We Know

From: Echoes of Grace: 1981

• 1 min. read • grade level: 9

Sir Ambrose Fleming, a renowned British scientist, said: "We must not build on the sands of an uncertain and ever-changing science, but upon the rock of the inspired Scriptures, which do not comprise the guesses of fallible minds, but the utterances of holy men of God who spoke by the Holy Ghost."

Friends, listen to the witness of some of these "holy men of God." They speak with delightful certainty.

SOLOMON, who was wiser than all men, said: "Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, that I might make thee KNOW THE CERTAINTY of the words of truth: that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?" Proverbs 22:20, 21²⁰Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, ²¹That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? (Proverbs 22:20‑21).

LUKE, the Evangelist, wrote: "It seemed good to me... to write... that thou mightest KNOW THE CERTAINTY of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed." Luke 1:3, 4³It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, ⁴That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed. (Luke 1:3‑4).

JOB, the Patriarch, said: "I KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth." Job 19:25²⁵For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: (Job 19:25).

PAUL, the Apostle, said: "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." 2 Timothy 1:12¹²For 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. (2 Timothy 1:12).

JOHN, the beloved Disciple, said, "We have KNOWN and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love." 1 John 4:16¹⁶And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. (1 John 4:16).

Again, the Apostle Paul, who had suffered the loss of all things, that he might know Christ, pleads that the gospel in the following verses might be accepted and believed: "Be it KNOWN unto you... that through this man (Christ Jesus) is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: and by Him all that believe are justified from all things." Acts 13:38, 39³⁸Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: ³⁹And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. (Acts 13:38‑39).

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