Wednesday, November 29, 2017
John 17:1 And this is ETERNAL LIFE, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
KNOW-ING JESUS
Duke wrote the book on aneurysm removal, a manual doctors around the globe still consult nearly 20 years after its publication. The techniques he developed are regularly discussed at international neurosurgery conferences. His approach is known simply as The Southwestern Method. He is the chair of the neurosurgery department at UT Southwestern Medical Center and performs most of his operations at the associated hospitals. Medical students come from all over the world to study under him. Highly accomplished doctors call him "the most calm, collected genius ever to step into an operating room" and "some sort of god, walking around among mere mortals."
Funny, isn't it? You've probably never heard of Dr. Duke Samson, one of the world's leading neurosurgeons from Texas-- unless you had an "inoperable" brain tumor that he removed. Many people throughout the world today will admit that they know who Jesus is from the Bible. But what do they mean by that? I now know who Duke Samson is, but I certainly don't know him personally. In fact, given his occupation, it's probably best I don't know him!
In Jesus' high priestly prayer He reveals the difference between knowing His name and knowing Him as the one and only true Son of God, your Lord and Savior. The difference between these two types of knowledge is eternal! That's why God recorded His manual on the history of the world, telling us about the cancer we've inherited from our first parents in the Garden of Eden, and how Jesus single-handedly saved us body and soul for all eternity. Jesus Christ, the Greatest Physician (Luke 4:23) of all has personally taken on our flesh, come into our world, suffered on the cross to pay for our entire debt of sin, destroyed the power of our enemy. He delivers us from death to immortality through this good news (2 Timothy 1:10). He did this all because of His love, for you!
Duke Samson doesn't know who you are, and before today you probably didn't know who he is. But knowing Duke, and needing Duke's surgical skills are two very different things.
Thank you, Lord Jesus, that you know us by name, that you have revealed to us Your Holy Word so that we may know You personally and what You have done for us so lovingly and sacrificially! We pray that You would lead us to seek You out daily to cut out the sin from our lives and provide healing for our souls that will last for eternity! Amen!
