Do You Know The Owner?

"This is life eternal, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent" (1)

To know the Owner is to have eternal life-- if you truly know Him. Some people claim to know Him, but He does not recognize them. "Not everyone who says to Me 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!" (2) The distinction is between those who do "the will of My Father" and those who "practice lawlessness".

The Owner wants us to know Him. Jesus said, "I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God." (3) "God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself." (4) "If you then-- know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!" (5) He is ready, willing and waiting for us to get acquainted with Him and ask Him for the things that we truly need. He sends His Spirit to live in us and be with us, "If you love Me, keep My commandments, and I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever-- the Spirit of truth... He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him... If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him." (6)

The Great God, Creator and Owner of the Universe wants us to know Him. He is willing to share Himself with us intimately by His Spirit. He wants to dwell with us and be in us. We can not comprehend that relationship, but it is real, if we let Him. He will not force Himself on any person who does not want that relationship. However, for those who choose to accept Him for Who He is, He has wonderful plans. Jesus gives us a hint of the plans of God when He told John, "To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne." (7) We somehow will be involved with God and Christ in the administration of His universe. "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him." (8)

1. John 17:3.
2. Matthew 7:21-23.
3. John 20:17.
4. 2 Corinthians 5:19.
5. Matthew 7:11.
6. John 14:15-17, 21, 23.
7. Revelation 3:21.
8. 1 Corinthians 2:9.