Frank Borda
Know The Lord
Know The Lord
Frank Borda
November 7, 2020
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after
those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write
them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My
people. None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother,
saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them
to the greatest of them.”
Hebrews 8:10-11
I want to share some good news with you. Every person who receives
Jesus as Savior and Lord comes into the family of God where God
becomes their Father. He reveals Himself to His children and they come to
know Him through relationship. The way we relate with Him is through a
life of worship with honest open hearted communication. By reading His
word, the Bible and praying to Him everyday our faith in Him grows strong
and we grow in His love. I know because that’s the story of my life that I
desire to share with all people, including you. God wants to have a
personal relationship with you! In fact, He created you for this, so that He
could live inside of you and share His divine life with you. Christianity is not
a religion about God, it’s a relationship with God. He is good and His
mercy to you is forever because He loves you and genuinely cares for you.
He wants you to live forever with Him in Heaven and He wants to walk with
you all the days of your life down here. He has a glorious plan for your life
and the first part of that plan is for you to know Him the same way He
knows you. That happens through a relationship with His Son Jesus
Christ. The reason I can say this with all assurance is twofold. First, He
said so in His word. Two, my personal testimony of having a relationship
with God and knowing Him! I have experienced His life changing love for
four decades which only grows stronger as time goes by. He lives in me
through His Son, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
You need to know that the Bible is God’s word, which is His bond,
because He cannot lie. He is a truth teller and His truth makes us free. The
Bible is a record of His covenant with man through the ages. A covenant is
an agreement between God and man that can’t be altered. It’s a
relationship. In covenant, we share all that God has including His
protection in this evil world. In turn, we give our lives in service to Him so
that we may represent Him as those who know Him. He has the right to
command us and we must obey. That’s a very good thing because He is
good and would never ever harm us. As His followers we have the right to
His direction in life with the fulness of His blessing! His word also
expresses His heart of love, thoughts of peace, ways of life, laws of
protection, and plans of goodness for His people. In the New Testament
book of First John, which is a letter to Gods children, it says that God is
love!
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who
loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know
God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us,
that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live
through Him.” (I John 4:7-9)
That’s awesome news! He doesn’t just have love, but He is the
personification and nature of love! It’s out of God’s love nature that He
created you and because that’s true, it’s also true that He knows you
deeply and intimately. You were fearfully and wonderfully made by Him.
Meaning, you are a living, breathing, walking miracle! He knows every part
of you. He knows your spirit and what inspires and drives you. He knows
your mind, how you think and what you think. He also knows and cares for
the well being of your body, your finances, your home, everything that
concerns you! He’s aquatinted with your sorrows and griefs as well as your
sicknesses and pains. He knows your hurts and disappointments, those
brought on by others and those which are self-inflicted. He understands
your weakness and limitations as well as your strengths and capacity. He
knows what you’re experiencing at any given moment and He knows
where you are right now. He desires to bind your wounds and make you
completely whole. More than that, He wants to make you new and give
you eternal life! All of that comes not through your own works but by His
grace through faith in His Son Jesus and His finished work of salvation. It’s
truly that simple and it costs you nothing because Jesus did the hard work
and completely paid the price for your salvation! He took your place and
mine in judgment when He suffered and died on the Cross for our sins. In
exchange, He gave us His life and perfect righteousness. That is right
standing with the Father God and the ability to stand right with Him in
close relationship. No longer living as a stranger to God, separated from
Him by your sin, but in union with Him as His innocent child. The blood of
Jesus has washed us clean and it’s as if we never even sinned. It’s a gift
exchange that comes from the heart of a good and loving Father God, so
you can know Him! Is that you? Do you want to know Him? I can tell you
we are born with an innate desire to know Him. If you do, right now He will
change your destiny and bring you all your heart desires and yearns for.
The scripture at the top of this article says that you can know the Lord for
yourself. That’s what God desires and it’s His invitation to every person on
the planet! I want to show it again with the words just before and after to
give you the full meaning of what the Lord is saying.
“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those
days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on
their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. None of
them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, ‘Know the
LORD,’ for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of
them. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and
their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”” (Hebrews 8:10-12)
What He’s saying is that you don’t need anyone else to go to God for
you and in fact, nobody can. Jesus Christ, who is God in the flesh, was
the one who did that for you because Gods Son is the only way to the
Father. Here’s what He said concerning Himself.
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but
through Me.” (John 14:6)
The way that Jesus made a way for you to come was through the Cross,
where He said, “Father forgive them for they don’t know what they do.”
Then just before breathing His last He said, “It is finished”. This was not a
cry of defeat but rather a call of victory, meaning the work of Salvation was
accomplished and forever settled in Heaven! The Lord is good and His
tender mercies are forever. In His goodness He made a way for every
human being to be free from the sin that separates us from Him. That way
is a relationship with Him through our Lord and Savior Jesus. The
Apostle Paul, a man who had been a great sinner before his salvation
experience said this,
“that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship
of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain
to the resurrection from the dead.” (Philippians 3:10-11)
This was the heart cry of a man who wanted nothing more than to know
the Lord! Why? Because when you really meet Him then all you want is to
know Him more and more. What you must understand is that to know Him,
you must come to the Cross and identify with the Lord in His death so that
you may be born again to experience the power of His resurrection and
eternal life. In closing I want to emphasize this is what God desires for you.
He isn’t looking to judge you but accept you as His child. Jesus took your
judgment so you could have His sonship. I want to share one more verse
from Gods word showing you this.
“This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all
men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is
one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ
Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all...” (1 Timothy 2:3-6a)
God personally calls people to salvation. He may be calling you right now
as you read. If you’ll receive Him now and then come to know Him, I
promise you will be totally fulfilled and completely satisfied in life! Not
without trials or troubles but with peace and joy through fellowship with
God and His people, you’ll have answers to overcome and conquer the
evil that comes at you in this life. You will instantly come out of darkness
into the light of Gods life & glory! If you’re being controlled by destructive
habits and a lifestyle of sin, you’ll be delivered from the power of the devil
into the power of God! He will set you free right now and begin to turn your
whole life around! Jesus calls that Abundant Life, the life of God in you!
So I urge you, come to know the Lord for yourself today, right now! I’ve
written a salvation prayer for you to say out loud from your heart with faith.
Believe that God is listening to you because He is, and that He is giving
you exactly what you’re asking for, His gifts of forgiveness and eternal life
through Jesus! Pray this right now!
“Dear God I’m coming to you now in the name of your Son Jesus. I believe
that you are the only true and living God, the Creator of Heaven and Earth.
Thank you for Your word and for loving me. I believe You are calling me
and I am coming to You with faith in my heart! Right now, I confess my sin
and ask you to forgive me and cleanse me from it through the blood of
Your Son Jesus that He shed on the Cross for me 2,000 years ago. I also
confess Jesus as my Savior and Lord and ask You to give me the free gift
of Your eternal life through His resurrection from the dead. Jesus, right
now, I turn to You as Lord, repenting of my sin and turning away from the
devil and darkness of this world. Thank you for shedding Your blood and
dying on the Cross for my sin. I will walk with You and serve You forever!
Thank you Lord for taking in your body the judgment I deserved. I believe
in you with all my heart and I love you! Lord, You are good and Your mercy
endures forever! Now God I say you are my Father and I am Your child!
Lord Jesus, I want to know You the way You know me, so please baptize
me and fill me with the Holy Spirit so that I can be a powerful witness for
you!” Right now, on the authority of the Word of God and as a minister and
servant of the Lord Jesus Christ, I tell you that you are saved! You will not
go to hell but to Heaven because you are forgiven and as innocent as a
new born baby! Your name is written in the Lambs Book of Life! You now
have Gods gift of Eternal Life and are now His very own child! I say,
welcome to Gods family! The blessing and gifts of God are yours as an
heir of God and joint heir with Jesus Christ! You have received all of these
and more with salvation.
• Forgiveness & Eternal life
• Deliverance & Freedom
• Safety & Preservation
• Healing & Soundness
• Provision & Prosperity
• A new spirit & new life
• Inheritance & Blessing (spiritual & earthly)
• Gods love poured into your heart by the Holy Spirit
• The baptism in the Holy Spirit with power & authority
• The fruit & gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Joy & Strength
• Righteousness & Peace
• Victory & Success
• Long & satisfying life
• A family in God
• Abundant entrance into the everlasting kingdom of God...
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