Sunday, December 1, 2024

The Good Of The Father (He Will Be known)

 




"For this is the covenant which I shall be covenanting with the house of Israel after those days," the Lord is saying; 'Imparting My laws to their comprehension, On their hearts, also, shall I be inscribing them, And I shall be to them for a God, And they shall be to me for a people.  And by no means should each be teaching his fellow citizen, And each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord!'  For all shall be acquainted with Me, from their little to their great."

To the Hebrews 8: 10-11, Concordant New Testament 


I have been told to live in confidence.  For in the face of the fallen world, eventually ALL would bow at the name of Jesus {Paul to the Philippians 2:10}.  That after Jesus comes once again, ALL will know the Lord {Johns Account 17:3}.  The theology of the mainstream church is big on proclaiming that Jesus will indeed come a second time {The Unveiling of Jesus Christ 1:7}.  For the record, Jesus has appeared more than a few times after His death.  He appeared in front of His followers after His death AND also to a large group of people to show that He was yet alive {Acts of the Apostles 1:3}.  Therefore, to say that Jesus will come again a second time is in error, for He has already appeared numerous times since His death.  Christian believers continually struggle over the matter of all the world knowing God.  Believing the teachings that we live in a fallen world, they separate His creation into good and evil.  In the end, all who do not know His name will be relegated to that place of punishment.  This scare tactic has obviously been designed by the church in order to force people into believing in the Lord and, in turn, filling those church pews on Sundays.  Coincidence?  I think not.  The fact is, we are ALL created in the likeness of God the Father {Genesis 1:27}.  Why would the Father not desire to be known by His own creation?  What parent is there who does not want to be known by their child?  Yet the teaching of God separating His creation into both good and evil continues to be preached.  But here is something which you might not know, that the Father has already accounted that all of His children will come to know Him.  The writer of Hebrews proclaims that the covenant of the Lord is that all will be acquainted with Him {To the Hebrews 8:11}.  His covenant also proclaims that we should not be teaching each other to "Know the Lord" for all shall be acquainted with Me {To The Hebrews 8:11}.  Think about this the next time you're sitting through another Sunday sermon about knowing the Lord.  


Now it is eonian life that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Him Whom Thou dost Commission, Jesus Christ

Johns Account 17: 3, Concordant New Testament  


I can remember sitting through countless sermons and seminars listening to the perils of not knowing the Lord.  To sit through such sermons was almost a requirement as I recall.  The message was clear, come to know God before it's too late!  Even today I will listen to one radio preacher or another proclaim that knowing the Lord is paramount.  While I agree, I also have come to realize that despite our own efforts, that God has already accounted for that.  The late reverend Billy Graham made a career out of convincing people to come to the Lord.  That's a good thing.  But where would the world be without the efforts of the Reverend Graham?  One step closer to all of the Fathers creation knowing Him.  That's just the truth spoken of in scripture.  Despite all of our ministries and sermons on knowing God, eventually all will know Him.  Now, another monkey wrench in this conversation occurs when we speak of those who pass on without ever knowing the Lord their entire lives.  What becomes of them?  In the movie Come Sunday, the real life reverend Carlton Pearson is removed from his own church for denying the existence of hell.  What?  But what of all those people who never have known God?  Aren't they guilty of denying Him?  As the reverend Pearson inquires in the film, "If you could save your own father from hell, wouldn't you?"  Why wouldn't the Father desire to save all which He has created?  Yet many believers continue to bristle over the idea of universal salvation, that all will be saved.  But this is exactly what the Father reveals through Christ Jesus in the scripture {Johns Account 3:16-17}.  That through Jesus ALL will be saved.  Still, the preacher keeps telling me to know God.  As they say, I'll let God figure that one out.  


~Scott~ 

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