| Though we cannot always tell about the salvation of others, “the Lord knoweth them that are His.” He has said that “I am the good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of Mine,” and “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” “But if any man love God, the same is known of Him.” It is written of some that “they profess that they know God; but in works they deny Him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.” “Who is on the Lord’s side?” “Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.” “But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth: and some to honor, and some to dishonor. If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.” God wants us to be “as obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance.” “For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” |
