KEY SCRIPTURE:2Ti 1:12 KJV” For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for 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.”

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Most of us have wondered how the first-century Christians faced persecution so fearlessly. Most of them kept a joyful face and worshipped the Lord even at the point of being burnt at the stake. The lions that were unleashed on them did not take away their certainty of meeting their Saviour so joyfully. It is reported that among many reasons, this was the major reason the early church grew in numbers.

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The persecutors and the many in the grand arena could not come to terms with people who were being tortured, yet they never cursed, but met their death joyfully. What on earth could have made such people so certain of a better tomorrow after their departure?  The answer is simple: they knew their God. Indeed, those who do know their God shall wax strong  and do  exploits. Dan 11:32

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Apostle Paul also testified that he knows the one to whom he has committed his life. Do you also know the Lord enough to totally place your trust in Him? To know  God does not depend on God. He has revealed Himself abundantly in life circumstances all around us. He has revealed Himself in the bible, the word of God. He has unarguably revealed Himself in Jesus. In this era, God has been performing miracles of diverse kinds among His children.

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To know him, you have to decide to  accept all these abundant revelations He has made about Himself. The next thing to do is to be a practitioner of the word. The Lord said,Joh 14:21 KJV “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” As you encounter Him in various  ways, you would have a first-hand experience of his power.

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In the last part of our key scripture, apostle Paul said he is persuaded that the Lord God is able to keep that which he has committed unto Him, against that day. Paul has totally placed his life into the Lord’s hands. He said for me to live is Christ and to die is gain. The true essence of knowing God is to place your life in his hands. The meaning of living on this earth should be to honour his name. Life to you should no longer be about what would make you happy, but what makes Jesus happy. This is what would make you truly fulfilled

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THOUGHT:KNOW THE LORD, AND EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN FAITH  WOULD BECOME MEANINGFUL TO YOU

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FURTHER STUDIES

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Phi 3:10 KJV” That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.”

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1Co 8:3 KJV” But if any man loves God, the same is known of him.”