Knowing and Obeying the Lord emphasizes the inseparable connection between knowing God personally and obeying His commandments. This pamphlet addresses the biblical principle that genuine knowledge of God produces obedience, while mere intellectual assent without obedience demonstrates lack of true knowledge. White typically contrasted head knowledge versus heart knowledge, emphasizing that saving faith produces transformed life demonstrating love through obedience. Topics include: developing personal relationship with God through prayer and Bible study, understanding God's character revealed in Christ, the natural result of love being obedience, false claims of knowing God while living in disobedience, and obedience flowing from gratitude rather than legalism. The pamphlet emphasizes that commandment-keeping demonstrates rather than earns salvation, being fruit of genuine conversion.
All believers developing relationship with God, those struggling with obedience's role in salvation, and Christians needing to understand connection between knowing and obeying.
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