Chapter I: KNOW whom I have believed and am persuaded that *he is able to keep

that which I have committed unto him against that day.

_II Timothy 1:12._

VERILY, *verily*, I say unto you, He that *heareth my word and believeth on Him* that sent me HATH everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation (judgment) but is *passed from death unto life*.

_John 5:24._

A great many people think it is presumption for them to say they *know* they are saved—that they can only “hope for the best, and will have to wait until the judgment before they know.” Paul did not say to the jailer: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and *perhaps* you will be saved, or you will have a *good chance* of being saved, or you may *hope* to be saved.” No, but “thou *shalt* be saved.”

_Acts 16:31._

VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that *believeth on me* HATH everlasting life.

_John 6:47._

He that believeth on the Son *hath* (not perhaps will have) everlasting life.

_John 3:36._

HE that hath the Son *hath* life.

_I John 5:12._

The Holy Spirit can not give you any happy feelings until you *rest fully upon God’s Word.*

If you have *received God’s gift* (Jesus), you have God’s *word* for it that you *have life*. *The life is in His Son*. Believe this and you will *know it*. Confess Jesus as your Savior and you will have the witness of the Spirit.

THE Spirit itself *beareth witness* with our spirit that we *are* the children of God.

_Romans 8:16._

HE that believeth on the Son of God hath the *witness (record)* in *himself*: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son *hath life*; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

_I John 5:10,11,12._

“Put that in black and white," says the merchant when a good offer is made to him. God has put his offer in black and white—“*These things are written*.” Read: I John 5:13.

Do you say, I don’t feel it? Feeling is not the evidence, or proof for you to trust. Your feelings may change like the wind, but God’s word never changes. He says: “Heaven and earth shall pass away but My words *shall not* pass away.”

_Matthew 24:35._

Which would you rather trust, God’s *unchanging* Word, or your *everchanging* feelings? When God says a thing, it is so.

If you want this evidence *you must believe God’s word*. If you do not, you are making God a liar, and this will prevent the Spirit from working in you.

He that believeth not God hath *made Him a liar*; because he *believeth not the record* that God gave of His Son. And this *is the record*, that God *hath given* to us eternal life.

_I John 5:10-11._

Illustration: Luke 1:10

Backslider.
*God’s WARNING to the backslider*

NOW the just shall live by faith: but *if any man draw back*, my soul shall have *no pleasure in him*.

_Hebrews 10:38._

FOR it had *been better* for them *not to have known* the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, *to turn from the holy commandment* delivered unto them.

_II Peter 2:21._

THEREFORE to him that *knoweth* to do good, and *doeth it not*, to him *it is sin*.

_James 4:17._

TAKE heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in *departing from the living God*.

_Hebrews 3:12._