Being Saved?

[DGonz]

I am 16 and i have started my christian beliefs about 2 or 3 months ago. I try to go to church every sunday with my bestfriend, as my family does not go to church, and i go to a bible study every monday also at my bestfriend's house. His father (who I'm very close to) will also explain verses of the bible to us, but at the end always go to this one topic about being saved and letting christ into your heart. He tells us that he KNOWS he has been saved, but he cannot describe the feeling for it is such a great feeling. I have accepted Christ into my heart about a month ago and i had felt a very emotional feeling when i finally let him in, but I am still unsure if I was saved or not. I feel like i am saved because i accepted Jesus and am trying my best to learn His word and trying not to sin, though i know i will never not be able to completely stop sinning, i still feel terrible when i do. But I feel like i didn't have the experience like my bestfriends father did, and it makes me worry that Christ has not yet entered my heart. I feel like i need to learn a lot more about His word, since i have not even believed in God until 3 months ago. I feel like my lack of knowledge is holding back Christ from reaching me, even if He does know I'm trying my best to know Him.

Or maybe I'm not trying my best? I'm pretty lost on this. I just would like some help. Thank you

 

[Stjernkvist]

I believe that Jesus is in your heart, and always will be he is there but you just need to learn how to feel his presence.
it stands in romans 10:9-10

That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.

That's why i think you are saved since you accepted Jesus in to your heart.

At beginning it was hard for me to know, if Jesus were with me, if Jesus walked by my side, can i avoid sins now?

Same question came up to my head when i was saved 1year and 6 days ago.

Well, non is sin free, that's why Jesus came. But trying to not make them and ask for forgiveness when you done them and really mean it you'll be forgiven.
And learning to know Jesus and His presence is reading by the Bible, Praying and listen to worship songs every day.
I'm not reading the bible every day, but my goal is to read at least 1 chapter every day more i'd like to.
When i'm at the computer i listen Christian music,
Praying, i try to do at all time, in bed, on the bus, in school. because praying isn't just praying if you understand. it talking to our Father, hang out with him, living with him, let him know how we feel. it is so much more than you do at nights before you go to bed.

Got pretty long message but i think you'll understand what i tried to tell. Just type me a PM or here if you got questions,
and welcome to the forums.
Bless

 

[solarwave]

Live by the Holy Spirit, live by love.

Jesus said the most important things are firstly to love God with all your heart, mind and strength, and secondly love others as you would wish them to love you.

So I would commitment to God expressed through loving His creation, doing what is good and right.

Of course being good doesn't save you, it is God's love that saves you. Jesus' death on the cross demonstrated this love for you, all you have to do is accept that God has forgiven you.

You can't 'try' to be saved, you accept that you are saved. God is good and God has saved you.

Galatians 3:6, "Consider Abraham: "He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness."

Do you believe Jesus died and rose from the dead and live according to that? And by live according I mean turning your heart towards God and trying to live as best as you can? Again, living good doesn't save you though. Christ came to set us free in love not to bind us to an impossible to keep law.

I hope that makes sense and isn't too long

 

[Kixa]

Congrats for coming into the Christian family!!!
Keep doing what your doing in trying to do what's right; a passion for doing what God wants is key.

 

[Girder of Loins]

Hi! Just because you didn't have the same experience as others did doesn't mean you aren't saved. God is personal, He isn't going to send some generic greeting card to everyone, He writes a personal letter. And about your thinking that God can't use a fresh believer. Matthew was a tax collector. Tax collectors were the scum of the earth. No one liked them, not even a fellow tax collector. Yet Matthew was one of the original twelve and did things some Christians long to do. As long as your ultimate desire is to do God's will, then you are spot-on and a Christian. Your soul is secured in heaven and I will be happy to meet you there!

 

[daniibp23]

The point is you have to have faith. You may not know completely, but you´re faith is so strong that it´s as if you did.

You will always keep sinning, it´s our nature, but Jesus cleaned our slate and we´re clean. Though it doesn´t mean we can say "Jesus forgave me so I´ll just go willy nilly and sin everywhere because I was forgiven already". The point is that we have to try to resist sin.