We know that even Satan knows Jesus, and will not be saved unto him, in the way we use the word "know" in the English. The word Jesus used for the knowing of him, I believe to be in the biblical sense of the word, which is the intimate loving of him. So there it is! The little known truth! Those that love him intimately, and firstly, and forsaking all others, including themselves, are the ones that he will call his own. No one else will he call his own. Not those which were good unto their own understanding. We are not his by going to church, having a Sunday relationship with him. (I didn’t say stay out of church). We are not his by our own works. We cannot earn our way in. You are his by the choice you make to be his, the free gift. And that choice is a real change of life choice. If one hasn’t repented of following self, then one hasn’t truly accepted and submitted themselves to him. You cannot accept half of the gift. You cannot accept the salvation without accepting him as a life change. Don’t think that because you have accepted his forgiveness, that now you can go about your life the same as you would have anyway, living for the pleasures of self. I see a lot, the majority in fact, of people in church who are still in it for themselves, and for a fire escape from hell. Those are not going to get it.
Are you still not offended? If not, I’ll press harder because I want to make sure you get the total truth. Still it will be your choice to be offended, as only you are in control of your emotions. My hope is that you are not, for your sake, but I am willing to forfeit your approval, for you to gain your life.
If you are not seeking him daily, you are not following him daily. Ask yourself how many days, months, or years have gone by without giving Jesus a moment’s thought? When you live with a person, your knowledge and awareness of that person grows each day you are together. A measure of your love is the measure of your thoughts toward that person. All this only stands to reason if we think about it. If you are not growing in the awareness of him, then you are spiritually dead. This means you are dead to Christ, which means NOT SAVED. He wants you to live, and have life more abundantly. Meeting with other like-minded people, and with mentors helps us to grow in the knowledge of him. Knowledge means awareness.
If you think you have a better way than God, he has given you the option to pursue that. Satan tried that, and he was simply removed from the presence of God. No one wants someone who didn’t choose them, neither does God. A friendship cannot be forced. God merely desires a true friendship with you. He only asks what he has already given to you, a total surrender. God is also a God of perfection, so he doesn’t want anything half-way, or incomplete. He doesn’t want any casual relationships. You can take that somewhere else.