“Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it” (Habakkuk 2:19).

“And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’S, and He will give you into our hands” (I Samuel 17.47).

“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever Amen” (Matthew 6:13).

“And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know” (I Corinthians 8:2).

There are many things which none of us can know—not even the Apostle Paul. Yet even with his realistic modesty, there are certain key truths which Paul could affirm with certainty, and so can we, on the same grounds as he.

“Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone” (Hosea 4:17).