How I know “He Lives”

Many years ago when our daughter Precyous was a young girl, she asked me “how did I know that Jesus lives?” She was so honest in her desire to know why I was and am so sure of Jesus being alive. I told her simply, I know that He lives because He lives in me. This is how I know without question and without doubt.

Many years ago when confronted with the existence and sacrifice of Jesus Christ as Savior ironically I didn’t need anyone to point out that my entire life until that moment existed in darkness. I knew when faced with His Word without any prompting from anyone that I was a perpetual sinner. No one had to tell me to repent because the godly sorrow and shame I felt for my entire life was present. When I was faced with His Glorious Light the darkness within me was exposed. I knew without convincing that I needed Jesus to save me and change me. That day so many years ago I asked God to forgive me and to be my Savior. In that moment He forgave me, washed me and filled me with His Spirit and I was born again. I was born from above. I became a new creature and the old me (died) passed away. This was the beginning of my relationship with God. At this point I only knew Him as Savior and yet it was enough for me to know with all certainty that He existed. I was new. I was redeemed and I was restored, in my heart. I knew that the stain of sin was removed from me and that barrier to God was gone. I knew that God Almighty had indeed given His son Jesus as Savior to the world and Savior to me.

Let me expound. I was raised Catholic. I went to Catholic school, mass every Sunday, first confession, and first communion… the whole deal. I saw the figure of Jesus hanging on the cross my entire upbringing. I knew the story of the babe in the manager, the wise men, and the angels proclaiming His birth. But, they were just stories. However, on that day when I acknowledged He exists and that I need Him as Savior, the story was no longer just a story. By His Word His presence and His power was alive and He gave life to me.

This truth is a foundation of our faith and the power of His gospel, not only that Christ died for our sins, but that He lives, forevermore. And that He lives within those that have called upon His name. Christ in us, the hope of glory.

There has never been a day from that one until this that I have not ceased to thank Him for saving me. So I truly understand when His Word says, who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

This is how I know that He lives! He lives in me! Therefore, today I ask you my beloved, how do you know that He lives?