{"id":1028,"date":"2017-08-31T15:27:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T15:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2017-08-31T15:27:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T15:27:50","slug":"can-know-sure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/safeplacewithruthgraham\/2017\/08\/can-know-sure.html","title":{"rendered":"What Can We Know For Sure?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The massive flooding in Houston is on everyone&#8217;s mind and heart. The threats of North Korea are concerning everyone. The unprecedented divisiveness in our country is affecting everyone. There was the total eclipse of the sun for the United States. Blood moons last year. Stars aligning in an unusual ways this week.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing seems to be at rest &#8211; all is in turmoil. There is no peace anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>What are we to make of it? I know there are those who seem to think they know exactly what is going on and make definite predictions. But not me.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing I KNOW FOR SURE is that God is still on His throne! Last year I studied the book of Revelation. It is not an easy book to understand and yet, there are those who want us to think they know it all. The two things I came away with from my study was that God is in control of all things and, in the end, He wins!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been told that the very first book of the Bible is the book of Job. A book about terrible suffering and the question of &#8220;Why?&#8221;. Job had four friends who tried to tell him exactly why he was suffering &#8211; they were no help at all. The very first thing God wanted us to know about Himself is that He is in control, He is far more than we can truly understand and He is with us in the storms. He is present with us.<\/p>\n<p>Does that all sound too simple? Maybe. There are great minds, great scholars, great theologians that deal with these things regularly. Someone once asked Carl Barth, the Swiss theologian, what was the greatest truth he knew. He replied, &#8220;Jesus loves me this I know for the Bible tells me so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Simple. So simple we can all understand it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The massive flooding in Houston is on everyone&#8217;s mind and heart. The threats of North Korea are concerning everyone. The unprecedented divisiveness in our country is affecting everyone. There was the total eclipse of the sun for the United States. Blood moons last year. Stars aligning in an unusual ways this week. 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