On the forums: I normally don't answer personal questions in regards to my own salvation if someone is opposed to what I believe the Bible teaches. I do this so as not to cause any arguments or back and forth finger pointing.
But to answer your question in a third person way:
#1. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:” (Romans 8:16). “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” (Romans 8:14). “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.” (Galatians 5:16).
#2. “And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.” (1 John 2:3-4). “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” (1 John 5:12). In other words, we can have an assurance in knowing the Lord if we find that we are keeping His commandments (1 John 2:3). But if a person says they know the Lord and they do not keep His commandments, they are a liar and the truth is not in them (1 John 2:4). What truth is not in them? Jesus. For Jesus is the way the truth and the life (John 14:6). Can we have life without the Son? Can we be out of fellowship with Jesus and still be saved? No. 1 John 5:12 says he that has the Son has life, and he that does not have the Son, does not have life. This “life” (mentioned in 1 John 5:12) is in context to “eternal life” mentioned in verse 11 (i.e. 1 John 5:11).
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” (2 Corinthians 13:5).
“Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” (Philippians 2:12).
