Knowing God

Genesis 25-26; Psalms 6; Luke 10 

“…’I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children…no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.’…’Teacher,’ he asked, ‘what must I do to inherit eternal life?’”

Luke 10:21, 22, 25

Salvation is a gift of grace we receive from God. However, salvation is not a formula. Jesus points to the humility, teachability, and dependence of a little child as he describes those who receive revelation of the Father. In response to a question regarding how we inherit eternal life, Jesus affirms that loving God with all that we are and loving our neighbor as ourselves describes those who are experiencing a relationship with the Father. Salvation is in knowing the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in a relationship that is real and very experiential, not a theological formula as in ‘fire insurance’.

Little children have discovered this - have we?

“Lord Jesus, thank you for salvation and for your presence. Glorify your name in and through me this day, for your glory.”