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I KNOW YOUR DEEDS
Base Text: Revelation 2-3
“I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people.” (Revelation 2:2)
Few phrases in the Bible are as comforting and, at the same time, as confronting as this one: “I know your deeds.” It is repeated like a refrain in Revelation chapters 2 and 3, when Jesus Christ Himself addresses the seven churches of Asia. Before praising, correcting, warning, or promising, He states something fundamental: I know.
This knowledge is not superficial, distant, or generic. It is not a brief report, but a penetrating and truthful gaze. Jesus does not say, “I have heard about your deeds,” nor “they told Me about you.” He says, “I know.” He knows what is visible and what is hidden. He knows what is public and what takes place in the silence of the heart.
For some churches, this statement was a relief. The church in Ephesus, for example, worked hard, persevered, and rejected evil. Christ saw all of it. No tear, no faithful effort went unnoticed. For others, however, the same words were a shock. Sardis had a reputation for being alive, but was dead. Laodicea thought it was rich and self-sufficient, but was poor, blind, and naked. The same Christ who knows good deeds also knows bad ones.
Jesus does not observe the Church from a distance. He walks among the lampstands. He examines. He evaluates. He weighs. Christianity is not merely a confession of the mouth, but a life examined by Christ.
There is a spiritual danger when we forget this truth. We begin to live for appearances, for human approval, for external recognition. We adjust our speech, but not our hearts. We do works, but not out of love. Jesus, however, is not deceived. He sees beyond the façade. He knows the motivation behind the action.
At the same time, this truth brings great comfort to the faithful. There are deeds done in silence, anonymous acts of obedience, sacrifices that no one notices, inner battles that do not appear in church services or on social media. Christ knows all of them. The world may ignore them, the church may not notice, but the Lord knows. And He is a righteous Judge.
When Jesus says, “I know your deeds,” He also points to an inevitable future: we will give an account. Revelation is not only a book of promises, but also of responsibility. Each church was called to repentance, perseverance, or vigilance. The call was not to deny error, but to recognize it and change. Where there was sin, there was an invitation to repentance. Where there was faithfulness, there was a promise of reward.
This truth is an invitation to sincere self-examination before God. It is not enough to ask how people see me, but how Christ sees me. What kind of deeds have marked my walk? What do I do when no one is watching? Are there areas that need repentance? Is there faithfulness that needs to be strengthened? Living with the awareness that Jesus knows our deeds leads us to abandon hypocrisy, cultivate genuine faith, and align our practice with our confession. Even today, He calls His Church to listen, adjust its course, and persevere.
Nothing in our lives goes unnoticed by the eyes of Christ
and before Him that our deeds will be evaluated.
Calvary Baptist Church of Flemington, NJ
Written by Eliakim Aquino
