Walking Confidently To Eternal Life

John makes heavy use of the Greek word “to know” (oida) in his Gospel (84x) and epistles (15x in 1 Jn & 1x in 3 Jn) [for 100 of the 294x in the NT]. Oida is not just to “know of” or to “know about,” but to know intimately, deeply, and assuredly. In these final 9 verses of 1 John, oida is used 6x! John leaves us with four assurances and certainties in our walk with Jesus, we know that: (1) we have eternal life; (2) we have whatever request we ask of Him; (3) in our battle against sin, we have Christ’s protection and the evil one cannot touch us; and (4) the whole world lies in the power of the evil one, but WE are from God!