Do you know the Lord? It should be an easy matter for you to give a decided answer if you fully comprehend the import of this question. Oh, how much hangs on the reply! Heaven or hell, and that for eternity.
If, like Paul, you can say, “I know whom I have believed,” happy is your case. Forgiven, cleansed, washed, justified, a child of God, a joint-heir with Christ, you stand now at peace with God in all the favor of His love. You wait in peace for translation to that scene of brightest glory into which Jesus will usher you when He comes to gather up His own, to be forever with Him. But if like Pharaoh, you have to reply, “I know not the Lord,” terrible is your case! Un-cleansed, un-forgiven, unwashed, guilty, Christ-less, lost, you stand in a position of imminent danger for the Word of God hath declared, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.”
Lose no time, I beseech you, in coming to the Lord. Oh, listen to the word that says, “Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.”
You can never have peace till you acquaint yourself with God. Fear not to cast yourself upon Him, “the God of peace.”
Doubtless, you know much about Him, and in this you have rested until now. This is not eternal life. To know Him alone is that. It is eternal life that you need; this He gives to all who will take it from His hands by faith in Jesus, His beloved Son. “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Cast away all thought of self, good or bad; come straight to God through faith in Jesus. Believe His love, taste His grace, receive His gift—eternal life. Know the Lord! Henceforth let your whole life be a witness for that blessed God who “so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”