“Why should I pardon you? Your sons have forsaken Me And sworn by those who are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, They committed adultery And trooped to the harlot’s house. Jeremiah 5:7

God was looking for forgive Israel , but couldn’t find anyone even willing to repent. They were worshiping false idols, committing adultery, they even lie to God telling him they are righteous.

God said “Why should I forgive any of you?” Although this may seem kind of harsh, it’s a good question, why should God forgive any of us? We continually rebel against him, yet we feel we deserve all his blessings. Nobody could blame God if we walked away from us

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16

However Gods love and mercy runs deep. Even though we didn’t deserve it, God pardoned us anyway. Jesus Christ came to this world to take the wages or penalty for Our Sins. The Love and Mercy that God has shown us on the cross, can’t be explained and it cant be earned. Our salvation was earned by the work of Jesus Christ, because we are not capable of saving ourselves

So Repent, give up your sinful ways, and follow the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the way, the truth , and the life, we cant get to the Father God except through him! Amen!

And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.’ Matthew 7:23

One of the scariest scriptures in the Bible for Christians, is this one. Jesus declaring “He never knew you” What does this mean for Christians? Can we lose our salvation?

The original Greek word for “Knew” is “ginosko” meaning “come to know” “understood” “recognize” “comprehend” “learn”

Jesus wants and requires a personal relationship with us. Many Christians “go through the religious motions” of being a good Christian, but do they know Christ and does Christ really know them. This is why I say “Jesus is a relationship and not a religion”  I know a lot of theologians don’t like that phrase, however its clearly true by the scripture

We know of way too many “Christians” who are trying to earn their salvation through works, rather then developing their personal relationship with Jesus. Many Christians seem to almost use Jesus as a sideshow for their religion, he should be the center of everything

And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. (KJV) Matthew 1:25

Here in the KJV, the word ginosko is used in relation to Mary and Josephs relationship. At this time Mary, was a Virgin and not married to Joseph, therefor he didn’t really know her intimately  or personally at this time. This just demonstrates how deep the word of “ginosko” can get.

“Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Matthew 10:26

Here in the context of the scripture “ginosko” is being used in the opposite of concealed or hidden. Do you conceal or hide you are a Christian? Does the world know Jesus is your Lord and God? Jesus will reject those who does not know “ginosko”, make sure you have a relationship with Christ today!

Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times. John 13:38

Most of us have good intentions just like Peter, we claim we will never deny Jesus, we claim we will always follow him, some of us might even claim we will lay down our lives for Christ. However when the time comes, our flesh kicks in and we fail again. We continually fail to meet the standards we spiritually set for ourselves

Peter said to Him, “Lord, why can I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life for You.” John 13:37

Peter didn’t understand what Jesus was about to do for the entire world, Jesus was about to lay down his life to save the world. Peter told Jesus he would be willing to lay down his own life for Christ. However when the time came, and Peters life became threatened, Peter not only denied Christ, he denied him 3 times!

Jesus already knew Peter would fail and deny him 3 times. This displays Jesus deity to know the future, because Jesus is God in the flesh, he is the beginning and the end

However Jesus still loved Peter anyway, no matter how much Peter failed to live up to expectations, Jesus still loved him. Does this mean we should blatantly deny Christ? Absolutely not, but don’t think that Gods love is so shallow that you cant return into his arms! Amen

For My people are foolish, They know Me not; They are stupid children And have no understanding. They are shrewd to do evil, But to do good they do not know.” Jeremiah 4:22

We live in a narcissistic age, I actually seen a new study on “how many people died while taking selfies” Seriously? People have such little value for human life that they risk their life to take a picture so they can brag about themselves on social media. We are a sick and perverse generation.

We believe we are so intelligent and superior that we convinced ourselves that we created ourselves. This is the most stupid thought that mankind has ever created. Darwin didn’t even know or realize that cells have DNA in them. He was blinded by his arrogance, just as most of the world is

Professing to be wise, they became fools, Romans 1:22

The more people go down this narcissistic, ego centric , rabbit hole the more foolish they become. Instead of people using logic and reasoning, they make up stories. Our Creator has laid out the beginning and the end. Our Creator gives us physical evidence right before our eyes. However we rebel and won’t submit to our Creator

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7

Until you become in Awe of our Heavenly Father and Creator, you will never have understanding. A person living for the flesh cant understand spiritual things. Until we submit to God , accept Jesus as Lord, and be baptized by the Holy Spirit, we will never understand Amen!

Jesus answered and said to him, “What I do you do not realize now, but you will understand hereafter.” John 13:7

Imagine you are in the presence of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, you are in awe of his presence and just are thankful to be able to sit at his table. Not only is the Lord loving and accepting of you, he is going to wash your feet! What?! The Christ, God in the flesh, is going to wash my feet, who is worthy of this?

Peter said to Him, “Never shall You wash my feet!” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me.” John 13:8

This is exactly how Peter responded, Jesus cant wash my feet, he is our Lord and Master! But Jesus told Peter , if you don’t let him wash your feet, you can have no part with him. Jesus was showing his humility, the suffering servant (Isaiah 53) that the religious leaders missed in their scriptures.

If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. John 13:14

Jesus is the greatest leader by example, he humbled himself and washed the feet of his disciples, to show them the honor and humility they should show everyone else. See Jesus never commanded us to do anything that he hasn’t already done, that is a true leader

We need to continually remember to keep ourselves humble, nobody is greater than anyone else in the Kingdom. Only Jesus can wash us from our sins Amen!