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Most people 'know' about Christ as an historical figure, and many people believe, think or 'know' that there is a god or some sort of cosmic force out there. But also among church-goers, theologians, and Bible scholars they also 'know'and can reliably recite the teachings, doctrine, and the thinking of Christianity, but that is not the KNOW that Jesus is talking about in today’s verse.

Like the word LOVE in English which has many shades of meaning (e.g. I love my mother, -vs- I love coffee) the word KNOW in this context goes beyond intellectual understanding or recognition of a fact or possibility. Jesus is saying that we would know God in the sense of an intimate relationship and bond with a person, much like in marriage or in family to a person. It is a personal relationship and communion with God that has nothing to do with intellectual knowledge or theology.

Christ’s prayer here in John 17 is subtitled in most Bibles as The Prayer Of Intercession where He is praying that those that are His followers and lovers of God would draw close to Him and “Be ONE, even as we are one” [ John 17:21 ]

Friend, are you “ONE” with God? Do you know Him not just intellectually or as a matter of fact or history or by what you have heard but KNOW HIM as you would your closest friend, parent, or spouse? If not, please don’t re-think about who God is or what the Bible words written simply say, but draw closer to him, be cause He promises to “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.” [ James 4:8 ] Then, and only then, will you fully KNOW HIM.

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An article on TheDailyBeast.com on February 5, 2020 quoted a statistic that was SO SHOCKING that it not only floored me but saddened me to the core as to the current moral state of our people, nation and world. that it not only floored me but saddened me to the core as to the current moral state of our people, nation and world.

They reported that in a nation in which 139 million voted in the last presidential election that 141 million votes were cast for the best pornographic movie in 2019 on the largest sex-video web site in the world. Also, according to this self-same article, these five young women pictured here are the top 'stars' of the adult film world. Not so coincidentally another news article on-line the same day touted proudly that porn stars would now be featured models in a major runway fashion show in New York. If these sex actresses are (or are not) familiar to you, please read on.

We now live in a world, as indicated by today’s insightful and prophetic verse that all that was once considered virtuous has turned vile, where being “straight” is out of step with the times while lewd thoughts, language, dress, and actions are not only accepted but celebrated.

While many that read this may not know or be familiar with any of these women, sadly some of you may, and if you do – and especially if you have confessed Christ as your Lord – you have followed the path of perversion from goodness above. If so, you need to turn now and REPENT (literally change your mind) and seek forgiveness.

This epidemic of a sex-crazed culture and thinking always leads to spiritual destruction. For those on this path, it will never satisfy and will lead to an addiction that will continue to spiral down lower and lower into the denizens of Hell if you let it. But there is good news...

Christ can and does deliver us from ALL sin – no matter how small, large, venial or vial. Make the decision and promise God that RIGHT NOW to never look at these putrid images again!! Change your mind, turn away from the bitter and turn to the sweetness of wholeness and holiness in God. Seek Christ, Get Forgiveness, and Receive His Grace.

Turn your eyes upon Jesus - not JUNK! It is never too late to live a sweet and not bitter life.

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Are you AWARE? If you are like most people, you may think that you are. Though you may be in the regular habit of reading news on-line, watch what is happening on TV – daily read a newspaper and generally are up on what is happening in the world, the country and your community you certainly are well INFORMED, but according to the words of Jesus you are not AWARE.

The definition of 'Aware' is to warn, admonish, heed, (or) watch out. If that is the case, then watch out and warn about what?? Today’s scripture is a warning about the blindness that many have, namely that without being healed from sin and the curse of death, they will be lost in an eternity caused by their blinders of choice.

The Bible says that “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God” (Romans 10:17) but in order for Faith to take root, you must take off your blinders, open your ears, sharpen the mind, and be receptive in the heart.

Are you 'AWARE?' If not, turn back from your regular habits! Look instead at the Word of God and SEE what is real and good and pure that God is promising you in His assurance of eternal life and starting seeing what really is important.

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God Bless Your Day Jesus Loves Youoar is 2022, and a good question that most people never realize is, “Two-Thousand and Twenty Years after WHAT?”

As the picture here shows, many older buildings indicate the year with the letters “A.D.” which is Latin for “ANNO DOMINI” or “The Year of our LORD.” While this was a common practice for centuries in writing and historical documentation, over the last fifty years this often has been slyly and subtly changed to the letters CE.

Why?

We are living in an age that the Bible says are 'The End Times' where the name of God will be blasphemed, mocked, and minimized. Instead of honoring God as the LORD over man, Christ’s coming to earth has merely been marked as the 'CE that is, the — Christ Event.' The definition of “event” is a 'happening, occurrence, incident, or an affair.' In doing so, it has reduced the coming of Christ like to a previous news story that was simply a marker in time - much like we refer to December 7th or September 11th.

Friend, Jesus Christ is THE LORD and He is the FIRST and the LAST of ALL TIME. He was not merely an 'event' but the creator and LORD of all that is — including you and me and all of creation. He is the “Chief Cornerstone.” (1 Peter 2:7)

Are you honoring Him today as LORD, or is this just “2022”?

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When I was five years old there was a very steep rocky cliff near my house. One day I sat on the edge of this precipice wondering how far I could scoot off the edge, so I moved down a few inches and all was fine. So I slid down a little further and it seemed easy to get back up if I wanted to.

So far so good.

I slid down a LITTLE MORE... but then the rocks under my behind slowly started to be a little slippery! Although I carefully tried to scoot back up, each time I did I slid a few inches more until finally I was going down the slope at a steady - then quick rate until it was as slick as a slide in the playground!

Fortunately I ended up at the bottom, crying hysterically, but safely winding up in an old man’s backyard terrified at what I had done, and wondering how I could get back up to the top. The kindly elder gentleman managed to pry my name out of me between my tears, looked up our home phone number in the white pages (remember those?!?) and called my mother to come pick me up.

Secret sins in our life are just like that slippery slope. While things may start off innocently enough and are 'So far so good ' like flirting with a co-worker behind your spouse’s back, experimenting with drugs, or secretly doing things you know are wrong. Before you realize it, it gets to point where you are in too deep - and just like being on that rocky slope - you can’t get back and it keeps accelerating until you keep sliding down to your doom.

Although you crash into the bottom of your slippery slope and it seems like there is no way back up to the top, there is a solution!

“Then I confessed my sins to you (and) I did not conceal my wrongdoings. I decided to confess them to you, and You FORGAVE ALL MY SINS.” Psalm 32:5

God is quick to forgive and restore you back home. His number is in the book of the 'White Pages of the Bible,' Call on Him, and HE will restore you to the top.

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Pastor-Teacher Wayne Estrada