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NASB | 1 John 3:24 The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 3:24 The one who habitually keeps His commandments [obeying His word and following His precepts, abides and] remains in Him, and He in him. By this we know and have the proof that He [really] abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us [as a gift]. |
Subject: How do we know that we are truly saved? |
Bible Note: Russ, do I wish to burst your bubble about having the "warm fuzzies?" Indeed I do! And I'll attempt it by asking you to search the Scriptures and copy down every verse that mentions the "warm fuzzies"! Friend, there ain't no such animal mentioned in God's word. Read and meditate on the Scripture selection that BradK cited for you, i.e., 1 John 5:11-13. Read what Paul and Silas said to the Philippian jailor who asked them what he must do to be saved (Acts 16:25-32). For that matter, read the New Testament and keep on reading it. Saturate yourself with it and you will surely come sooner or later to the sure knowledge of what the Bible teaches about what it means to be saved and what it means to be lost -- and the spiritual wisdom to know the difference. I challenge you to begin to exchange your "warm fuzzies" theology for New Testament theology, and you can do this only by spending many hours immersed in God's word. Neither you nor I nor anyone else can expect to grow spiritually unless he is willing to consume large servings of spiritual nourishment over a long period of time -- the kind of nourishment that can be found in God's word and nowhere else. The faith that is strong, the faith that endures, the faith that saves is in Christ, and founded solely upon the word of Christ, the Scriptures. Never is it founded on the nebulous, shifting sands of subjective and fickle feelings, which is all that the "warm fuzzies" are composed of. --Hank |