11202022 What We Know

Dear Missionary Lady,

Greetings in the name of our reassuring God. Last week I shared some verses about what God knows. Although our knowledge is far less, there are many things that we can know. Our knowledge of God’s truth gives us stability, peace, joy, and hope. I hope that this selection of verses about what we can know will encourage you.

The foundation is that we can know we have been saved through God’s gracious sacrifice. “These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life” (I John 5:13). “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich” (II Corinthians 8:9). “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot” (I Peter 1:18-19).

We can know about the greatness of our God. “For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods” (Psalm 135:5). “Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him” (Deuteronomy 7:9). “And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge” (Ephesians 3:19).

We can know about God’s power. “And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s” (I Samuel 17:47). “I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee” (Job 42:2). “I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever” (Ecclesiastes 3:14).

We can know about God’s interactions with us, even in hard times. “Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit” (I John 4:13). “But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto Him” (Psalm 4:3). “For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed” (Isaiah 50:7). “I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him” (Ecclesiastes 8:12). “I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me” (Psalm 119:75). “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28).

We can know about the wonderful victory of eternity. “I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day” (II Timothy 1:12). “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens” (II Corinthians 5:1). “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth” (Job 19:25). “We know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is” (I John 3:2).

We can know that our labor for God matters. “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord” (I Corinthians 15:58).

May God give us all grace to cling to the truth He has given us. May that truth invigorate us to march forward faithfully each day. God bless, and Happy Thanksgiving!

Love in Christ,

Peggy Holt

member at Open Door Baptist Church in Lebanon, PA