Good Remembrance

"I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth."

I John 2:21 

All of these things John has been admonishing his children in are things they already knew.  He is not saying that they know and understand everything but they know by the Spirit what the works of darkness are.  It is good for us to be reminded often of the goodness of God and His mercies.  That is why he wrote to them, and why God has preserved those words for us.

So we as believers today must understand the importance of sitting under the sound preaching of God's Holy Word.  We often, as Peter said, need to be stirred in remembrance because our imperfect minds are forgetful and still tainted by sin.  We who are in Christ should not forsake the assembling together for worship nor the continual reading of our Lord's Word.  It is the strength for the body.

Consider also: II Peter 1:1-17; Psalm 18:1-2