Many people talk about evidence of salvation. You can know that you are saved if you have believed on Christ, but can there be other evidence to prove that you are really saved?
Here is what I believe is the greatest evidence of salvation: if you can understand the Bible.
1 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV) says, "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
So this verse is teaching that it is impossible for the 'natural man' to know the things of the Spirit of God. If you are not saved, you only have the natural man. You don't have that new spiritual man inside you. You can only understand the scriptures once you have been born again spiritually. That's why the atheists often compare the Bible to a fairy tale, because the Bible is foolishness unto them just like 1 Corinthians 2:14 teaches.
Another evidence of salvation is that you hear God's word. If someone tells you about God's word, and you hear it, and you believe it and it makes sense to you, that's another evidence that you're saved.
1 John 4:5-6 (KJV) says, "They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."
Many people would think that your works are the evidence of salvation. That's false! Your works are not evidence of salvation! People who are not saved can quit drinking and they can quit smoking. They can have a changed life and turn from sins but they're still not saved. It's also possible for a saved person to not turn from his sins and still be saved. It's called being a carnal Christian. According to Romans 4:5, even a guy who doesn't have any works whatsoever is still saved if he has faith. So works or turning from sin is not a good way to test if someone is saved.
Romans 4:5 (KJV), "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."
Here is what I believe is the greatest evidence of salvation: if you can understand the Bible.
1 Corinthians 2:14 (KJV) says, "But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
So this verse is teaching that it is impossible for the 'natural man' to know the things of the Spirit of God. If you are not saved, you only have the natural man. You don't have that new spiritual man inside you. You can only understand the scriptures once you have been born again spiritually. That's why the atheists often compare the Bible to a fairy tale, because the Bible is foolishness unto them just like 1 Corinthians 2:14 teaches.
Another evidence of salvation is that you hear God's word. If someone tells you about God's word, and you hear it, and you believe it and it makes sense to you, that's another evidence that you're saved.
1 John 4:5-6 (KJV) says, "They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error."
Many people would think that your works are the evidence of salvation. That's false! Your works are not evidence of salvation! People who are not saved can quit drinking and they can quit smoking. They can have a changed life and turn from sins but they're still not saved. It's also possible for a saved person to not turn from his sins and still be saved. It's called being a carnal Christian. According to Romans 4:5, even a guy who doesn't have any works whatsoever is still saved if he has faith. So works or turning from sin is not a good way to test if someone is saved.
Romans 4:5 (KJV), "But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."