KEY SCRIPTURE: John 17:7 KJV” Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.”

The Lord reveals a very important truth in our opening verse, about getting to know spiritual realities. He said now the disciples know that all that the Lord Jesus had was given Him by the Father. This point explains how one gets into spiritual realities. Spiritual or scriptural realities grow with time as well as committing to that truth. John 8:31, 32 KJV” Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” The Lord explained that, If the disciples continued, stay with the teaching that He had been giving them, then are they His disciples, and they would know the truth, which would make them free.

Knowledge always comes through fellowshipping. When one stays with a truth and relates with it over time, he would definitely come to terms with what God says about it. This clearly suggests that those who do not pay attention to the word, meditating and reflecting on it, would not come to know what God is really saying. This clarifies the point that one may be informed about a piece of the word of God, but until he is ready to continue meditating, and reflecting on the truth he will not know it. Time is not a determinant of whether one gets to know scriptural truth, but rather how much that person commits himself to the word, over that time period.

Dear one, do something about your spiritual status, by committing more attention to all that you have been hearing. The disciples came to the reality of who Jesus was because they continued with Him. All those who came among the twelve but left too early will not know who He was.

One may ask, what about Judas who betrayed Him? Did he not know who He was? When one beclouds himself in certain wrong ways, He will not get to know what God has for him, about a particular reality. Judas was very covetous about money, so he was just interested in stealing money (John 12:6). This is what scripture says, 1Pet 2:1,2 KJV “Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:” From these verses until one has put away the wrong attitudes he would not know the real import of scriptural truth.

THOUGHT: TO KNOW GOD AND HIS WAYS, TURN FROM ERROR, AND GIVE ATTENTION TO HIS WORD.

FURTHER STUDIES

James 1:21 KJV” Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. “

Acts 17:11 KJV” These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”