How does one know they are following Jesus the moment after convrsion?

[Bob8102]

I can, as completely sincerely as I know how, give my life to Christ, then...in the next moment not be sure I am actually following Him. For instance, that happened a short while ago, this morning. I was next going to set about to continue my morning prayers, but then wondered if I was actually following Him in the Spirit, moment by moment, after that. I figured I might be setting about to continue my prayers with self on the throne, in the power of the flesh, rather than with Him on the throne, in the power of the Spirit.

Can one detect, moment by moment, whether they are in the Spirit or in the flesh? What should I do the next moment after giving my life to Christ? Then the next moment, and the next?

 

[Tolworth John]

Can one detect, moment by moment, whether they are in the Spirit or in the flesh?

No one cannot do this, for a simple reason it is irrelevent.
If you are Jesus's then All of your life, every single second, day and night belongs to Jesus.

All we can do is seek to live for Jesus, trusting in his total knowledge of us and of his unmeasurable love for us to understand our failures.

 

[gracealone]

Typically, if this is OCD driven, it's not about trying to know as much as it is trying to FEEL that all is well with our relationship with Christ. These questions pop in and with OCD there's a level of anxiety attached to them that makes us feel compelled to seek certainty or reassurance. What those of us with OCD need to do is to just ignore these type of questions and move on in our walk for Christ. We let Him have the responsibility for our positional standing with Him because that's His work not ours. Then, we do our best to live for Him according to what we learn about in His Word. We obviously won't ever do this perfectly, which is the reason for the grace of the Cross.