Do you know, that you know?

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Everyone should know this verse. There is, in my opinion, two different reasons why people come to Christ.

#1 is that they are afraid of the wrath of God and eternity in hell.

#2 they realize what a sinner they are, and it hurts them to know that they have betrayed God as they have. And realized how much they love the Lord Jesus for what He has done for them.

Well to tell the truth, I grew up in the Church of God in Erwin. And the preacher would preach fire and damnation, just about every Sunday. He actually scared me into going to the alter and receiving Christ. In fact in Jude we are told if you can't bring someone to Christ by any other means, use fear.
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Jude 1:22
And of some have compassion, making a difference:
Jude 1:23
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

By fear you may bring a person to Christ, but that isn't bringing them to the point of loving Christ. Nor does it bring a person into Christian fellowship. Nor does it bring a person to that blessed point of having that joy that a true follower of Christ has.

You see, once I was the first kind of so called Christian, just keeping myself out of hell, or so I thought. But one day, Jesus spoke to me. He showed me all my sins. It was like watching a movie of my life fly before me.

At that moment, when I realized what a dirty and fifty human being I was, and how I had hurt the Lord, The Lord that had given His all for me. How I continually broke His laws. It was like I had, had my fist shaking it in His face. For I had done nothing for Him. Nothing at all. Then and there was when I was truly saved. Then was when I was given that joy. It was then that I fell in love with Him. It was then that I wanted to be just like Him. I wanted to do so much for Him, I wanted to serve Him with all my heart.

I guess that's why a lot of preachers say, are you sure that you know, that you know, that you know, that you are a child of God.

Friends be sure today, are you sure you know, without any doubt at all that you are truly saved.

Until next time God bless.