Knowing For Sure

Spiritual laws are just as sure as physical laws. If I trip and lose my footing, I will fall. Certain physical laws go into motion with a predictable results. The same is true spiritually. God makes it clear in His Word that those laws WILL activate and will affect us. That leaves us with the "opportunity" to learn what those laws are and how to avoid the undesirable results. It also guides us to the position where these laws will work for our good.

A good example has to do with salvation: "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9) Once we have properly responded to that spiritual law, we find other laws at work. Once we believe, we find the "knowledge" that we have eternal life. John said God has given us His Word so that we may "know" that we have eternal life. (1 John 5:13 ) It's not a natural knowledge that we obtain, but a supernatural realization that comes with lifestyle abilities and evidence, if we continue in Him. It is in the acceptance and obedience that we have the assurance.

There is no need to try to understand it before committing to Christ, or to try to convince another of its truth before they accept Christ. They must be willing to accept it. The Bible says it is spiritually communicated by the Holy Spirit...and only through Him abiding in us can we have that assurance. "But people who aren't spiritual can't receive these truths from God's Spirit, it all sounds foolish to them and they can't understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means." (1 Cor. 2:14, NLT)

If we depend on anything other than the Spirit of God to give us assurance, we will be deceived. God is interested in our relationship, not our actions. God-like actions without a salvation relationship with Him is possible. But an abiding life with God without Godly actions is not. Then we can expect the miraculous to happen.