We forget as easily as we learn. Only God could enable us to remember and go on using the truth we have learned of Him. Spiritual truth is subject to even more conflict than ordinary facts we acquire in school or from the newspaper. Satan has a vested interest in causing us to lose what we have gained in the Lord. Or better yet, he would like to make us twist the truth a little bit and come out with some heretical teaching to add confusion to the Word. But the Spirit of Truth guards the deposit He has placed within us.

Confirmation grounds us against the winds of deception.

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ (Ephesians 4:14‐15).

We must be motivated to keep alert and up‐to‐date in present truth.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall …. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth (2 Peter 1:10,12). In these days of spiritual restoration we must keep our ear to the ground to keep abreast of what God is doing in the world today. Not every man‐made fad is present truth. But revelation from God is progressive; we will know Him better and better as He makes the Scriptures come alive to us.