Proverbs - Choices Prove if We are His Children

Proverbs 20:11

Even a child is known by his doings,

whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

                                    

Looking at the book of First John we see a lot of tests that the Lord gives us to know whether someone is a Christian versus someone saying they are a Christian.

First John 1:6 tells us that “If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:”

We also read in First John 4:20 “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”

This proverb tells us that actions will be quite the standard to see if we are who we are.  First John warns us that what we or someone else says about them is not the key to identity but actions.  Our choices will demonstrate what we believe.  The devils believe and even fear the Lord but their actions are wicked and evil.  The belief we are to have that is a saving faith results in actions rooted in our belief.  Even a child is known whether they are obedient by ‘whether they are obedient’.  Sister, allow the actions of your day to be rooted in what you believe and then others will see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.