Man’s Real Need Is Met

Man’s Real Need Is Met

Jesus in His great High Priestly prayer in John 17:3 said, “And this is life eternal that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.” The word “true” means “real”. “That they should know thee the only real God.”
We may have many theories and facts which men have gathered concerning God, but we will never know Him as a Father until we receive Eternal Life.

We will never know the real Christ until we receive Eternal Life. We may know about Him, may have read volumes about Him, but until we receive Eternal Life we will never know Him in reality. Jesus is the light of the world. He is the Life. The Life is the oil which, when ignited by love, gives light. This love God and this love Christ are both living realities. He said, “I am the way, and the reality, and the life.” Real philosophy is a search after God. The moment the philosopher finds Eternal Life, he stops being a philosopher and becomes a realist.

God is love. Eternal Life is the love nature of God. When we receive Eternal Life, we receive His love nature. Then that love nature begins to dominate us, and gain the ascendency in our lives. 1 John 4:16 tells us about abiding in love, making our home in love. “And we know and have believed the love which God hath in our case. God is love, and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.” It is a love life. We are beginning to walk in Him and with Him. It makes a companion of Him.

“If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him.” John 14:23. Can we ask for anything more beautiful than that? Jesus and the Father will come and make their home with us-no matter how humble it is. They will make it beautiful. They will make it a safe place for children to be born. No quarrelling, no bitterness, no divorces can ever come into the home where Jesus lives. This home life with Jesus is the mother of faith. It makes our home relationship beautiful.

We meet dishonesty and faithlessness without saying an unkind word. We enter into a new kind of life where we never think of being neglected, forgotten or ignored. We never remember anything that is unkind. This new love is life: this new life is love. We forgive those who are dishonest because this new life has taken possession of us. We are taking Jesus’ place in the earth. We are loving as Jesus would love. We are giving as Jesus would give. We are as helpful as the Master would be in our place. We live with Him. His love is our love. His strength is our strength. His ability is ours. We are His own love slaves. We love Him because He loves us.