THE CHILDREN'S KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS

Most children in so-called Christian countries will know something about Jesus, though I have found at a street preaching that English boys in their teens had never even heard His name! Moslems and other religious groups will agree that He was a great and good man in history. This would however be just knowledge about Him and although perhaps interesting to the persons concerned would have no saving value. Children returning to school will find many such in their new classes. It is to be hoped however that this would be a step towards a personal, living and saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus. Perhaps your own witness will help to secure this.

When Jesus was here He healed a man who had been born blind. It had never been heard before that such a man's eyes had been opened. In this regard it is interesting that this miracle was reserved, it was said, for the Messiah of the Jews, that is, Jesus. The cured man at first knew only that a man called Jesus had opened his eyes, so he knew about Him. Then his faithfulness to what he did know proved to be a step towards a closer personal knowledge of his Healer and led him to worship the Son of God. How quickly these precious movements can come about when there is desire to learn more of the Person!

I remember reading of a girl many years ago who was walking along a Norfolk cliff path when a sudden large crack in the ground showed that there was going to be a cliff-fall. She was on the part which would, and actually did, fall away. But in the nick of time a Drill Sergeant walking on safe ground and wearing the correct army dress of those days ripped off a large sash and threw one end to the child to hold so that he could haul her to safety. This mercifully he did but the little girt fainted from fright for a short white. Immediately she became conscious again her first words were, I want to see the man who saved me.

As having been saved for time and eternity are we not also eager to see the face of the Man who saved us? We can see Him now by faith crowned with glory and honour, which is very wonderful, but what must it be to behold Him face to face! Are you too waiting and watching for that moment?

J.C.Evershed