They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed. 

Titus 1:16

The meaning of deny; is the state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of.1 John 2:22-23 

We located 40 verses in the Bible that speak of the word denial… 

If the roles were reversed between Jesus and ourselves What would it take?  How far would we go to prove ourselves to this unforgiving world??  Would Jesus deny our very existence??  

Even those who claim to be believers have shown doubts and have denied Him when things in life get a little sticky or challenging …

I will admit when we think with our human mind His story seems so hard to believe. How could the story be real? How could our Creator love us this much? Why hasn’t He denied us of His amazing love? 

I can only share my experience. I will admit there have been times I too have questioned how He could be real? Is He just a manifestation in my mind??  And then I have then been swept away with thoughts of the day He touched my life and all doubt dissipates like a vapor in the wind. He doused me in an unexplainable Love and in an instant, everything changed… He opened my heart to see the beauty that had become mundane. I began to see and hear with a freshness that I had missed since being a child.. He has taught me many things. He has held me in the lows and celebrated my highs… He has freed my once-bound soul… 

How could I have any doubt? How could I deny Him?? How could I not give Him control over my life.. when this life I call mine was His from the very beginning?? 

Denying Him is like stopping life dead in its tracks... 

I had an experience recently. When I shared a painting of Jesus as an infant with a Christian group that will remain nameless… I was told it was not Christian enough.. and the word deny came to rest in my heart… 

We must be careful of how and why we close doors… it just maybe Him coming to visit that one soul that has been searching for His love… Not all messages from God come to us as we expect… He is an unpredictable spirit and has been known to teach us in unconventional ways… 

Matthew 10:33

But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.

Who among us has been appointed as “the keeper” of the gate ??  

I believe it’s Him and only Him... 

Only He knows our true heart… 

Photography, Art & Written by Lori Garner  

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