RHAPSODY OF REALITIES.
YOU CAN ONLY KNOW GOD BY
REVELATION
*PASTOR CHRIS OYAKHILOME*
FRIDAY, MARCH 28TH, 2014
My people are destroyed (crushed,
brought under, made poor, oppressed) for
lack of knowledge... (Hosea 4:6).
The knowledge referred to above isn’t
the lack of knowledge of economics,
government, physics, or theology, but the
lack of spiritual insight and understanding
of spiritual realities; lack of revelation
knowledge. The Lord Jesus gave a parable
in Matthew 13:3-9 about a sower who
went forth to sow his seeds. In the
process, some seeds fell by the wayside
and the birds of the air came and picked
them up. Some others fell on hard
ground; some fell among thorns, while
some fell on good ground.
Explaining the parable, He said the seeds
that fell by the wayside, and were eaten
up by birds represented people who hear
the Word and receive it without
understanding, therefore Satan comes
immediately and steals the Word that
was sown in their hearts.
The Word of God will only benefit you
when it’s received with spiritual
understanding, and not through human
reasoning. You can never know God
through your knowledge of science,
history, philosophy, or psychology. Even
religion can’t give you the true knowledge
of God. You can only know Him by
revelation.
When Jesus asked His disciples in
Matthew 16:15-16 “Who do you say that I
am?” Peter answered and said, “You are
the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Notice the Lord’s response: “Blessed art
thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood
hath not revealed it unto thee, but my
Father which is in heaven.” Peter could
only know Him by revelation.
This is the reason a man may hear the
Gospel of Christ’s salvation and weep,
because he suddenly understands the
sacrifice of Jesus for him on the cross, and
embrace salvation. Meanwhile, some
other fellow hears the same message of
the Gospel and attempts to reason it out
in his brain, and as a result, the message
won’t get into his heart to produce
result. The message of Christ’s salvation is
not meant for your reasoning but for your
spirit.
No wonder the Spirit of God, through the
Apostle Paul, prayed that God’s people
may know the love of Christ, which
surpasses knowledge (Ephesians 3:19).
He’s talking about knowing the love of
Christ beyond the senses and human
definitions, but according to revelation.
If you’re yet to make Jesus the Lord of
your life, the love of Christ can become
real to you today if you’d receive Jesus
into your heart to be born again. Turn to
the “Prayer of Salvation” page, towards
the end of this devotional, and pray that
prayer, meaning every word with all your
heart.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I declare that my heart is a
fertile ground for your Word. As your
Word comes to me, I receive it with faith,
meekness and gladness, thus, it sinks
deep into me and produces the fruits of
what it says, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY
Proverbs 4:23
Living Bible (TLB)
23 Above all else, guard your affections.
For they influence everything else in your
life.
1 Peter 1:23
Living Bible (TLB)
23 For you have a new life. It was not
passed on to you from your parents, for
the life they gave you will fade away. This
new one will last forever, for it comes
from Christ, God’s ever-living Message to
men.
Matthew 13:23
Living Bible (TLB)
23 The good ground represents the heart
of a man who listens to the message and
understands it and goes out and brings
thirty, sixty, or even a hundred others into
the Kingdom.”
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1 Year Reading Plan : Luke 7:36-50 Joshua
1-2
2 Year Reading Plan : Romans 3:26-31
Psalm 98-100