Knowing Christ - A Joy by Annie Alwin

Knowing Christ – A Joy

Let Go, Take hold, Press on.

 

If I asked you, “Do you know Christ?” you might think that I am being silly. In this passage we are going to look in light of God’s word “DO WE REALLY KNOW CHRIST?” OR “KNOW ABOUT CHRIST?”

 

What is knowing Christ means?

Ginosko and Oida are the two Greek words which is used in Bible for knowing.

Ginosko – to know by experience in a intimate and personal way.

Oida – to know by observation or have knowledge of. It was Paul’s prayer that we grow in Ginosko (Personal and intimate knowledge) Philippians 3:8,10.

 

Knowing Christ is not Working for Christ.

We always confuse knowing with working. It is like telling I know the CEO of the company because I work for him, but you will agree with me that this knowing is very peripheral, there is nothing deeper or personal in it. Jesus said there will come a day when he tells many religious practitioners (Prophets, Miracle Workers) that he never knows them and infact he tells them to depart from him and he calls them evil doers. Why? Because they fail to commune with him to know the will of the Father.

 

What Paul did for knowing God. (Phil 3:7-14)

Though Christ initiated personal knowing experience with Paul by appearing to him in Damascus Road, Paul will agree knowing and growing in God daily needs hard work from our part… What did he do.

 

a)     Let Go: Paul let go all those credentials credits and accomplishments. He considered them rubbish and garbage in comparison to knowing Christ.

 

b)    Take hold: He took hold of the righteousness of Christ that came through faith not by obeying law.

 

c)     Press On: Leaving his old life he pressed on to posses the heavenly prize. He admitted that he was not perfect, and he has a long way to go.

 

It was Steven J Lawson who said there is a vast difference between merely knowing about Christ and actually knowing him – The difference between Heaven and Hell. Now tell me DO YOU REALLY KNOW HIM?

 

It is my prayer that each of us will PRESS ON TO KNOW HIM.