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November 6, 1998
Now We Know
He who has seen Me has seen the Father. --John 14:9

When he was only 13 years old, violinist Yehudi Menuhin was invited to perform with the Berlin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. With distinguished musicians in the audience listening to him, the youthful genius played some of the most difficult compositions by Beethoven, Bach, and Brahms.

The response was so enthusiastic that the management called in the police in case the crowd got out of control. Albert Einstein, who had listened with utter delight to the prodigy, avoided the authorities by running across the stage into Yehudi's dressing room. He embraced the surprised violinist and exclaimed, "Now I know there is a God in heaven!"

While the beauty of music does indeed bear witness to God's reality, it takes more than a concert to convince us there's a God in heaven. It takes God's self-revelation in Jesus Christ (Jn. 14:9). Only through the supernatural life and ministry of Christ recorded in the Gospels are we able to know God with unshadowed certainty. We read the Gospels and we exclaim with awe and adoration, "Now we know there is a God in heaven!"

If you are troubled by an attack of doubt, read the Bible and have your faith renewed and strengthened.  — Vernon C. Grounds

We need not prove there is a God,
Nor would we even try,
For Christ has shown us who He is--
On Him we can rely. --DJD
Christ bridged the gap between the infinite God and finite man.

Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 25–27; Proverbs 14:1-11
http://www.rbc.org/devotions.aspx?id=3538
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