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John 10:27 (NKJV) 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
This verse contains a simple statement that is much more powerful than most of us understand.
We often hear people speak of accepting Jesus as our savior. We are frequently encouraged to do that by those who want to see us saved from eternity in hell.
But there is much more to this than being saved from hell. There is a deeper side to this than many fail to share.
For us to understand the depth of this verse, we must also look at other verses.
Acts 16:30-31 (NKJV) 30 And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
In this verse, Paul and Silas told the man that he must “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” to be saved.
This verse is often taken at its simplest meaning, leaving behind what is actually being implied.
To “believe on the Lord Jesus Christ” does not simply mean to believe that He exists. Even demons believe and tremble (James 2:19).
It implies a deep faith; a trust that causes us not just to acknowledge that He is, but to follow Him with our lives, entrusting every aspect of them to Him.
We place our hope for this life and eternity fully in Him!
Christianity was never meant to be casual. It is akin to a marriage relationship, lifelong and ever growing.
It's easy to say that we have “accepted Him as our savior.” It's yet another thing to walk it out and commit our life to Him in all things.
And the litmus test for our “faith in Christ” will come when we stand before God on the last day.
When that moment comes, will He say, “well done my good and faithful servant”? Or will He say, “depart from me, I never knew you”?
The time to find out is not in that moment when we are face to face with Him. That time is now, while we have breath in our lungs and a beat in our hearts.
Let us not simply believe that He is. But let us follow Him wholeheartedly, with every fiber of our being, that we hear His voice, and He knows us.
Amen 🙏

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