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Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Saturday, April 24, 2021

KNOWING JESUS

Being a Christian is more than knowing about Jesus, being a Christian is knowing Him personally. It’s one thing to know about a sport and another thing to be friends with that athlete. You can read every news article about your hero, memorize every stat, collect every piece of memorabilia yet never really know the athlete himself.  To know a sportsman, you’ll have to do more than watch him play. You would have to have a relationship with him based on time spent together via regular conversations.

1 John 5:20 “And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.” When a person truly knows Jesus, it’s on the basis of a relationship – they spend time together, and talk regularly.

Knowing Jesus in salvation is not based on what we do, knowing Jesus starts with faith in Him and our continuing relationship with Him is always rooted in faith. There’s no special prayer you must pray to know Jesus and believe in Him, however, the following prayer can be used right now to express your decision to place your faith in Jesus Christ;

Prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, I realize I am a sinner and never reach heaven on my own good deeds. I right now place my faith in Jesus Christ as God’s Son who rose from the dead and gave me eternal life, please forgive me all my sins, and help me live for you. Now I am born again and I live for Christ, hallelujah!

Further Reading: John 1:12 (KJV) “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.”

1 Peter 2:24 (KJV) “Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.”

Read through the Bible: Ecclesiastes11 & Titus 3