I was a gangly kid of thirteen
With eternity insecurity
So I Went to dad and I said him
Do you think that I need to get saved again
No, son it’s a once and done
Don’t mistrust God only begotten son
He opened the pages of first John
We Talked of assurance and 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 at the door
How do I know I’m really truly saved
I said to him hoping to be free
CertainlySecurity should be in me
surely as easy as one two three
The fact that you asking is a really good sign
He said, as I waited for an answer more defined
But It never came out and he was done
That’s it, that’s all, nothing about God’s Son
For him things Eternal were just a “maybe.”
He didn’t know first John five thirteen
How could he live with such big uncertainty
I shouldda showed him what dad had 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.
A few years later with some friends I knew
We stood outside and talked for a few
He asked her something about Christ
His doubts were big and on the rise
I did my best to answer what he asked of her
He wished aloud I was his pastor
We coulda but we didn’t talk faith any after
Later that year he was driving faster
He lost the road and lost his life
With some doubts on his faith he died
I really wish I’d told him what Dad had told me
But we’ll have the time to talk when we’re in the heavenlies
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.
After many years of confusing myself
I met a pretty girl as clear as a bell
She Brought back what dad said to me
had lost my assurance but not security
Over the next ten years or so
I’d count more doubts than my fingers and toes
The church is drowning in salvation doubt
And it’s something that we got to keep talking about
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.
