As a kid, playing Chinese Whispers was always fun. You would start with a message, which would be passed orally from one person to the next. By the time the process returned to the starter, the message was usually hilariously unrecognizable. The game is illustrative of what happens in our world every day. That which starts out as reality is quickly distorted, either unintentionally or by design, and ends up as error.
What do we know any more? There’s not much news that really shocks us. One reason for this is that we live in a sin-twisted world. The truth is handled so lightly. Just because the evening news reports something, doesn’t mean it’s true. Which begs the question; Can we actually know anything for sure? Thankfully for the Bible believing Christian, the answer is yes.
The word “know” is mentioned 22 times in the 1st epistle of John.
1 John 2:3 “And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.” (Bold emphasis mine).
Notice the exact words here. Keeping God’s commandments is NOT the way to know God. That’s putting the cart before the horse. Coming into a personal, real relationship with God through Jesus Christ comes first. Keeping God’s commandments follows naturally. This verse states that keeping God’s commandments enables us to KNOW that we KNOW Him. This is assurance.
Thankfully God has given us His words, in black and white. The Bible is the name of these words. Every word is important. And yes, there are some things we can KNOW. Having a 100% assurance of being a member of God’s family is something every believer can possess.
I’m so thankful that God doesn’t deal in games. He deals in absolutes. We can know that for sure.
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