First-hand Experience with Jesus Christ
from Ryan Enser, M.Div. Podcast Hosted by Ryan Enser
I remember watching the news of the Iraq War in 2003 and talking to friends and family about it. We all confidently talked to each other like we really knew the Iraq War. My perspective changed after coming back from serving in the U.S. Army Infantry in Iraq in 2007. Like before going to war, I watched the news on television and talked to friends and family about it. What was different now was I had first-hand experience of the Iraq War, while my friends and family did not. They didn’t really understand what they saw on the news and there was no way for me to completely share my experience with them. I think the same is true for Christianity. Someone with first-hand experience with following Jesus Christ has a different understanding of Christianity and they can’t completely share it with those that don’t have that experience. Doing religious ceremonies, going to church, even reading the Bible can be like watching the news on Iraq, but never having been there. I want to encourage you to search your own heart and find out if you have first-hand experience with Jesus Christ or if you just know about him. Throughout history each person who has become a follower of Jesus Christ has had to move from knowing about him to knowing him. There is no substitute for first-hand experience with Jesus.
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