The One Person You Need To Know

Jesus is a 'pivotal person'. You need to know Him. I can't stress this enough. It is good for us to know the people in our life... parents... siblings... children... friends... but in the moments after we die it is how well we knew Jesus that is going to matter the most.

That might sound fanatical... even offensive... but it is true.

He Is the bridge back to The God we are or were cut off from. Knowing Him is all important.

"But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ" - Philippians 3:7-8 ESV

If we know Him then we have something to give others beyond our place (friend, brother, son, father, etc...) and personality.

"I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained." - Philippians 3:14-16 ESV

Jesus has what those who have lost everything need. A person can lose everything but it they have Jesus they will make it through the storm.

"We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek." - Hebrews 6:19-20 ESV

Jesus keeps us anchored to Heaven. We stay connected. He Is the connection. This anchor holds. No force can knock it loose. Not even we can sever the connection. He makes us safe and sane.

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