Can you prove salvation

[mizzdy]

This may seem like an odd question, however I have had doubts about my own salvation for years. When I do good, I feel like I am trying to earn salvation. When I do bad, I feel like I couldn't have done those things if I were saved. I have sincerely prayed for salvation literally hundreds of times, and still there is no change.

So my question is this

Is it possible to prove that you are saved, or is there something that a saved person does that a lost person woud never do? Please provide a scriptural answer.

In the Bible there is the story of Moses creating a serpent and when people looked at it they were healed. Now there is nothing that says they had to be really certain before they looked otherwise it would not work - no, however feeble their faith all they had to do was look. So if you believe that Jesus died for your sins then that is enough. But with salvation comes the need for repentance and sanctification, an in love struggling to lead a holy life not out of fear but out of love for the one who gave us himself

True. It is our accepting the gift of forgiveness that saves us. However though many will admit we are not saved by works, those same people will use works as a measure of whether they are saved or not. Scripture DOES say we are saved FOR good works, so my OP is based on this concept and question. IF a person claims to have sincerely asked for forgiveness and wants salvation and a relationship with God, BUT they do not give up their sinful lifestyles, is that person truly saved. Many will say NO, however that would be a form of works salvation. If salvation is TRULY BY FAITH ALONE, then it is possible for a saved person to live a life of sin. I believe this is what Paul was talking about in 1 Corinthians 3 when he says a person will suffer loss as one through the fire, YET he is still saved.

No a person who has called upon the name of God and accepted Yeshua as ruler of their heart will not go about 'living in sin'. True we cannot get rid of sins, we are flesh and blood not perfected and well there are things that can tempt each and everyone of us the whole point of accepting His rule in our hearts is to allow Him to change us. Those changes are trials in our lives, trial by his refining fire, that beats the daylights out of being burned up in His fire! We accept Him and His free gift of salvation, there we are saved from the penalty of death, if we sin we no longer have that horrible consequence of death hanging over our heads, we have been freed from that. Now we go and learn how to walk in His ways, walk with Him daily thats faith, faith alone, trust in Him alone keeps us on the narrow path, working out our salvation, finding the things that makes us sin and putting them out of our lives. If we do not have works our faith is a dead faith that brings Him no glory nor honor.

Its not about sitting around saying 'I am saved look at me' nor is it about 'I am saved and look at all I have done' its not about any of that its about your relationship with Him, your part in serving Him and the body, its about what He teaches you, where He leads us, and what He asks us to do for Him. Its all about mirroring the kingdom behavior here on earth, certainly not something we do without His Spirit with in us.

shalom,

Mizz