The Six “Know That’s” by Holly Sands

Sometimes when you are reading through the Word of God, certain verses seem to be emphasized in 3D. Today was one of those mornings as I was reading in 1 John 5.

“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.  And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.
We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.” (1 John 5:13-15, 18-20)

“We know that” stood out to me. It’s mentioned 6 times in these 5 verses .What is it that we know?

• We know that…if we believe in the name of the Son of God – Jesus – we have eternal life. We know that Christ is living, working, and reigning in our hearts. We have assurance of salvation.
• We know that…if we ask anything according to His will – He hears us. Do you ever think, when you are praying, “God’s eye is upon me right now”? This is the confidence that we have toward Him! What glorious access we have to the Father, through His Son!
• We know that…if He hears us, then we have the requests that we asked of Him. He hears the prayers of our faith, asking that which He has promised. He will not deny us for He is faithful to His word.
• We know that…everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning. A good test to see whether you are in the faith: when you sin, does it grieve your heart to know that you have grieved God’s? Do you despise the sin that required so great a sacrifice from God’s own Son? Those who have been born of God are kept by God and have been equipped with full armor to battle the deceitfulness of their own hearts, the lure of the world, and the temptations of the evil one.
• We know that…we are from God. The Spirit of God testifies to our spirit that we belong to Him, as opposed to those who are in the world and addicted to it’s enticements.
• We know that…the Son of God has come and given us understanding that we may know Him who is true. Jesus, the light of the world, has given us light (understanding) to know God, the Father – who is the one and only true God.

What a glorious certainty that we have been given by God! Hallelujah!

Holly Sands lives in South Carolina at the foothills of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains with her loving husband, Shane, and idiot cat, Mister Bojangles.  She has been blessed to travel both nationally and internationally with her husband, sharing the glorious gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Holly is co-host of the weekly podcast, “That They May All Be One“.  New episodes can be heard every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app.