How can you know that you are saved? Part 1

[Jean Beck]

So, how can you know that you are saved? Here are a few things that will be true about you if you are saved:

1. You believe in Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. This means that you have confessed “with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead” (Romans 10:9).

2. You have repented of your sins. Repentance is the act, enabled by God, of turning away from sin and turning toward God (Acts 11:18). You have “put to death the deeds of your sinful nature” (Romans 8:13, NLT). Yes, you will still sin, but you now have an earnest desire to honor God by following His commands.

3. You have a new heart and a new life (Psalm 51:10; Ezekiel 36:26; John 3:3, 5; 2 Corinthians 5:17). This means that you are no longer the same person that you used to be. Because you have been transformed by the power of God, you now have a desire to glorify Him in everything that you do (1 Corinthians 10:31).

[tatwo]

Greetings @Jean Beck

Just thought I might include this as well...

"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together." (Rom 8:14-17 NKJV)

Tatwo...:)

[BornAgain490]

1 hour ago, Jean Beck said:

So, how can you know that you are saved? Here are a few things that will be true about you if you are saved:

1. You believe in Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. This means that you have confessed “with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead” (Romans 10:9).

2. You have repented of your sins. Repentance is the act, enabled by God, of turning away from sin and turning toward God (Acts 11:18). You have “put to death the deeds of your sinful nature” (Romans 8:13, NLT). Yes, you will still sin, but you now have an earnest desire to honor God by following His commands.

3. You have a new heart and a new life (Psalm 51:10; Ezekiel 36:26; John 3:3, 5; 2 Corinthians 5:17). This means that you are no longer the same person that you used to be. Because you have been transformed by the power of God, you now have a desire to glorify Him in everything that you do (1 Corinthians 10:31).

Amen. We walk by the Spirit, not by the flesh, and we mind the things of the Spirit, not the things of the flesh, because we have the Spirit indwelling us. Romans 8. 

[BornAgain490]

4 minutes ago, tatwo said:

Greetings @Jean Beck

Just thought I might include this as well...

"For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, "Abba, Father." The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together." (Rom 8:14-17 NKJV)

Tatwo...:)

Amen amen 

[missmuffet]

5 hours ago, Jean Beck said:

So, how can you know that you are saved? Here are a few things that will be true about you if you are saved:

1. You believe in Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. This means that you have confessed “with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead” (Romans 10:9).

2. You have repented of your sins. Repentance is the act, enabled by God, of turning away from sin and turning toward God (Acts 11:18). You have “put to death the deeds of your sinful nature” (Romans 8:13, NLT). Yes, you will still sin, but you now have an earnest desire to honor God by following His commands.

3. You have a new heart and a new life (Psalm 51:10; Ezekiel 36:26; John 3:3, 5; 2 Corinthians 5:17). This means that you are no longer the same person that you used to be. Because you have been transformed by the power of God, you now have a desire to glorify Him in everything that you do (1 Corinthians 10:31).

You become a new person in God. The old person is gone. You now have a daily relationship with God and you give God

100% of your life and who you are. You no longer want to control your life but give it to God.

[Your closest friendnt]

Very inconsiderate posts. Not sensitive towards the needs of simple believers. 

Jesus is asking His own believers, His own children to repent in his name. No the other way around. 

Jesus Christ is not only for the deacons and elders and the mature disciples but for everyone as one is and in any stage of mind set one is. And they are His as they are the moment they believe, as He has found them. 

His Children are smeared with all kinds of troubles. Troubles with their minds and their lifestyle. 

Believe as one is at the time one gets the revelation about Jesus Christ that he can believe and his faith will be accepted from Jesus Christ as he is at that precise moment. 

Edited November 17, 2024 by Your closest friendnt

[missmuffet]

7 minutes ago, Your closest friendnt said:

Very inconsiderate posts. Not sensitive towards the needs of simple believers. 

Jesus is asking His own believers, His own children to repent in his name. No the other way around. 

Jesus Christ is not only for the deacons and elders and the mature disciples but for everyone as one is and in any stage of mind set one is. And they are His as they are the moment they believe, as He has found them. 

His Children our smeared with all kinds of troubles. Troubles with their minds and their lifestyle. 

Believe as one is at the time one gets the revelation about Jesus Christ that he can believe and his faith will be accepted from Jesus Christ as he is at that precise moment. 

Simple believers? You are either a born again believer or you are not. You either spend an eternity in heaven or an eternity in hell.

[Your closest friendnt]

4 hours ago, missmuffet said:

Simple believers? You are either a born again believer or you are not. You either spend an eternity in heaven or an eternity in hell.

A believer is born from above from God. This is why we have believers and unbelievers. 

Jesus who is the judge of all knows that he is his own. 

Edited November 17, 2024 by Your closest friendnt

[grahampaul]

3 hours ago, missmuffet said:

Simple believers? You are either a born again believer or you are not. You either spend an eternity in heaven or an eternity in hell.

true though that is i find that a bit hard nosed, . not the sort of  way  i would present it  to a newborn anyway. i am a simple believer ,and find the or else almost a fear trip

[missmuffet]

36 minutes ago, grahampaul said:

true though that is i find that a bit hard nosed, . not the sort of  way  i would present it  to a newborn anyway. i am a simple believer ,and find the or else almost a fear trip

A new believer asks Jesus Christ into their heart and asks for repentance from their sins. Anyone can call themself a Christian. I did that for a long time. But I was not the born again believer that God wanted me to be. I finally committed myself to God 100%

and that is when I started to grow in Christ. Otherwise you are just a lukewarm believer. Christianity doesn't need to be a fear trip

unless you know that you are only a part time believer and that is not good. God may not even answer your prayers if that is the case.