How can I truly know the Creator?

Have you ever asked yourself this question?  “How can I know the Creator?”

Some believe that the Creator is a person who created the world around us.  Some believe that the Creator is an impersonal force.  “If He is a person, does He know me, and is He concerned about my needs?  Does He even care?  Can I reach Him through my prayer songs and ceremonies?”  Another important question is this.  “If Creator is real, then will I meet Him after death?  Again, how can I really know?  What assurance can I, as a Native American, have?”  Certainly, you will agree that these are very important questions.

     During our School Without Walls, sponsored by CHIEF, we seek to make this truth known.  If we really want to know Creator and the true Great Spirit, we must know the Son of the true Great Spirit, who is Jesus Christ.  He is not the white man’s God, but the God of all tribes, languages and nations.

     One of the disciples, who followed Jesus, was named John. He wrote these words to believers:  “This is the testimony, or this is the truth.  God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.  He who has the Son has life and he who doesn’t have the Son doesn’t have life.  I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.”  (I John 5:11-13)  John wants his readers to know the answers to questions regarding life after death, and how they may know Creator.   

     The word John used for “know” is not the word “to know about”.  The word is “to know and be assured of” the knowledge of Creator, His Son and eternal life.

     In another message about God’s Son, John is listening to Him speak.  This is what He says:  “I tell you the truth.  Whoever hears my word and believes that Creator, my Father, sent me has eternal life.”  (John 4:24)

     What a wonderful truth!  Anyone who believes that Creator’s Son was sent by the Creator, can know and have absolute assurance that they have eternal life.  Eternal life is in the Son of God. Therefore, if you have the Son of God, by believing in His name, or better yet, if the Son of God has you, you then can know that you have eternal life.

      Some who will be reading these words may not have this assurance.  But having read these words, you can know that God has given you this gift.  Please respond and share with us that you now have this assurance.  Others may already know.  Your story about your assurance of faith and eternal life can be a real encouragement to others.  Do let us hear from you.

     This series called, “The Five Assurances” is available through CHIEF media section.  The series teaches not only about the assurance of salvation; but also about the assurance of answered prayers, the assurance of victory over sin, the assurance of guidance and the assurance of forgiveness.