Jesus' Omniscience: The Depths of His Love

The Gospel of John was written in order that we might believe John chapter 20 verse 31 these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that by believing you might have life in his name it's real clear why the gospel was written it's written to awaken faith in Jesus and through faith life would come forever into human hearts who are bound for eternal death. [00:01:19]

Jesus knows what is in every heart and what he sees in some hearts of believers is that they don't believe that's why it's unsettling they're not believing when they're believing and he knows it because he knows what's in every person so there are two focuses that we are called to have when we read this one is the glory of Jesus Christ the Son of God in the way he knows all things about you. [00:03:10]

The glory of the knowledge of Christ especially in what he knows about you and me this is a glorious knowledge we should be blown away by what he knows about us now keep in mind that the reason I am asking that kind of question is there glory here is because I'm letting chapter 1 verse 14 guide me through this book alright if there's anything I hope you get after the four or five or six years on this gospel is that this gospel is written to help us spiritually see the compelling self-authenticating glory of the Son of God. [00:04:35]

Jesus knows all about all people that's the doctrine I would draw out and then I would take two hours to unpack it but we're not completely Puritan almost not completely no first of all no person is excluded here the all people he knows all people there's nobody left out he knows everybody and everything about everybody listen to what he said in John 6 64 he looked around at them and he said there are some of he's looking at his disciples. [00:08:00]

If you've ever been impressed with any man's knowledge about people wisdom about discerning motives you've known somebody that just seemed to get it they just knew they were so good deserting seeing right through people if you've ever known anybody like that or or anybody who could explain actions well or anybody who seemed pretty good at looking at somebody and then predicting their next behavior if you've never read anybody in fiction that somebody made up about amazing knowledge that they had of what other people were like or what other people did or any person in history that you've read about who seemed to be remarkably knowledgeable any living counsellor you've ever been to who seemed to just break right through and help you get at the nub of the issue where you seemed so stuck or any scholar that impressed you with what he wrote or whatever if you've ever been impressed then you should be impressed with Jesus. [00:10:39]

The glory of his omniscience perhaps will come to us more fully if we ponder its personal implications for us it means there are no secrets in your life not you may have succeeded in hiding something all your life from everyone that you know I suspect that's true of every person in this room certainly is for me I know things about my life that nobody knows I'm 63 I know a thousand things about my life that nobody else knows probably no ill and I just haven't debriefed for 12 hours a day for the last 40 years you know we got other things to do. [00:13:35]

You are totally completely known by Jesus that's amazing the person who matters most knows most the person whose judgment is all-important knows all let that sink in you are totally known totally there's not the slightest part of your heart you've never had a feeling you've never had a thought you've never done a deed there's not been a twitch in your brain or in your heart or in your body that he hasn't known fully and completely indeed vastly more fully than you know it therefore there is always one person you must relate to who knows everything about you think about it. [00:15:04]

There is one and only one who actually and totally knows you only one your spouse's knowledge of you your bestfriends knowledge of you is nothing compared to this therefore you always have someone to go to for help in knowing who you are you always have someone to go to for help in knowing who you are you know one of the great longings of the human soul is to understand ourselves who are we what is our nature what sort of being am i what is my deepest thought and feeling what are my true and deepest motives what are the relationships deep inside of me between my knowing and my feeling and my willing and my doing if you think you know yourself you are really deluded you are so complex you are so many layered. [00:17:33]

There is one person who knowing everything about us loves us this may be the sweetest of all let me give you just a just a little snapshot into Peter do you think it mattered to Peter that Jesus knew him me Regis something that he may not have thought about in this regard you know he denied the Lord three times this devastated Peter he wept bitterly he I don't think he ever quite recovered from this and you can see Jesus trying to help him recover just like Jesus is willing to help you recover from horrible things that you've done they're not easy but he's willing. [00:20:29]

Jesus knows your heart whether there's love their faith there or not and so we moved to this last implication of being loved by one who knows everything about us he is willing to love you knowing everything about you now the reason I say he's willing to love you that may sound like an odd way to say it to you is because Jesus doesn't love everybody the same way and the way he loves his sheep and His disciples and his children is different from the way he loves those who reject him. [00:22:20]

Jesus today is in heaven interceding for you he intercedes for you he bought this intercession on the cross and he applies his own blood before the Father interceding for you to see to it that you will make it to the end which is what he said he did for Peter just as Peter denied him to remember I have prayed for you Peter that your faith may not fail and when you have turned not if you have turned when you have turned strengthen your brothers I know you're going down I know you're coming up because I prayed for you that you're going down would not be a staying down. [00:23:56]

Jesus was doing authentic signs and wonders and they were staring at the finger that's an impressive finger and they didn't see him and his glory do you is your faith based on spiritual sight of the beauty and the glory of Christ or are you a sign chaser will you just be swept away when some false revival comes through the twin cities and tens of thousands of people are going to the Metrodome while gold shows up in people's teeth. [00:45:01]