I was a gangly kid of thirteen
Dark feelings and insecurity
I Went to dad and said him
Do I need to get saved all over again
No, son, it’s a once and done
Don’t mistrust God only begotten son
He opened the pages of first John
Talked of assurance, I was stunned
I write these things to you
who believe In the name of God’s son
So you may know that you
have eternal life. You can Know it’s true.
I was still feeling really insecure,
So Dad said I should talk some more
With my bible study leader at our little bible church
So that Sunday I waited by the door
How do I know I’m really, truly saved
I said to him, hoping to be free
Security would be in me
surely as easy as one two three
The fact that you're asking is a really good sign
He said as I waited for something more divine
But It never materialized, and he was done
That’s it, that’s all, nothing about God’s Son
I guess he’d never read the writings of John?
For him, the Eternal was a “maybe it’s done.”
How could he live with such uncertainty
I shoulda showed him what dad showed me
I write these things to you
who believe In the name of God’s son
So you may know that you
have eternal life. You can Know it’s true.
Over the next thirty years or so
I’d count more doubts than my fingers and toes
The church is drowning in salvation doubt
makes me want to shout this out out
Jesus and John said so clearly
The thing we continually fail to see
Read the words, and you’ll see what I mean
Right there in first John five one three
I write these things to you
who believe In the name of God’s son
So you may know that you
have eternal life. You can Know it’s true.