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September 18
THE JOY OF KNOWING JESUS

Scripture:  1 Peter 1:8 “Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:”

    Oh, such a joy in knowing Jesus today!  I hope you know Him!  He’s a wonderful Savior!  The text verse today talks about “joy unspeakable”.  Do you feel that kind of overwhelming joy in knowing the Lord Jesus today?  I want to give you a few reasons why knowing Him brings such joy to our soul.
    We rejoice in knowing Jesus, because while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. He saw us in the sinful condition that we were in and loved us and died for us!  He didn’t love our sins, but He loved us!  Oh what a love!  That He would leave the ivory palaces of glory to come into this old sinful world to die for my sins is more than I can comprehend!  But He did it because He loves us! “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Hallelujah!  Oh the joy of knowing Jesus!
    We rejoice in knowing Jesus, because He took all of our sins as His very own.  The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 5:21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” Even though our Lord had no sins of His own, He bore our sins on Calvary!  Isaiah 53:6 says, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” Thank God He took our place!  We were guilty!  We should have died!  But Jesus, in His great love for our souls, took our sins in His own body and shed His blood there that day that they might be forgiven!  Oh the joy in knowing Jesus!
     Hallelujah! Do you know Him today?  Are you rejoicing in knowing Him?