You Can Know

“The Lord hath appeared of old unto me saying, Yea I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” (Jeremiah 31:3)

Sometimes I’m asked, “What do you know?” Instinctively, I answer, “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” This phrase is the first line of lyrics in a children’s song I learned as a child. I believed the truth of that song as a child and still do to this day. Jesus loves me because the Bible says He does.

Has anyone ever asked you, “Just who do you think you are?” Was that person asking sarcastically or even expecting an answer? Did you have a ready answer? Before the foundation of the world, God knew who would say yes to His gift of grace—Jesus, His Son. Those who believe in Him and have received Him as Savior and Lord have promises from God’s Word. In addition to being God's child, chapters one and two of Ephesians tell us that we are: blessed (v. 3), chosen (v. 4), holy (v. 4), accepted (v. 6), redeemed (v. 7), forgiven (v. 7), sealed with the Holy Spirit (v. 13; 4:30), loved (2:2), saved (2:8), God’s workmanship (2:10), fellow citizen with the saints of God (2:19), heirs of God, joint-heirs with Christ (Romans 8:16–17).

You can know who you are in Christ. How? The Bible tells you so! All the promises of God in Jesus Christ are yes and amen—they are true (2 Corinthians 1:20). How would you define yourself if someone asked you, “Just who do you think you are?”