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1 | How do we know that we are truly saved? | 1 John 3:24 | kw5kw | 141652 | ||
There have been answers that actually point to scriptures, as the second part of the question referred to, and there have been answers that have taken 30 minutes of reading and re-reading to almost comphrend. I'm taking a simple answer. You KNOW you're saved when two things happen: 1) When you no longer have any guilty conscience from sinning. If you don't sin, you don't have a guilty conscience. This happens when you are following ALL of God's Commandments. 2) You have the "warm fuzzies" that the Holy Ghost, that is now living inside you, gives to you. I am trying my absolute best to "bounce my eyes" to avoid any sin that comes in through the # 1 portal of sin. It's hard, but it works! Avoiding any television show that has a hint of immorality... ie "Desprate Housewifes" all soaps, etc. Looking away during beer commercials (bikini twins). By doing these things I am trying my best to live in the 21st century and keep impure thoughts out of my life. (I was there, NO LONGER!) THANK GOD AND JESUS!!! Next, remove impure thoughts from your life. Don't just open a door for a woman so you can follow her 'wiggle'. Open to be courtious, not to oggle her rear. The eyes and mind are the two most important inputs of our body. Train them to do God's work and you can begin to live as God wants you to. Once you do this, the 'warm-fuzzies' become a part of your life, and you know you're saved. Personal experience has taught me this. Your friend with Christ. Russ |
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2 | How do we know that we are truly saved? | 1 John 3:24 | DocTrinsograce | 141665 | ||
Hi, brother Russ... The problem is that both of your assurances are subjective. As my pastor puts it, "You should never go against your conscience, but you should never trust your conscience as a guide." (Jer 17:9) Furthermore, the "warm fuzzies" are purely emotional. Emotions come and go. We can stand firm on the truth, even when we don't "feel" it. In Him, Doc |
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3 | How do we know that we are truly saved? | 1 John 3:24 | kw5kw | 141740 | ||
I've got them, do you? I know God's in me, Do you? you want a verse, here's a couple: John 5:36 "But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete--the deeds I am now doing--testify about me that the Father has sent me. 5:37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time, 5:38 nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent. 5:39 You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me, 5:40 but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life. |
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4 | How do we know that we are truly saved? | 1 John 3:24 | Praise Be To God | 141741 | ||
Romans 8:16: "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:" Janae |
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