The tree limbs clawed at the side of the house, pushed by the ferocious winds. Lightning danced across the sky and rain pounded the windows. A flicker or two later, the power was out. Feeling his way to his bed, Mr. C climbed into his bed and snuggled beneath his warm blankets.
The front door rattled as though bigfoot was waging war against it. “Let me in, I need a dry place to sleep!” shouted a voice from outside.
“Who is it?” asked Mr. C.
“B J Black!”
“You must have the wrong house. I don’t know anyone by that name.”
“Sure you do, we meet about 20 years ago at a ballgame.”
“Perhaps, but I still don’t know you, you are merely a moment in time, and I can’t even remember that moment. I am sorry but I can’t let you, I never knew you.”
Being a friend is different than being an acquaintance. You recognize a friend because you spend time with them. Are you a friend of Jesus or an acquaintance?
Jesus answered, “If anyone [really] loves Me, he will keep My word (teaching); and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling place with him." John 14:23
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven." Matthew 7:21
If you don’t have a true relationship with Jesus, how will you know the will of the Father?