“While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!” – Matt 17:5
Remember the horrific words in Matthew 7? Those particular words, “I never knew you? Depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness?” To understand those who He would never know, it is therefore critical to recognize and understand what it is to know Him. And what it means to not be known by Jesus.
According to Him and to the Father, the whole point of being a stranger is to those who do not listen to Him. Who don’t know His voice, His words, or what He has said. More specifically, in John 10:27, He says that His sheep hear His voice. And that He knows them. And they follow Him.
The non-listeners are those who He does not know. For they “are not of God” (Jn 8:47), “are not of the truth” (Jn 18:37), and “His words find no place in you” (Jn 8:37).
So it stands to understand, to be known by Him is to listen to Him. To know His voice and to follow Him.
- Pray to Him
- Worship Him
- Obey Him
- Serve Him
- Honor Him
- Love Him
So when you stand before Him face to face, the LORD God’s purpose within us shall be made complete. With overflowing joy at His glory and being.
