF AFFIRM YOU GIVE GOD

2. THE GIFT OF YOUR WORSHIP - WORSHIP FOR HIM GIVE JESUS YOUR THOUGHTS - WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT?

3. PREFER JESUS — I DO WHAT HE WANTS. I LAY MY LIFE DOWN.

4. GO ON AN ADVENTURE - FIGHT APATHY - BEEN HERE, DONE THIS. ADVENTURE WITH GOD/STOP MAKING YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH HIM SO PREDICTABLE

5. STAY THROUGH THE PAIN - QUIT QUITTING - STAY AT THE TABLE OF THE LORD. *KINGS STAY - DAVID STAYED. LOVE HIM MORE THAN OTHERS -

6. GATHER AND PRESS - PRESS FOR PRESENCE IN THE CROWD. Mark 3:10 “for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him.”

KNOW HIM MORE - MAKE THAT YOUR PRAYER TODAY!