How do you know personally, you are saved

[MyLordsServant]

What's your story? If an unbeliever asked how you know you're saved. What would you say? More than just saying, "because I believe". Go deeper than that.

[simplejeff]

Remember the Samaritan (foreigner/ 'outcast'?) woman ?  Did she ask Jesus if He was , what, 'saved' !?  (no)

Likewise did anyone in the NT ask the Apostles OR the disciples immersed in Jesus' Name if they were saved ? (no)

 

[MyLordsServant]

2 minutes ago, simplejeff said:

Remember the Samaritan (foreigner/ 'outcast'?) woman ?  Did she ask Jesus if He was , what, 'saved' !?  (no)

Likewise did anyone in the NT ask the Apostles OR the disciples immersed in Jesus' Name if they were saved ? (no)

 

If you never question if you're saved, then you walk a thin line. Many believe they're saved and never question it. Some of them, or most, aren't truly saved. In fact, hate when asked if they're saved. Not a good sign. 

[Sower]

Before I was saved, I could not communicate with God. After salvation, my faulty mind (the corrupted hard drive) received the anti virus (Jesus) and now I have WiFi, communication with the Holy Spirit. Before, I understood not, my eyes were not seeing, my ears could not hear. Now I see and hear, through the word, by the Holy Spirit.  I,m equipped to receive with my new mind (the mind of Christ), I'm "tuned in" by the power of the Holy Spirit. Without this helper/teacher, I couldn't know the mind of God, the word. Now I do.       "Drop out (of the world), tune in (to the word), turn on (to Jesus!)"

Edited November 10, 2017 by Gary Lee

[missmuffet]

Romans 10:9

Believe in Jesus Christ. To believe means to trust Him with your life. Give Him your heart and soul. Take up your cross and follow Him for the rest of your life.

[Unfailing Presence]

The reasons I know are real , multiple , and Jesus spoke to every one of them .

To name just a couple :  

1)  The conviction of sin .

     Before I was saved not only did I sin with ease , without the Holy Spirit being the center of my habitual thinking & the dominant force in my life , I did not even know I was sinning and had no sense of remorse or sorrow for my sins . 

Today with the desire for sin less with each passing day  , when  I  do sin it is heartbreaking and painful 

2) Peace . 

   As the Lord says  " there is no peace saith my God unto the wicked "  and before I was saved there was no peace .

No unsaved person can have perfect peace . 

They can demonstrate for a time  what the world calls " peace "  which is actually just the manifest superficial absence of discord . 

But not the peace of God bequeathed through the blood of Christ .

The true peace of God that is now mine forever made through the blood  Jesus shed thinking of me , that this peace might be bequeathed to me and to whosoever shall receive it .

The peace of purposeful harmonious living , that makes possible every kind of meaningful progress . 

                    

                                                " Beloved , now are we the sons of God ."   1 John 3:2

 

[Sower]

Well said, Unfailing Presence.............

[simplejeff]

That's one sure 'sign' declared by Yahweh that accompanies someone who is His - no fear.  This is even a testimony to the enemies who are watching , that someone belongs to Jesus - no fear in them.

Thus with many more signs and evidence in their lives in the New Testament,  their enemies DID NOT ASK THEM IF THEY WERE SAVED.

They already knew by observation of their lives - completely changed lives unlike any other ..... the testimony all through Scripture,  especially (for now) in all the New Testament....

[Wayne222]

If you love others you abide in God. He who hates his brother abides in death. That's one proof of salvation. He lived us first so if we love our brother we abide in the truth.

 

[enoob57]

It is the transformation essence... as we immerse ourselves into the truths of God's Word we are fitted for holiness and we look for other than what is here and now.