Christian Faith Perspectives

2. KNOWING JESUS MAKES YOU DIFFERENT

I can recall the actual moment that I received the Lord Jesus Christ into my life. The dynamic change I experienced during the next few days is as clear today as it was then. Amazingly, God suddenly seemed so close and I found myself talking to Him with a new found confidence and intimacy, like there was no barrier between us.

In life we make friends, we get to know someone on a personal basis. That relationship may be forgotten, you may not see that person again, but a relationship has been made.
The impact we have on each other is real. Your friendships are real and dynamic. To have met someone, spoken with them, forges a link, a reality that remains. It is a spirit to spirit contact. Part of you has touched them, part of them has touched you.

When you come to know Jesus you are eternally and vitally changed, you will never be the same. The moment you believe in Jesus Christ, you become a child of God, a new born person.
To know Christ is to enter into a personal relationship, a one on one friendship. It is not a mere mental acknowledgement but an actual meeting up with the Son of God.
Conversely the person that does not know Christ, has never been introduced, is still the same and totally different to the person who has.
The reality is this, there is a difference, you are not the same, they are not the same. God in Christ has set you apart; that makes you special and unique. You are a child of God and God is your Father.

Ref. John 1:12 also 2 Cor. 5:17 NIV