Christ Makes Us to Differ

"O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee: but I have known Thee, and these have known that Thou hast sent Me." -John 17:25 [KJV]

What a wonderful title of our great God we see here in this verse, “O righteous Father,” this speaks of the holiness of our great and glorious God.  

Note that in this verse, right after our Lord Jesus Christ proclaims this title, He brings forth that the world does not know Him. We who are the born-again, blood washed saints of God, can testify of this truth as before we were regenerated, we did not know the one true God, we did not know the righteous Father, but praise God, He knew us and loved us with an everlasting love.

Let us take note in the middle of this verse our Lord proclaims, “but I have known Thee.” He was sent by the Father to redeem His people by the shedding of His precious blood at Calvary. He did this by fully paying the price that God’s law demanded for the souls of His people. He, by His great work, extinguished the wrath of God that was against His people, so much so that God the Father tells His people in Christ your sins and iniquities I will remember no more!

 Now note the latter part of this verse where our Lord is speaking about His bride, His blood washed people, those He will soon redeem on Calvary’ cross, Oh, how I marvel at this statement, do you beloved of God? “…and these have known that Thou hast sent Me.”

We know Him by revelation, beloved, as by nature we are just like those spoken of in the first part of this verse! We did not know God, but now we know Him, and we rejoice in His mercy and His grace shown to us in Christ Jesus our Lord!

And look in wonder at who is in between the world and God’s people: John 17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee: but I have known Thee, and these have known that Thou hast sent Me. Christ is in the middle between the world and His chosen people, beloved of God, it is He Who has made the people of God spoken of in the latter part of this verse to differ from the world. Rejoice beloved of God! God in Christ has revealed Himself to us and has saved us from all our sins, by the giving of His life as our Substitute on Calvary. The just one has given Himself for the unjust (sinners such as we). Wonder of wonders, God Himself has proclaimed these words!

1st Corinthians 4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 

Praise the name of Jesus!  

 

-preacher Wayne Boyd

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