How can you have assurance of salvation ?

[kwikphilly]

57 minutes ago, johnthebaptist said:

If you want to know what kind of trouble you get into when you sin, go ahead sin and find out.

I was asking you what you thought,I already know I have nothing to fear .....Being Born again I do not have spirit of fear   Praise my Jesus,Praise my Jesus!

  So I guess you cannot support your "reasoning"                 God Bless you,Kwik

 

[Billiards Ball]

2 hours ago, johnthebaptist said:

You sin when, and only when, you break one of the Lord's commandments. Don't be like the Pharisees and make this harder than you have to.

The commandments of which Bible book? The decalogue is for we Jews only. Do you marry your brother's wife? Wear mixed clothing? Kill a pigeon in Jerusalem for your sin?

Sin in the NT is missing the mark of God's perfection, not law-keeping.

[johnthebaptist]

3 hours ago, Behold said:

Does that include Mormons, Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses, and similar cults?

They all say they are following Him..... and some of these even have the most beautiful statues of His Mother right there beside His Statue, that you've ever seen.

So, i think what you are meaning is .....if we by faith BELIEVE IN JESUS as our Savior, then God will Have us as His own.  (Born again).

 

If you love the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself, I believe you'll find the gate to heaven open.                                                         

[johnthebaptist]

59 minutes ago, Billiards Ball said:

The commandments of which Bible book? The decalogue is for we Jews only. Do you marry your brother's wife? Wear mixed clothing? Kill a pigeon in Jerusalem for your sin?

Sin in the NT is missing the mark of God's perfection, not law-keeping.

You can sin as much as you want, but you'll find life difficult if you do. To avoid the trouble sin gets us into, we need to obey the commandments, but not the decrees, statutes, and ordinances that the Jews are required to obey: 

[18] And a ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
[19] And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
[20] You know the commandments: `Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.'" Luke 18:18-20

 

 

 

[Wayne222]

If you believe in Jesus name and love your brother and others you are saved. Now you cannot love your brother unless your first born of God. He loved us first. By giving his son up for us. It's only by faith in jesus that we become saved. If you believe God raise him from the dead . Then your justified by his blood. He gives you his spirit the second you believe.  The evidence you are saved is you love your brother. If you dont care about your brothers and sisters then it shows you dont believe.  But no one will be perfect in this life. You can fall short at times. But mostly you will be eager to show your love. If you fall short it will hurt you in your heart that you lack in some way and you will do something about it. No one born again does not love his brother or sister. You can be sure your saved by this. But in loving your brother you are not earning salvation but you are already saved by faith in christ. Through his blood.

[Behold]

13 hours ago, johnthebaptist said:

If you love the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself, I believe you'll find the gate to heaven open.                                                         

There is no gate to heaven.

What are you talking about?

There is a Savior, who is,  "THE WAY."   John  14:6

God doea not ask you for your "love" to save you.  He requires only one thing from you, and that is your FAITH.

"by Faith you are saved".   "justification by FAITH".

Now, i have a question for you.

You stated that in 1973, you encountered the Lord's "presence", and many years later you "repented".

So, on which of these occasions were you SAVED?

Edited March 28, 2020 by Behold

[johnthebaptist]

1 hour ago, Behold said:

There is no gate to heaven.

What are you talking about?

There is a Savior, who is,  "THE WAY."   John  14:6

God doea not ask you for your "love" to save you.  He requires only one thing from you, and that is your FAITH.

"by Faith you are saved".   "justification by FAITH".

Now, i have a question for you.

You stated that in 1973, you encountered the Lord's "presence", and many years later you "repented".

So, on which of these occasions were you SAVED?

[13] "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
[14] For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few. Matt 7:13-14 RSV

[Behold]

1 hour ago, johnthebaptist said:

[13] "Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is easy, that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
[14] For the gate is narrow and the way is hard, that leads to life, and those who find it are few. Matt 7:13-14 RSV

Nice verses.

But neither has anything to do with the Grace of God as a free gift, or "justification by Faith"...... tho many  Legalists who dont understand the Grace of God, would try to earn their way into heaven according to their misunderstanding of those  2 SYMBOLIC verses you posted.

You dont earn salvation by using a Gate or a garden hose, or a TV dinner.   You dont enter heaven through a gate or by a hole in a wall, or by riding a KITE.   You are ONLY accepted into the family of God based on the Blood of Jesus being applied to your sin, after you gave God your FAITH, that He requires.

Also, this is the 3rd time im going to ask you..    You said : in '1973 you had an experience with the "presence" of the Lord.   Those are your words.   You then said that years later, you "repented"... Those are your words.... So, for the 3rd time, i'm asking you if you were saved during one of those experiences, or not.

Thanks in advance for finally answering.

Edited March 28, 2020 by Behold

[Billiards Ball]

18 hours ago, johnthebaptist said:

You can sin as much as you want, but you'll find life difficult if you do. To avoid the trouble sin gets us into, we need to obey the commandments, but not the decrees, statutes, and ordinances that the Jews are required to obey: 

[18] And a ruler asked him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
[19] And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.
[20] You know the commandments: `Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and mother.'" Luke 18:18-20

1) No, James talks about keeping or breaking the Law, not "commandments". There are 613 commandments, by the way, within the Law of Moses, and Jesus said He didn't come to abolish the Law.

2) Are you claiming these commandments on Luke 18 are the ones to keep? They are very easy to keep and many atheists and theists keep them.

3) How do you think a person gets to Heaven and misses Hell? Can an atheist keep these commandments and inherit eternal life?

 

[simplejeff]

11 minutes ago, Billiards Ball said:

18 hours ago, johnthebaptist said:

.... Can an atheist keep these commandments and inherit eternal life?

 

Did Jesus die for the unrighteous ?

Is an atheist unrighteous (like all other people to start with) ?

Did Jesus die for the atheist ? 

Can the atheist therefore repent and be immersed in Jesus' Name and inherit eternal life (like few people who find the narrow gate/road to life as written) ?