1Jn2

The "confidence" we have that we have "come to know Christ" is that we obey His commandments. The one who claims to know Jesus should actually act like Jesus! Imagine that.

Like James, John was confident that faith in Christ looks like something. It is one thing to say that we "know" Jesus, it is a completely different thing to actually obey His teaching and live like He matters. Many people claim to know Jesus, but very few people actually live like He is the most important thing.

If it was the "last days" over 2000 years ago, how much closer are we to the actual "last day"? Whatever our answer, today is another day closer to our last one. Will I live today as though I know and love Jesus or will I live today as a "lover of this world"? My desire is to  pursue the former.

Live for what matters today. What we live for is truly what we love.