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1 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | loveofmylife77 | 238124 | ||
IF YOU GAVE UP THE OLD YOU AND PICKED THE NEW YOU WITH GOD IN YOUR HEART NOT JUST IN YOUR MIND YOU HAVE TO TRULY GIVE IT ALL TO GOD AND JUST BECAUSE YOU GO TO CHURCH DOES NOT MEAN YOUR SAVED YOU HAVE TO GIVE GOD ALL OF YOU AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE YOU CAN NOT DO THINGS YOU USED TOO YOU HAVE TO LIVE IT EVERYDAY NOT JUST SAY IT SHOW IT | ||||||
2 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | CDBJ | 238137 | ||
What it sound like to me is that you are emphasizing a works based salvation which is in complete opposition to the GRACE plan of God. All one needs to do to obtain salvation is found in numerous passages of God’s Word; case and point, Acts 16:31 (NASB) 31 They said, " Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." That isn’t asking Jesus to come into your heart either, He doesn’t go into sewers, which is what mans heart is like in God’s sight. God the Father isn’t impressed with what we do, He is only impressed with what His Son Jesus Christ did for us on the cross!! Many get discipleship mixed up with salvation; notice that Paul is talking to (believer brethren) when he makes the following statement. Romans 12:1-2 (NKJV) 1 I beseech you therefore, “BRETHERN”, (they are already saved) by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. The renewing of ones mind or transformation only takes place when one is in fellowship with the Holy Spirit through the exercise of 1 John 1:9 (NKJV) 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Couple this with the constant inculcation of Bible doctrine and God will do the transforming. Anything that a person tries to do to merit God’s precious grace only nullifies faith. Ephesians 2:8-9 (NKJV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. The word faith is a transitive verb and it demands an object, it’s the object that gets all of the credit in faith not the one having the faith. Faith is no greater then it’s object, which in salvation is Jesus Christ. Salvation is the result of faith as a gift, that can’t be worked for. When anyone tries to do something to help God with their salvation its like saying that what Jesus did wasn’t enough, I must help. Let me explain it this way: Let’s say you are given a gift and the gift is a life in paradise. The ticket has been totally paid for, with a ride on a jet plane. Now, instead of sitting quietly in your first class seat, and praising and thanking the Giver for the gift, you get the brilliant idea that you’re going to help. You jump out of your seat, open the door, and leap out so you can help by pushing the jet, which at this point is traveling at 600 miles an hour! That makes about as much sense as man trying to help God with what He has accomplished for man’s salvation. God has provided a perfect plan and all man has to do receive it. Anything man does only messes up God’s perfect plan. It is true there is no such thing as a free lunch! Our salvation cost God the Father the dearest position He has, His matchless perfect Son, who had been with Him since before eternity past. Jesus paid the price for the gift of eternal life and all man is asked to do is trust in God’s Son, Jesus Christ, and receive the gift by GR ACE through FAITH. Do you think God would lie to you? Religion might but not God! Have a great day and trust the Lord, CDBJ |
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3 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | EdB | 238141 | ||
CDBJ Believing in Jesus also assumes an obedience to Jesus. Jesus said if you love me you will obey my commands. Back to your illustration of the gift of life in paradise. To realize the gift you had to get on the plane you could not near it you had to get on it. Further you had to get into it, you could not just stand on the wing. Once you get to island you must get off the plane you can't enjoy the island of paradise staying on the plane. once off you have to experiencing it. Just as you can't enjoy your salvation without experiencing it. Further as you get off the plane a caretaker greets you and says you are free to enjoy the island but there are few rules you must follow. When you see a sign warning of quick sand you must avoid the quick sand or you will be sucked under. Second when you see a sign that says low ceiling you must duck you head or you run the chance of hitting your head. This is exactly what the Bible does it warns us of things that will suck us under or smack us in the head. Even though we have the gift of salvation if we refuse to heed the commands of Christian living we will never fully realize the joy of our salvation. So while we don't have to do anything for our salvation we must obey Jesus' commands to fully realize it and enjoy it. As James said without works faith is dead nothing more than a word. |
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4 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | CDBJ | 238143 | ||
Greetings, Just as being on the jet plane is a function, being in Christ is the same type of function and it’s accomplished by the Holy Spirit AFTER one trusts in the work that Jesus accomplished on the cross. Abraham believer God; Galatians 3:6 (NKJV) 6 just as Abraham "believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." Abraham’s works only demonstrated the trust that he already had in God when he was about to sacrifice his son Isaac. It wasn’t a means of obtaining righteousness and he proved this when he said that God will provide the sacrifice before the two even went up the mountain. The way of our salvation taught to us by the Holy Spirit was the same salvation shown to Abraham; God will provide His Son to take our just due, i.e. God’s anointed one, the Christ. Galatians 3:8 (NKJV) 8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed." We, in essence were place on that plane the same way we are placed in Christ for positional truth and then the transformation takes place not visa versa! I’ve used this illustration before but here it is again for those that haven’t heard it. Faith is a lot like poison ivy, when one gets poison ivy they can’t keep from scratching, I’m speaking from experience! If another person sees this and they start scratching they could scratch until they are blue in the face and they still don’t get poison ivy because they haven’t come into personal contact with the ivy vine. Jesus said I am the vine. Illustrations just like parables can only go so far and then they brake down and there are those that can find fault with everything: I’m glad that my Saviour is faultless! The religious crowed in Jesus time went out of their way trying to find fault with Christ and Jesus Said: Matthew 15:14 (NKJV) 14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch." CDBJ |
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5 | how do you know if you are saved? | John | EdB | 238144 | ||
CDBJ I read your use of faith and trust as being synonymous. I see trust as faith being made alive. Abraham had faith but Abraham had to be tested before that faith was made alive as trust. Genesis 22:12 (NASB) 12 He said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me." In regards to the question “How do I know if I’m saved” I’m trying to emphasis is unless we can trust what we have faith in that faith is empty. The only way I know that, that trust can be realized is by having it imparted in us by the Holy Spirit. Then it becomes I know that I know type of thing. I found your comment about Illustrations and Parables only being able to go so far before they break down interesting. This is usually true of man's illustrations and parables but not of Christ's :-) |
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