That has the right ring in it. There is Assurance for you. “I Know .”
Do you think that the God who has justified me will condemn me? That is quite an absurdity.
God is going to save us so that neither men, angels, nor devils, can bring any charge against us or Him. He will have the work complete.
Job lived in a darker day than we do; but we read in Job 19:25:
“I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand in the latter day upon the earth.”
The same confidence breathes through Paul’s last words to Timothy:
“For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed; for 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.”
It is not a matter of doubt, but of knowledge.
- “I know.”
- “I am persuaded.”
The word “Hope,” is not used in the Scripture to express doubt. It is used in regard to the second coming of Christ, or to the resurrection of the body. We do not say that we “hope” we are Christians. I do not say that I “hope” I am an American, or that I “hope” I am a married man. These are settled things. I may say that I “hope” to go back to my home, or I hope to attend such a meeting. I do not say that I “hope” to come to this country, for I am here.
And so, if we are born of God we know it; and He will not leave us in darkness if we search the Scriptures.