“I KNOW.”
PRACTICAL knowledge is practical power. What “I” know is my own in my heart.
“I” know, said Naaman, the leper of Syria.
“I” know, said the blind man described in St. John’s gospel.
“I know,” said the apostle Paul.
Naaman said, “Now I know.” (2 Kings 5:15.) He did not always know; and a great change had occurred in him, and because of this he said, “Now I know.”
“One thing I know” (John 9:25) was the testimony of the beggar. He could not enter into controversy. He was poor and ignorant, and those who sought to puzzle him were wealthy and learned; but he possessed in himself the witness of sight given him, and no human argument could deprive him of his knowledge.
“For I know” (2 Tim. 1:12) boasted the apostle Paul. He based all his hopes and joys on the faithfulness of Jesus the Lord; and every argument was answered by what the Lord is: “For I know whom I have trusted.”