Do you really want to know Jesus?

The only way a believer can know Jesus is to identify with His death. 

The Cross will cause you to die to sin but you must be willing to give Jesus permission to do His surgical work inside you. This is not an intellectual process or a religious ritual.

This is facing Jesus with an open heart and making a decision to let Him have all of you and do a deep work in transforming your personality and values into His character.

Very few believers are willing to make this drastic decision. They want to hang on to worldly attractions and desires. 

Come to Jesus and agree to die to self centered living and sever all ties to the world. Be willing to identify with Jesus and pray the Cross will become a reality in your life. Jesus will crucify your natural life (from birth) and give you a new identity built on the foundation of God.

Every human being deals with presumptuous (or intentional) sin which is visible in your conscious state. As a believer you are accountable to Jesus to turn away from all forms of darkness. Jesus will give you the ability to live a life pleasing to Him through the Holy Spirit. 

There is also sin residing deep in your subconscious state which God will also deal with through the Holy Spirit. The responsibility of a believer is to seek out the Holy Spirit for repentance and be open to the conviction and correction of sins which are not visible to you. 

Jesus desires to have a personal and embracing relationship with a believer. He wants you to seek His will with a passionate zeal and a desire to please Him.

The Cross will cause pain and suffering but the outcome will give a believer a very special relationship with the Living Christ. 

For in Him, we live and move and have our being!

Merry Christmas!