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can you ever truly have a true Biblical assurance of your salvation in Christ.
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Yes, the bible assures us of salvation, if we are truly saved. Though, it truly is The Holy Spirit who assures us of our salvation, and our conscience that bears witness - this is why repentance is key to salvation. Then our conscience states that indeed we love to do good and to not practice sin.can you ever truly have a true Biblical assurance of your salvation in Christ.
Ok so a little background on me, I am 18 will soon be 19 and I thought that I was saved at the age of 6 I remember getting on my knees and begging God to protect me from satan and hell. Well about a month after turning 18 I began to have incredibly serious doubts and depression that followed those doubts. Its like all of a sudden it was impossible for me to believe. Now I am in the situation where every now in then I get a little boost of trust in Jesus. I tell myself just trust that He really did die for you and really did rise again on the third day. Even as I type this I feel like deep down inside I know that is true but it's like something in my head is just not agreeing. I pray everyday since this all started that God would just open my heart and allow me to just have true Biblical saving faith in Him. I started multiple Bible reading plans and have been trying everything I know to do. It's like when I'm trying to do stuff I just keep getting like this feeling of what if my belief is not truly genuine then I go into the I can't believe then a few minutes later I'm like I think I trust but I really don't know. Please help I want to go to Heaven I really do. I want to serve God but I'm having trouble. My Boyfriend(He's 16) has told me he is also having these troubles. I'm not sure if it affects it or not but I have OCD and I have depersonalization disorder. Please help me. God Bless!
what if im not meant to be saved. ??????????
Too late...you already are....its a done deal....its not about what you have done but what He has done for you....the rest is commentary! Remember...you HAVE a mind you are not your mind. The enemies are the world system (the way they train you to reason and what they judge and require), the Self (the old man/the flesh - the lust of the eyes, the appetites of the flesh, and your vanity needs), and the devils (re-read Genesis 3...it is they who cause you to doubt in hopes of bringing you to the place where you believe you are your own lord, and that you must and have a right to determine good and evil for yourself - Genesis 3:5)....
Whatever you are going through just trust God and lean not unto your own understanding...think about it...Thomas was with Him 3 1/2 years and SAW actual miracles and still had his doubts...
So yes talk about some things that are bothering you..."just believing" is too vague...why is just believing an issue...believing what?
Yes...when you are living in the power of the HS. The evidence of this HS is found in Gal. 5:22-23 and is also evidenced through our obedience to God (kind of like a summary of all the evidence of the HS) In fact, scripture tells us that this HS is our guarantee of salvation. Eph. 1:14 and II Cor. 1:22can you ever truly have a true Biblical assurance of your salvation in Christ.
Well I'm not sure if what I have is belief or not. I mean I do believe that Jesus is the son of God and I know that He died for our sins on the cross. My problem is just trusting in that for my salvation. I just feel like there is something that I have to do. I realize that there is nothing that I can do though. I can't even believe and trust in those things without God helping me. And that has been my prayer every night for almost a year, that He would help me to believe because I am not able to. So I'm not sure if what I have is just belief or just acknowledgement.
Ok so a little background on me, I am 18 will soon be 19 and I thought that I was saved at the age of 6 I remember getting on my knees and begging God to protect me from satan and hell. Well about a month after turning 18 I began to have incredibly serious doubts and depression that followed those doubts. Its like all of a sudden it was impossible for me to believe. Now I am in the situation where every now in then I get a little boost of trust in Jesus. I tell myself just trust that He really did die for you and really did rise again on the third day. Even as I type this I feel like deep down inside I know that is true but it's like something in my head is just not agreeing. I pray everyday since this all started that God would just open my heart and allow me to just have true Biblical saving faith in Him. I started multiple Bible reading plans and have been trying everything I know to do. It's like when I'm trying to do stuff I just keep getting like this feeling of what if my belief is not truly genuine then I go into the I can't believe then a few minutes later I'm like I think I trust but I really don't know. Please help I want to go to Heaven I really do. I want to serve God but I'm having trouble. My Boyfriend(He's 16) has told me he is also having these troubles. I'm not sure if it affects it or not but I have OCD and I have depersonalization disorder. Please help me. God Bless!
Ok so a little background on me, I am 18 will soon be 19 and I thought that I was saved at the age of 6 I remember getting on my knees and begging God to protect me from satan and hell. Well about a month after turning 18 I began to have incredibly serious doubts and depression that followed those doubts. Its like all of a sudden it was impossible for me to believe. Now I am in the situation where every now in then I get a little boost of trust in Jesus. I tell myself just trust that He really did die for you and really did rise again on the third day. Even as I type this I feel like deep down inside I know that is true but it's like something in my head is just not agreeing. I pray everyday since this all started that God would just open my heart and allow me to just have true Biblical saving faith in Him. I started multiple Bible reading plans and have been trying everything I know to do. It's like when I'm trying to do stuff I just keep getting like this feeling of what if my belief is not truly genuine then I go into the I can't believe then a few minutes later I'm like I think I trust but I really don't know. Please help I want to go to Heaven I really do. I want to serve God but I'm having trouble. My Boyfriend(He's 16) has told me he is also having these troubles. I'm not sure if it affects it or not but I have OCD and I have depersonalization disorder. Please help me. God Bless!
Well, You have to live, not like you don't necessarily care about your soul or salvation, but something close to it, to do otherwise is to coveting your own soul, cause the truth is you don't know and there's no way to tell or judge, Jesus picks and chooses those whom he wishes to call his by criteria that we not only do not know, but can not know in this life...can you ever truly have a true Biblical assurance of your salvation in Christ.
If ever I doubt it, it is because I have not resolved to accept I have been wrong, and to therefore repent. It has been my experience that whenever I become aware of a sin I have committed, I am also told by The Word of God that what I did that was wrong and counselled by The Holy Spirit so that I can resolve to change willingly and for good reason. Then, if I refuse to repent, I have lost the countenance of knowing He has accepted me, just as He said to Cain. This is why Jesus says "remain in me as I am in you". This is the Christian way of life, to come into the light. The light reveals the things that are hidden, so that way it can be seen that we are living right in the sight of God. Jesus said that the ones resurrected to life are the ones who love to do good. This describes the ones who when they learn of sin and the motive for sin in their life, they will repent because they love to do good. He says in the same sentence that those who love to practice sin will be resurrected to judgement. Therefore, the ones who live a blameless life, are those who are always willing to repent when they learn of their sin Proverbs 24:16. In this way, they live according to God's instruction to them despite their own temptations and weaknesses. They receive assurance from The Holy Spirit that they are children of God and their conscience bears witness that indeed, they are living in a blameless way. This is how the truth can be appreciated in Romans 8:1-2.And to those of you who say you can be sure of your own salvation, I want to ask you, "How do you "know"?
This is part of His plan for bringing you to the point of belief with the heart, not the mind.I am now in the state where I can feel nothing. I no longer feel God and I can't believe. I'm starting to feel like this is completely hopeless and like there is no hope for me. Why is God putting me through this? Why can't I just have the believe and saving faith that I need to have eternal life with Him? I'm not really sure what to do at this point.
I'm Honestly really not sure anymore. I mean I still have moment where if I really think about i I believe that Jesus really died and rose again, but right now i am just "here" alive. I can't really fell God and I feel like He don't want me because He isn't giving me the belief in Him I have so ling been praying for.This is part of His plan for bringing you to the point of belief with the heart, not the mind.
So, what belief do you want? What belief are you seeking? Last night I had a discussion with our son about the difference between mental assent to something that we cannot "prove" without a doubt and the belief of the heart that has to seek a reason not to believe rather than seeking a reason to believe. Where do you fall on that spectrum?
Okay, start by forgetting about what it "feels" like. Feelings/emotions can and often are deceptive. They are important to our lives, but not something we can live in.I'm Honestly really not sure anymore. I mean I still have moment where if I really think about i I believe that Jesus really died and rose again, but right now i am just "here" alive. I can't really fell God and I feel like He don't want me because He isn't giving me the belief in Him I have so ling been praying for.
I think a combination of all of these things. I have all the facts in my mind and i am trying to off of that.I'm just trying to trust Jesus to get me into Heaven and I am not sure why that is so difficult for me.Okay, start by forgetting about what it "feels" like. Feelings/emotions can and often are deceptive. They are important to our lives, but not something we can live in.
So, setting feelings aside, are you trying to believe with your mind, your heart/being/essence, or with your emotions?
Okay, let's try another approach...we can figure this out. What do you believe and what do you doubt. specifically. Most on this thread so far have assumed you doubt salvation is as easy as belief of the heart, I'm not sure that is what you doubt. So, specifically, what do you believe and what do you doubt?I think a combination of all of these things. I have all the facts in my mind and i am trying to off of that.I'm just trying to trust Jesus to get me into Heaven and I am not sure why that is so difficult for me.