Morning by Morning, November 4, 2025 – “We Know that We Know Him” Good morning, Lord Jesus. King of Kings and Lord of Lords, come rule and reign in my heart right here, right now and throughout every moment of my day. ... “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
“Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, ‘I know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked” (1 John 2:1-6). I want to be counted among those who can say, “We know that we know Him.” That I can say, “I know that I know Him.” That I can say to You, “I know that I know You.” Your Word gives us the test to discern the truth: “Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments” (v. 3). And Your Word gives us a warning not to “candy-coat” the truth, not to “dumb-down” the requirement of authentic discipleship, not to “rationalize” away Your standard of an honest relationship, not to “excuse” any lack of spiritual intimacy with the One who is both our Savior from hell but also our Lord of our lives, and not to “exchange” head knowledge of doctrinal truth for a “heart encounter” of abiding in You and allowing You to abide in us every moment of every day on our spiritual journey with You. Show me Your commandments. Write them on my heart. Seal them in my soul. Empower me by Your grace to live them out in my life with the choices I make, the words I speak, the actions I take. For “He who says, ‘I know Him,’ and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him” (v. 4). “He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked” (v. 6). Yes, it’s all about love. Because “God is Love” (1 John 4:16). You are Love; and knowing You as I am known by You is an expression and experience and encounter with Love. But according to Your Word, this relationship of love is also a relationship of obedience. This obedience to You begins and ends with love, with love that’s expressed in obedience. “For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments” (1 John 5:3). This kind of love, this depth of true relationship with the One who is Love, requires more than a feeling, more than an emotion, more than an affirmation of my mind and correct doctrines of truth in my head. This kind of love requires me to keep Your Word and obey Your Commandments by the power of Your grace. “Whoever keeps His Word, truly the love of God is perfected in him” (1 John 2:5). As You said long ago, You continue to say today to all who have ears to hear: “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). Yes, it’s all by Your grace. Apart from You, we can do nothing (John 15:5). But when we love You and allow You to love us, we are not apart from You. You abide right here within us (John 15:4). And Your grace is sufficient to empower us to desire to love You and obey You, giving us the right desire and all the power to “walk just as (You) walked” (1 John 2:6) that we can say in truth, “We know that we know Him,” “We know that we know You” (1 John 2:3). In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today. In the love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be empowered by the grace of God to love and obey, to walk in the ways of Jesus, knowing Him as He knows you, in Jesus' name. God bless you, my friend! And you have a great day!
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