IN THE KNOW!

                                                                    John 10:22-30

INTRODUCTION: If there is anything this post-modern culture can agree upon it is that you

cannot be absolutely sure of anything. The post-modern view of God—“if there is a God nothing

certain can be known about God and you certainly cannot know Him personally.” The Word of

God says you can know two things that the post-modernist says you can’t. First, the Bible says

you can know God and know Him personally: Jeremiah 9:23-24. Second, the Bible says you

can know God eternally: John 10:27-29. According to Jesus Christ, there are three truths that

we can know with absolute certainty that are absolutely true and life changing.

I. WE CAN KNOW WE HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD!

Many, who have trusted in Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior still struggle with

doubt. You have doubts about whether you actually have a personal relationship with God, you

doubt the very existence of God and you doubt the Bible is truly the Word of God. Doubt has

been around for the entire 2,000 years of Christianity. Doubt is not the opposite of faith. Unbelief

is the opposite of faith. Jesus Christ spoke directly to the presence of doubt: John 10:27. “My

sheep know my voice.” Do you have an ear and a heart that is tuned to God’s Word and His

will? John 10:14. Jesus made a huge statement here: He said not only does He know His

sheep, but His sheep know Him! Jesus said those who truly know Him follow Him: John 10:27.

II. WE CAN KNOW WE HAVE A PERMANENT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD!

Our Lord Jesus set it up so we can have an eternal relationship with Him: John 10:28. Every

word of that statement is crucial to our understanding the kind of relationship that God wants to

establish with us. This is eternal life, not earned by being good or can be lost by being bad.

Eternal life is a gift given to you when you trust in Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and

Savior: John 3:36. The word “eternal” means it will last forever! When you trust Jesus Christ as

your personal Lord and Savior God gives you a divine warranty that that relationship will never

run out! John 10:28.

III. WE CAN KNOW WE HAVE A PROTECTED RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD!

It is one thing in life to be safe. It is another thing in life to be secure. We have a God given

guarantee that once we have a relationship with God, it is a protected relationship that no one

can break. John 10:28-29. Jesus tells us here we are in a double grip. We are in the Son’s grip

and the Son’s grip is in the Father’s grip! God holds onto us: it is not us desperately holding onto

God! That means our relationship to God is just as secure as God Himself is. You are God’s gift

to His Son and God never takes back what He has given to His Son: John 6:37-40. A Biblical

world view lets us know that our knowledge of God and life itself is the truth, and we can know

both God and truth by faith. It is our faith that allows us to make informed decisions based on

overwhelming evidence of the truth of God’s Word! We don’t have to know everything to know

some things for certain. God has given us everything we need to know to live a godly life:

2 Peter 1:3-10. We all have our times of doubt, but here is the test: have you yet received

Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior? John 1:12-13.