Am I Saved

[ddrgkd]

I have felt at times in the past that maybe I wasn't saved. Then a great brother told me not to worry, look up Romans ten and ask yourself did I do this.

Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

You literally have to come to the realization that Christ died for you and everyone. It will make you wonder why in the world was i waiting.

JOHN 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.

Only faith "full belief" in Jesus Christ can provide salvation. Ask in your own way this is just a guide.

"Dear heavenly Father I am sorry Christ had to take the punishment that I deserve." "I ask you Christ that you please forgive me of all my sins. I thank you Lord for your wonderful grace and forgiveness.”

After your done tell a pastor at a Christian Church that you have asked Christ for Salvation and go to Sunday school you'll find fellowship to be a great help as you grow as a Christian.

 

[1watchman]

It is not just asking God to save one, but in RECEIVING the Savior. One must confess the Lord Jesus personally as their Savior and Lord of their life, and be devoted to Him forever. This is not saying one will never fail or sin some small way, but believers can confess it as directed (1 Jn. 1:9-10).

 

[Daniel1611]

Do you believe in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ? If so, you are saved and cannot lose your salvation. If you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth, then you are saved. People like to preach that salvation is difficult and it makes people doubt. But the Bible says believe on Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.

"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." 1 John 5:13

The Bible says that we can KNOW that we have eternal life. Did you catch that? It said that we can KNOW. Not think. Not guess. Not hope. It says we can KNOW that we have eternal life. And did you see that? We can know that we HAVE eternal life. Not that we will get it or can get it. It doesn't say we might get it if we earn it. It says we already have it if we believe on Jesus Christ.

 

[ddrgkd]

Do you believe in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ? If so, you are saved and cannot lose your salvation. If you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth, then you are saved. People like to preach that salvation is difficult and it makes people doubt. But the Bible says believe on Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.

"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." 1 John 5:13

The Bible says that we can KNOW that we have eternal life. Did you catch that? It said that we can KNOW. Not think. Not guess. Not hope. It says we can KNOW that we have eternal life. And did you see that? We can know that we HAVE eternal life. Not that we will get it or can get it. It doesn't say we might get it if we earn it. It says we already have it if we believe on Jesus Christ.

Amen

 

[faroukfarouk]

Romans 1 speaks of 'the obedience of faith'. Obeying the gospel does not mean continuing in willful disobedience, but rather with changed hearts the person trusts and follows the Lord Jesus in the light of His death at the Cross for sinners.

 

[98cwitr]

Do you believe in the death, burial and resurrection of Christ? If so, you are saved and cannot lose your salvation. If you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth, then you are saved. People like to preach that salvation is difficult and it makes people doubt. But the Bible says believe on Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved.

"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." 1 John 5:13

The Bible says that we can KNOW that we have eternal life. Did you catch that? It said that we can KNOW. Not think. Not guess. Not hope. It says we can KNOW that we have eternal life. And did you see that? We can know that we HAVE eternal life. Not that we will get it or can get it. It doesn't say we might get it if we earn it. It says we already have it if we believe on Jesus Christ.

What is the difference between believing IN Christ and believing ON Christ?

One must be reborn of the Spirit. The evidence of salvation is in a man's heart and thus his fruits.

 

[JLR1300]

If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead you will be saved. Romans 10:9

Now Paul says that you need to believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. He is just putting the gospel in a nutshell. He insists on that part of the gospel because if you are able to believe that Jesus rose from the dead then the other parts are easy to believe. The whole gospel however, is that Jesus died for our sins and redeemed us and satisfied the wrath of God and then rose again. And what we are supposed to believe is that by His death Jesus redeems ME and saves me personally and makes me right with God. In other words we trust Him to Save us and we make no effort to save ourselves by anything that we can do.

To confess that Jesus is Lord is to acknowledge that Jesus is God. Jesus told the Pharisees in John 8:24, "If you do not believe that I am He you shall die in your sins" The Apostle Peter's great confession was that "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God". Jesus replied "upon this rock (that confession that I am the Son of God) I will build my church.

So to be justified a person must believe and admit that Jesus is the Lord God. When you believe that you are justified. Of course, it is a temptation to add works to the gospel.

Many will say that to admit that Jesus is Lord is not just to believe that the man Jesus is Divine but before you can be justified you must make some moral decisions and commitments. You must resolve to submit always to Christ as Lord and Master and put Him first in your life and love Him supremely. (In other words, you must keep the greatest commandment in the Law which is to Love the Lord your God with all your heart) Also you must repent of all your sins. (1 John 3:4 says, "sin is the transgression of the law" so you must agree not to transgress the law of Moses but instead to keep it)

So to some people.... on the one hand, Paul said that salvation is not by works or by the Law but instead is by faith which simply means to believe that Jesus is Lord and to trust in His death and resurrection to save you... but on the other hand... you also need to submit and agree to be fully submissive and commit yourself to obedience to Christ and love Him supremely and repent of all sin without holding anything back and agree to not transgress the law ever and to keep it always. So it isn't by works but yet it is!!! WOW. What a crazy gospel!!!

The truth is this. Romans teaches us that the Law cannot save. Salvation is not by works at all. Paul says "therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith APART FROM the works of the law. Paul tells us the the big lesson is this..."Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him as righteousness"

So really the gospel is simply this.... If you believe that Jesus is God and if you believe that He died for sin and rose again and if you believe that His death saves YOU and you don't trust in anything you can do...you are saved. It's just by faith ...not by any works of any kind.

Now it's true that after we are justified by simple faith... that belief that Jesus is God will be used by the Spirit to produce works. But that is the result of salvation.

 

[mikedsjr]

*dumb hat on*
So I need to fully believe in Jesus? How hard do I need to believe to be sure I fully believe God raised Jesus from the dead? How can one be sure they fully believe? How can one be sure they didn't turn over a new leaf on their own? What about the people who believed, their lives changed 180 degrees for 20 years then all of a sudden they reject God? Are they still saved since they fully believed for 20 years? And what about the person who wasn't a Christian and lived a life better than 90% of Christians then they became on a Christian? How much more of a change do you expect to see in their life to prove they were saved? Were the Corinthians saved despite sleeping with their mother-in-laws?
*dumb hat off*

I think their is more to becoming a Christian than people think, but yet I also believe faith is not something from yourself. God gives people the faith and when he does, they are saved. And as time goes on, they will at least demonstrate their faith in the acknowledgement in the doctrines of God, not by a groups standard of actions like how many times they feed the poor

 

[Dari0]

I have questioned my salvation a lot, whats kept me is trusting God.

That by grace through faith in the son of God that I'm saved. Abraham was saved by his faith, although Jesus wasn't born yet, God spared him because of his faith in the Lord. The same goes for us in trusting Jesus. Matthew 7:20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them. I can tell if someone is a Christian or not by their fruit, how they love, forgive, and genuineness.

 

[mikedsjr]

Dari, so if we just met and I told you I was a Christian (maybe having a bad day and you didn't know) and I cursed someone out in front of you, would you consider me a Christian? If a wonderful kind person said they were a Christian, but they didn't tell you they believed Jesus was not God and believed Jesus and Satan are brothers, would you then think, "what a wonderful Christian?"

 

[mikedsjr]

One more question: When was the man in the chariot saved when Philip, literally led by the Holy Spirit, came over and asked him what are you reading?

 

[preacher4truth]

The Bible says that we can KNOW that we have eternal life. Did you catch that? It said that we can KNOW. Not think. Not guess. Not hope. It says we can KNOW that we have eternal life. And did you see that? We can know that we HAVE eternal life. Not that we will get it or can get it. It doesn't say we might get it if we earn it. It says we already have it if we believe on Jesus Christ.

Yes this is true. However the 'we' is qualified by passing the tests in 1 John which are proofs of being either genuinely saved or lost. That is to whom the 'we' refers to in 1 John 5:13 and none else.

 

[JLR1300]

Yes this is true. However the 'we' is qualified by passing the tests in 1 John which are proofs of being either genuinely saved or lost. That is to whom the 'we' refers to in 1 John 5:13 and none else.

I think there is a certain balance in the scriptures. It teaches that we are saved by faith alone but it also insists that there will be changes in us and fruits of the Spirit. Since Christians have the Holy Spirit they 1. Live moral lives. 2. Love other believers 3. Believe Jesus is God

Of course, there can be periods either short or long when they are backslidden but God will chasten them and discipline them and bring them back. It would seem that based on some scriptures, sometimes a Christian will get out of God's will and stubbornly resist coming back to obedience and God will take them home rather than let them continue in sin. Example... the guy sleeping with his mother-in-law in 1st Corinthians.

 

[Dari0]

Dari, so if we just met and I told you I was a Christian (maybe having a bad day and you didn't know) and I cursed someone out in front of you, would you consider me a Christian? If a wonderful kind person said they were a Christian, but they didn't tell you they believed Jesus was not God and believed Jesus and Satan are brothers, would you then think, "what a wonderful Christian?"

We all have bad days, heck, I make mistakes all the time and have bad days every other day. If I truly saw your fruit, your love, got to sit and see your life from a birds eye view, seeing what you do behind closed doors (now its getting creepy) but how God sees you, then I could make a clear distinction if you're a Christian or "Saved". Has God changed the way you live?

At the end of the day, we're saved by grace through faith in the son of God, and we are new creations because hes exchanged our evil hearts for His!

 

[JLR1300]

Did I say mother-in-law? I have read that but it seems that it may have been his step-mother instead.

 

[preacher4truth]

I think there is a certain balance in the scriptures. It teaches that we are saved by faith alone but it also insists that there will be changes in us and fruits of the Spirit. Since Christians have the Holy Spirit they 1. Live moral lives. 2. Love other believers 3. Believe Jesus is God

Of course, there can be periods either short or long when they are backslidden but God will chasten them and discipline them and bring them back. It would seem that based on some scriptures, sometimes a Christian will get out of God's will and stubbornly resist coming back to obedience and God will take them home rather than let them continue in sin. Example... the guy sleeping with his mother-in-law in 1st Corinthians.

I highly doubt the salvation of the alleged incestuous man. I believe he came to salvation only after being cast out. He did bear 'the name' of brother which does cast doubt upon it being a reality imo. I believe the NASB get's it correct in saying 'so-called' brother.

BTW the usage of 'backslidden' to describe believers isn't correct. Its OT counterpart doesn't ring the same as it, iirc, means apostasy. But, that said I would have to look into that again. The meaning propagated today seems to imply license and to extend the false doctrine of 'carnal christianity'.

I do however agree that a believer may stumble, fall &c. But I do believe who falls into said category will be brought back to the fold.

 

[JLR1300]

Yes, I am still trying to decide whether a sinning believer is always brought back before He dies or whether their might be some cases where God just kills him. Like with Anninias and Sapphira or like Kings 13:1-24 God killed a prophet for disobeying. Or like Uzzah killed for attempting to stabilize the Ark of the covenant... or like in 1st John 5 about seeing a brother sin a sin which is unto death... (I don't believe that that means a brother can sin a sin that leads to eternal death.... so it must mean something like in Corinthians where the church members were dishonoring the Lord's supper and so some were sick and some sleep (are dead)

Or like where Jesus tells us the parable about the fig tree in Luke 13:8 where the fig tree didn't produce fruit and so the the owner told the keeper of the vineyard to cut down the tree but the keeper said let me dig around it and let's give it another year and then if it produces fruit fine but if not we will cut it down. I know that there are scriptures about enduring but there seem to be cases where the overall life is moral but it didn't end up well. A true Christian cannot live always in sin and never repent but is it possible to end up on a sour note and still be saved ... it would seem so.

 

[preacher4truth]

Yes, I am still trying to decide whether a sinning believer is always brought back before He dies or whether their might be some cases where God just kills him. Like with Anninias and Sapphira or like Kings 13:1-24 God killed a prophet for disobeying. Or like Uzzah killed for attempting to stabilize the Ark of the covenant... or like in 1st John 5 about seeing a brother sin a sin which is unto death... (I don't believe that that means a brother can sin a sin that leads to eternal death.... so it must mean something like in Corinthians where the church members were dishonoring the Lord's supper and so some were sick and some sleep (are dead)

Or like where Jesus tells us the parable about the fig tree in Luke 13:8 where the fig tree didn't produce fruit and so the the owner told the keeper of the vineyard to cut down the tree but the keeper said let me dig around it and let's give it another year and then if it produces fruit fine but if not we will cut it down. I know that there are scriptures about enduring but there seem to be cases where the overall life is moral but it didn't end up well. A true Christian cannot live always in sin and never repent but is it possible to end up on a sour note and still be saved ... it would seem so.

Thanks for your thoughts on this. Of those in the parable of the soils (Matthew 13:18-24) who would you say were genuinely saved?

 

[JLR1300]

I look at things from a somewhat Calvinistic view.... So I think that the soils represent the hearts of the people who hear the gospel. The first three soils (hearts) are left unregenerate and so when they hear the word of God none of them really believe and trust Christ in the correct way and so none of them are actually justified... so in time either sooner or later they basically leave Christianity. The last soil (heart) is made a good soil (regenerated) by God and so that person truly trusts Christ alone for salvation and that heart's fruit is good (but not only because it is regenerate but because of the indwelling Holy Spirit... we have to have the Holy Spirit to produce the fruits of the Spirit). If you make the tree good it's fruit will be good. Some trees produce more fruit than others but all produce some.

 

[preacher4truth]

I look at things from a somewhat Calvinistic view.... So I think that the soils represent the hearts of the people who hear the gospel. The first three soils (hearts) are left unregenerate and so when they hear the word of God none of them really believe and trust Christ in the correct way and so none of them are actually justified... so in time either sooner or later they basically leave Christianity. The last soil (heart) is made a good soil (regenerated) by God and so that person truly trusts Christ alone for salvation and that heart's fruit is good (but not only because it is regenerate but because of the indwelling Holy Spirit... we have to have the Holy Spirit to produce the fruits of the Spirit). If you make the tree good it's fruit will be good. Some trees produce more fruit than others but all produce some.

Luke 8:12 solidifies the spiritual state of the different soils. Unfortunately too many are out there preaching they're all saved therefore falsely assuring some that aren't...