Do You Know Him in Truth?

[Christsfreeservant]

“By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. 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; but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked…​

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“The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now. The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes.” (1 John 2:3-6,9-11 NASB1995)​

Biblical faith in Jesus Christ, which comes from God, and is not of our own doing, not of our human flesh, but which is gifted to us by God, and is persuaded of God, must result in us being crucified with Christ in death to sin, and us being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin, but as slaves to God and to his righteousness, in walks of obedience to his commands. So if we claim faith in Jesus Christ, but sin is what we practice, and not obedience, we do not know God!

But sadly there are many professers of faith in Jesus Christ today who have been convinced that they are eternally secure in their salvation since they prayed the prayer to receive Christ, or they made a verbal acknowledgment of Christ as Lord and of his bodily resurrection. They have this false sense of security that their professions of faith alone serve like insurance, and that their sins no longer matter to God, and that God will not judge them for their sins since they “did the deed.” And so they keep on in their addictive sins.

Many of them are the self-indulgent, lovers of intoxication to sin, who think their deliberate sinful lifestyles will not prevent them from having salvation from sin and eternal life with God. And some or many of them are quite aware of what the Scriptures teach on this subject, so they are not naïve. They have just chosen “the path of least resistance,” i.e. they are choosing the easy way which leads to destruction rather than the narrow way, which leads to salvation from sin and eternal life with God (see Matthew 7:13-14).

So they hold on to their sins, and they continue to add sin upon sin to where their sins are piled up as high as heaven (see Revelation 18:4-5), while they refuse to biblically repent and to forsake their sins and to now walk in obedience to the Lord and to his commandments, in practice. So, for them, coming to faith in Jesus Christ is not in dying with Christ to sin and now walking in obedience to his commands, in the power of God, but it is Jesus forgiving their sins while they continue to clutch their sin treasures in hand.

But this isn’t just about them sinning against God deliberately and habitually, without conscience, while proclaiming Jesus as Savior and Lord, and God’s forgiveness of all their sins, and heaven as their eternal resting place. But this is about them sinning against their fellow humans, some of whom are their spouses, children, grandchildren, neighbors and even strangers. For they are vile, malicious, immoral, untrustworthy, and liars who sin habitually regardless of who gets hurt in the process. For this is about self-indulgence.

So, please understand here that the Scriptures do not teach that you can hold on to your pile of sins, and keep repeating the same sins over again, in direct disobedience to God, via hate for God and for all who you hurt by your deliberate sins, and then claim Jesus as your Lord as though you are in an intimate relationship with him. For Jesus said that not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God the Father who is in heaven (see Matthew 7:21-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

Broken Cord

An Original Work / August 29, 2018
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Your bond is broken with your Lord and Savior
And your testimony is separate from Him.
Your words not matching your actions today.
Repent of your sin and bow down and pray.
Live what you testify in truth always.

Purity’s lacking in your life and witness,
For you profess one thing, but other you do.
Not moral, spiritual. Still of the flesh.
Not living in truth to what you confess.
Lying about it puts you in a mess.

Living a lie is your practice, ‘tis true of you.
Masquerade righteousness – none of it true.
Your heart is not given to your Lord God.
Because of how you live, you are a fraud.
Turn from your sin and give your life to God.

Do You Know Him in Truth?
An Original Work / September 25, 2025
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love