DO YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW

Job 15:9

What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? (KJV)

(NIV) What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have? 

Have you ever known someone who

acts like a know-it-all? They’re the

ones who talk and behave like

someone who knows everything.

There is not a subject on which they

don’t claim superior knowledge.

Sometimes they DO know more than

we do, but sometimes they don’t.

Nobody likes a know-it-all. We hate to

admit when someone knows more

than we do. It’s part of our carnal

nature to desire to be superior,

especially to those whom we consider

to be subordinate to us.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW

Our scripture text takes us to the Book

of Job. You know the story of Job. He

had everything…and then one day he

found himself with virtually nothing.

He lost his home, his herd, and his

health. He lost his children but he

didn’t lose his nagging wife, who

foolhardy gave him misguided advice

to curse God and die.

Throughout his suffering, Job

attempts to understand the reason for

his trouble. He rightly sees man’s

frailty as the grounds for pity. He tells

his friends who come to condemn him

that they should be kind to their

fainting friend (Job 6:14). But Job’s

know-it-all friends condemn him

without the slightest fear of God. They

gang up on him and cause him even

more anguish. His dear friend Eliphaz

says, “What do you know more than

we know?” In other words, Eliphaz is

saying to Job, “What makes you so

special?” They saw their esteemed

friend Job as a know-it-all.

To be certain, there IS much we

believers know that our unbelieving

counterparts do not know. When the

Lord takes up residence in us, He

opens our eyes to the truth of His

majesty and power. The Apostle Paul

says in 1 Corinthians 2:12 that, “Now

we have received, not the spirit of the

world, but the spirit which is of God,

that we might know the things that are

freely given to us of God.” In other

words, when we accept Christ, our

spirit is awakened to the truth of the

Word.

Now I admit that there is a lot we don’t

know about the Lord, for only He is

all-knowing.

But by the same token, once we

become believers, we are not left in

the dark about God.

We may not be know-it-alls when it

comes to the application of God’s

Word in our lives, but the Holy Ghost

makes sure there are certain things we

DO KNOW for certain.

Let’s explore three things that we do

know as Believers that no one can take from us.

First, we know that we, as believers in Jesus Christ, belong to the Lord.

This is an indisputable Old Testament

truth. The Psalmist says, in Psalm 100:3,“Know ye that the Lord He is God; it is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people and the sheep of His pasture.”

We can rest assured that under God’s

wise and holy command, that we are

provided for by His loving care. Even

the corrupt receive blessings from

Him, because His grace falls on the just

and the unjust (Matthew 5:45). God is

good and gracious to all of mankind.

He is our King and our Shepherd.

Man may be a lot of things, but he did

not create himself. God is our Creator,

and He is responsible for our existence

and our well-being. We may THINK we

are the reason for our personal

achievements and accomplishments,

but anything we attain comes to us by

the intervention of our Sovereign Lord.

We run and don’t get weary because

the Lord gives…

Assurance to the anxious

Blessings to the burdened

Help to the helpless

Comfort to the lonely

Deliverance to the bound

Strength to the weak

All of these benefits come to “we the

people” who call ourselves the

Children of God...because “we are His people and the sheep of His pasture”.

WE BELONG TO GOD!!!

Here’s another thing that we know.

We know that God is the Author of

every step a believer takes. “…We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose.” (Romans 8:28).

By His mere omnipresence, God

governs every breathe, every step,

every second of our lives. He is

involved in our successes and our

failures, our victories and our defeats.

Our all-powerful Lord can extract

good from every inch of our lives,

even when things don’t go as we

planned or expected.

Life is full of surprises. You can make

all the plans you want, but God has

the final say. He has a plan for our lives

that supersedes all the ‘best laid plans

that we can have’. When things don’t

go your way, remember that for the

believer…”all things work together for good to them that love God”.

In every situation, the Lord will help us to… Confront our problems

Speak to our mountains

Cross our valleys

Weather our storms

Subdue our fears

and win our battles!

IT’S ALL WORKING FOR MY GOOD!!!

Here’s one more thing we can be certain of. We know that God has an eternal home prepared for us.

“For we know that if our house of this tabernacle shall be dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.” (2 Corinthians 5:1). All of Christianity

hangs on God’s promise that Christ

has opened the door to eternity for all

who believe in Him…”For to [us] to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:21).

How can we be sure of our eternal

home in glory? It was the resurrection

of Jesus Christ that solidified it!

Christ’s resurrection proved the

validity and the infallibility of God’s

holy promise of eternal life. Christ’s

resurrection substantiated the

fulfillment and completion of God’s

plan of salvation.

Think about it. “If in this life ONLY we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.” (1 Corinthians 15:19).

We would be living a life with a dead

end. There would be no reward for our

submission to Christ. But thankfully,

we have HOPE of eternal life because

Christ opened the door. Christ arose

and became the first fruits, even of

those who are dead…that the dead in

Christ shall live.

Eternity is a hard thing to grasp. It’s

hard to know and understand the

concept of ETERNAL…

Eternal fellowship

Eternal bliss

Eternal comfort

Eternal delight

Eternal glory!

But, as believers, we have God’s

promise that eternity is real.

I know it’s hard to fathom. Paul says it’s a mystery (1 Corinthians 15:51-52) He says, “We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”

Without this hope, death would be

greatly feared, our hearts would be

miserable and sick, our minds would

be troubled and tormented, and our

souls would have no song to sing. But

with this hope, WE KNOW that we shall

one day live with the Lord!

John 14:1  Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 

2  In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 

3  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. 

What do we know?

We know that we belong to God.

We know that He guides and guards

our every step.

And we know that we shall one day

live with Him in glory.

That’s enough to shout about right

there.

It’s not a figment of our imagination.

We know…and it’s gratifying.

It's not a dream seen “through rose-colored glasses”.

We know…and it’s satisfying.

It’s more than a desire or an emotional high.

We know…and it’s assuring.”

It's more than a doctrine of theological belief.

We know…and it’s exciting!

Go ahead and be a know-it-all

Believer. “Blessed assurance…Jesus

is mine. Oh what a foretaste of glory

divine; heir of salvation, purchased of

God; Born of His Spirit, washed in His

blood!”