Believers know Jesus.
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me-” John 10:14
Believers know Jesus paid it all.
“I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!” Galatians 2:21
Believers know God.
“Now this is eternal life: that they know you, and Jesus Christ , whom you have sent.” John 17:3
Believers know that their own works do not factor into their salvation.
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2: 8, 9
Believers know that they are now made alive in Christ.
“I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.” John 10:28
Believers know that God’s Spirit now lives in them forevermore.
“Because of the truth, which lives in us and will be with us forever:” 2 John 1:2
Believers know God’s love.
“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” 2 Corinthians 5:14,15
Believers respond by the power of God’s Spirit of love that lives in them.
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20
Believers follow Christ because they love Him.
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me.” John 10:27
Believers want everyone to know Jesus Christ.
“We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:20,21