Tell No One

Tell No One (by David Peterson at The Rock Of Jesus Church)

Fresh from the transfiguration and as they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded His 3 inner-circle disciples, saying in Matthew 17:9, “Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.” Jesus told His people not to spread the news of His miracles and supernatural events in order that He would not attract just those who want something from Him. Jesus did not want publicity that took away from His message of salvation. Jesus was much more than merely a miracle worker for people’s ailments and afflictions. He simply did not want to be considered one-dimensional. Jesus wants a relationship!

Pastor Arthur Walkington Pink once wrote; “It is greatly to be feared that there are multitudes in Christendom who verily imagine and sincerely believe that they are among the saved, yet who are total strangers to a work of divine grace in their hearts. It is one thing to have clear intellectual conceptions of God’s truth, it is quite another matter to have a personal, real heart acquaintance with it. It is one thing to believe that Christ is the only Savior for sinners, it is quite another matter to really trust Him from the heart. It is one thing to believe that Christ is the sum of all excellency, it is quite another matter to LOVE HIM above all others. It is one thing to believe that salvation is of the Lord, it is quite another matter to become an actual partaker of it through His gracious workings.”

Pink’s writing informs us of the difference between knowing of Jesus and really “knowing” Him.

Johnson Oatman, Jr. captured the concept of knowing and loving Jesus in his 1895 hymn “No, Not One”. The first stanza and refrain are;

There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus:

No, not one! no, not one!

None else could heal all our souls’ diseases:

No, not one! no, not one!

(refrain)

Jesus knows all about our struggles;

He will guide ’til the day is done.

There’s not a Friend like the lowly Jesus:

No, not one! no, not one!

Let us pray: Jesus, you are a friend who loves us at all times (Proverbs 17:17) and we know you will never leave us or betray us. As your followers we want to tell everyone about you! Amen.