"By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. Now, listen to this. The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. Now, let’s look at this test—by this we know that we have come to know Him. You know, in America––I tell you what, I was talking to a Scotsman awhile back in Peru, and he said, “You Americans, your theology is 3,000 miles wide and a half inch deep.” He’s right. Our Gospel here is pathetic. Our evangelism borderlines on heresy. How do you know that you came to know Him? If you go to most pastors in this city right now and you say to them, “I don’t know whether or not I’m saved,” this is the question they’ll ask you: “Was there ever a point in time in your life when you prayed and asked Jesus to come into your heart?” If you say yes, they’ll go, “Were you sincere?” If you say, “I think so,” they’ll say, “Then you’re saved and you need to stop the devil from bothering you.” There’s not a biblical bone in their brains. Look what the Bible says. How can you know that you’re saved? How can you know it? Look what he says. By this we know that we have come to know Him. Because our heart tells us? Because the preacher tells us? Because we just feel it? Look what he says. By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. And that keep there is in present tense, as well as many of the other things here in this text. And what he’s saying is, if we keep on keeping His commandments, we know that we know Him, if we persevere in His" ~Paul Washer (Examine Yourself) commandments, we know that we know Him.
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 01:00:49 +0000
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