How do you know when you are saved?

[full_of_faith]

How do you know?

I thought years ago that I was saved and then after a while, it seemed that my faith went downhill. I know my name says "full of faith," and that is what I am striving for. I have read that it is possible to be saved and then not, depending on your how you feel about your beliefs, etc.

Is there any specific feeling that happens when you are saved?

I would love to be saved; however, since I have gotten older I have more and more questions about Christianity.

For instance, if you watch the History or Discovery Channel, they will talk about how dinosaurs were around 16 million years ago or something like that. If the Earth has only been around for about 6,000 years, how is that possible???

I have been trying to be more spiritual as I get older, but it just isn't "clicking." I would like to lead a Christian life and am trying to work towards that.

 

[TexasGirl06]

How do you know?

I thought years ago that I was saved and then after a while, it seemed that my faith went downhill. I know my name says "full of faith," and that is what I am striving for. I have read that it is possible to be saved and then not, depending on your how you feel about your beliefs, etc.

Is there any specific feeling that happens when you are saved?

I would love to be saved; however, since I have gotten older I have more and more questions about Christianity.

For instance, if you watch the History or Discovery Channel, they will talk about how dinosaurs were around 16 million years ago or something like that. If the Earth has only been around for about 6,000 years, how is that possible???

I have been trying to be more spiritual as I get older, but it just isn't "clicking." I would like to lead a Christian life and am trying to work towards that.

Hello, Full_of-Faith....

We are saved, when our sins are forgiven.

The Bible says that the wages for sin is death. That means, that because we have sinned (we all have) we will go to hell when we die and leave earth.

But, God loves us too much....to just leave us in our sinful, going to hell state.
This is why He sent his Son.
That would be Jesus.

Our sin has to be punished.
Jesus will be born and live a perfect, sinless life.
He is a pure, sacrificial lamb.

The Father will put my sin (and your sin) onto Jesus, when Jesus is hung on the cross.
Jesus will take the punishment for my sin.
This was His purpose for being born.

But...do I believe this?
Do I trust that Jesus did this FOR ME?
Do I acknowledge that I have sinned against a Holy God?
Have I brought my sin to the Lord and asked Him to forgive me?
Am I experiencing genuine repentence for my sin?
ie: Am I REALLY sorry for what I have done.

If yes, then the Bible tells us that we are saved. Our soul is saved for all eternity. Heaven bound upon earthly death.

Will I continue to sin, after I am saved?
Of course.
I am still human and will still sin.
My sins (past, present, future) are forgiven at the cross, if only I trust.

I can never be good enough for God. I can never be good enough to get myself into Heaven. Never.

Good people don't go to Heaven.
Forgiven people go to Heaven.

With Jesus, my sin is washed away, clean as pure, white, snow....
I have full access to the Father, through His Son, Jesus Christ.

After I am saved, I begin my relationship with the Living God. It is a lifelong process.

God never promises us an easy life, as one of His children.
He does promise that He will always be with us.

Hope this helps....

 

[matthewgoh]

I would love to be saved; however, since I have gotten older I have more and more questions about Christianity.

For instance, if you watch the History or Discovery Channel, they will talk about how dinosaurs were around 16 million years ago or something like that. If the Earth has only been around for about 6,000 years, how is that possible???

Believing in Christ is the only way to God's kingdom. Do not let your heart be deceived by devil. Develop a close relationship with God, pray and ask him to soften your heart, tell him you want to be saved. Dedicate your life to Christ, stay away from the worldly deceptions, if your faith is still weak. God bless.

 

[ShiningSonBeam]

The process of "sanctification" is lifelong. You may not feel saved when you are giving into temptations, but "if you confess with your mouth and believe with your heart that Jesus is LORD, then you will be saved." Remember, the demons know the truth also... they just choose not to make Him Lord of their existence (and maybe they are unable to in the first place, I'm not sure)... the point is that simply believing Jesus is the Son of God sent to die in our place will not bring salvation until you ask Him to be the Lord (meaning "master") of your life. That is step one: "Justification", the one-time sacrifice by Jesus for your sins. Once you have been "justified" then you can grow in Him (which is becoming "sanctified", meaning "set apart" for Him.)

With regard to the Discovery Channel, etc... this is man's attempt to understand things which are incomprehensible. The Earth was not created as dust, seedlings and saplings, but as full-grown mountains, adult animals and mature trees. So, when stuff is dug up and dated (which is interesting in itself: how can they determine the age of something when comparing it to something else which they have to determine the age of), they are seeing full-grown examples with the appearance of many thousands of years before Day 1.

Ask HIM about these things and it will make sense. "Knock and the door will be opened unto you. Seek and you will find".

 

[MinDach]

(For instance, if you watch the History or Discovery Channel, they will talk about how dinosaurs were around 16 million years ago or something like that. If the Earth has only been around for about 6,000 years, how is that possible???)

Yes there was dinosaurs, everyone usually forget the time factor, how God fit 1,000,000,000,000,000 in to 6 days, You may think I am nuts, but it's simple , it is space, time, matter....there is a book by Dr.Gerald Schroeder he is a Nuclear Physicist, he does seem to know what he is talking about, he is the first person I have every found who has put it all together

(Is there any specific feeling that happens when you are saved?)

You can not go on feeling, if we did that it would drive us all nuts. You need to reach out to God, he has not left you, you left him. Ask the the Holy Spirit to come, and he will.........let me ask you this, if you sin tomorrow, will you be lost that day, and the next day you do good and ask God to forgive you, will you be saved that day only. God loves his children, the key here is ( His Children ) all the world are not his children, we are his by a mark, the mark is the Holy Spirit, search for him and he will come.......my best to you

 

[Annoula]

i could never understand the "i am saved" thing.

how can one be saved one day and then go back to the same old bad habits, doubts etc...

for me and for the Orthodox the "saving" thing is a lifelong process. you never know if you are saved unless you die and your soul reaches the Heavens.

 

[ebia]

How do you know?

I thought years ago that I was saved and then after a while, it seemed that my faith went downhill. I know my name says "full of faith," and that is what I am striving for. I have read that it is possible to be saved and then not, depending on your how you feel about your beliefs, etc.

Others have said it, but it bears repeating: being saved is a lifelong process, not an instantaeous event.

Is there any specific feeling that happens when you are saved?

Yep - you'll know it when you finally come face to face with our Lord. In the mean time...

I would love to be saved; however, since I have gotten older I have more and more questions about Christianity.

Good. One should never stop thinking and asking questions. Christianity is a journey, not an arrival. A walk with God, not a one off meeting.

For instance, if you watch the History or Discovery Channel, they will talk about how dinosaurs were around 16 million years ago or something like that. If the Earth has only been around for about 6,000 years, how is that possible???

It's not. Most of the world's Christians accept that Genesis is a theological document, not a scientific one. That it is a narrative to tell us about God's role and purpose in creation and ours, not a dry piece of history, and that God's Creation itself can tell us how it was created, how long it took, etc. Genesis is about why?

I have been trying to be more spiritual as I get older, but it just isn't "clicking."

In what way?

I would like to lead a Christian life and am trying to work towards that.

Ok. What do you think "a Christian life" is?

 

[Adstar]

How do you know?

I thought years ago that I was saved and then after a while, it seemed that my faith went downhill. I know my name says "full of faith," and that is what I am striving for. I have read that it is possible to be saved and then not, depending on your how you feel about your beliefs, etc.

Is there any specific feeling that happens when you are saved?

I would love to be saved; however, since I have gotten older I have more and more questions about Christianity.

For instance, if you watch the History or Discovery Channel, they will talk about how dinosaurs were around 16 million years ago or something like that. If the Earth has only been around for about 6,000 years, how is that possible???

Hi full of faith

The first thing you must do is stop relying on your own emotions. People who do that will think they are saved one day and think there doomed the next. Place your trust in the Word of God that if you believe in the Messiah Jesus that you will be saved. It has nothing to do with your current emotional state. It has to do with what you believe and whom you trust.

I have been trying to be more spiritual as I get older, but it just isn't "clicking." I would like to lead a Christian life and am trying to work towards that.

This rings alarm bells in my head. Your salvation is not dependant on your ability to live a perfect life or your ability to reach some super spiritual state. Salvation is not Earned or Won. It is a Gift that is Accepted.


All Praise The Ancient Of Days

 

[£amb]

How do you know?

I thought years ago that I was saved and then after a while, it seemed that my faith went downhill. I know my name says "full of faith," and that is what I am striving for. I have read that it is possible to be saved and then not, depending on your how you feel about your beliefs, etc.

Is there any specific feeling that happens when you are saved?

I would love to be saved; however, since I have gotten older I have more and more questions about Christianity.

For instance, if you watch the History or Discovery Channel, they will talk about how dinosaurs were around 16 million years ago or something like that. If the Earth has only been around for about 6,000 years, how is that possible???

I have been trying to be more spiritual as I get older, but it just isn't "clicking." I would like to lead a Christian life and am trying to work towards that.

As someone else said, being saved is a life-long process. Believe me, lightening doesn't strike when you become saved...unless you're in a really bad thunderstorm. Alot of people new to christianity think all their problems and answers will be taken care of the minute the turn to God. Not true. God will work those things out as we walk daily with Him. When I say walk daily with Him, I mean to be in prayer, read His Word, and to live your life the way Christ has set an example for us to do. Those are not always easy things to do at first, but God needs to come first over everything else and you will see a difference in your maturity with God. You need to grow your roots deep so when a storm in your life comes, then you can withstand it and not fall from God. Your faith will become stronger and alot of the doubts will get answered along the way.

 

[LilLamb219]

How do you know YOU are saved? You look to Christ and Him crucified and know that on the cross your sins are forgiven. You trust that no matter what, God has forgiven your sins and reconciled you to Him. Even though daily you will mess up and try to turn the other way, God draws you back to Him. He keeps providing the good news to you so that you will be strengthened in faith.

Christians are only perfected because of Christ. We cannot make ourselves perfect and we cannot sanctify ourselves. Try as I might, I just mess things up when I think that *I* am doing so well. That's why Christians continue looking to Christ for strength. When we see the cross, we know that Christ died in our substitute because of our sins.

How do YOU know you're saved? Stop looking at yourself and the things you do and don't do and look to Jesus Chist, his death on the cross, the forgiveness of YOUR sins and the resurrection that is to come so that you may have eternal life. There is where salvation is found. Not within yourself.

 

[Stinker]

How do you know?

I thought years ago that I was saved and then after a while, it seemed that my faith went downhill. I know my name says "full of faith," and that is what I am striving for. I have read that it is possible to be saved and then not, depending on your how you feel about your beliefs, etc.

Is there any specific feeling that happens when you are saved?

I would love to be saved; however, since I have gotten older I have more and more questions about Christianity.

For instance, if you watch the History or Discovery Channel, they will talk about how dinosaurs were around 16 million years ago or something like that. If the Earth has only been around for about 6,000 years, how is that possible???

I have been trying to be more spiritual as I get older, but it just isn't "clicking." I would like to lead a Christian life and am trying to work towards that.

The moment one gets saved they know it.

As far as all the scientific rhetoric that has been churned out over the last 30 years, well, all one has to do is examine each claim carefully and see that it is just a phoney story.

Scientific weather prediction....forget it! Scientific dating methods....forget them!

 

[lovepeacenjoy92]

Well I think you are saved when you fully believe in the Bible. You just have to grew and try to get a stronger one by learning more. Hope it helps

 

[CrazyforYeshua]

How do you know?

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.Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

It's not a life long process, it's a decision. The life long process comes in by walking it every day, reading His Word, praying, and growing.

 

[ebia]

How do you know?

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.Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

note the tense.

 

[CrazyforYeshua]

I don't think the "tense" matters, other scripture backs up what it says:

Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

Romans 5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

Romans 8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

1 Corinthians 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;1 Corinthians 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

2 Corinthians 2:15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

Ephesians 2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:


It is a decision to be made, once you accept Christ, you are saved, then we are to grow.

 

[LilLamb219]

It is a decision to be made, once you accept Christ, you are saved, then we are to grow.

Not all Christians believe we CAN make that decision though since we are bound by sin.

John 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you...

John 1:12-13 ../he gave the right to become children of God--children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision...

That's why we don't look to ourselves for assurance of salvation, but to Christ alone. We're Christians because of Him and Him alone.

 

[eoe]

You will know that you are saved when you are standing at Chirst's right hand on judgment day.

(Romans 13:11) And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

If our salvation were a one time event this verse would be gibberish. How can something be nearer if we already posess it? Why do we need to wake up if we are already done?

How is it possible that Salvation can be nearer now than when one believed?

 

[LilLamb219]

How is it possible that Salvation can be nearer now than when one believed?

Because the HOPE of our salvation is the resurrection so we may have eternal life. That's what it refers to. It's the actual salvation that takes place at the resurrection. Not that we weren't saved before that.

 

[CrazyforYeshua]

Read it again

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.Romans 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

We are saved at the moment of confession........

 

[sherry40]

How do you know?

I thought years ago that I was saved and then after a while, it seemed that my faith went downhill. I know my name says "full of faith," and that is what I am striving for. I have read that it is possible to be saved and then not, depending on your how you feel about your beliefs, etc.

Is there any specific feeling that happens when you are saved?

I would love to be saved; however, since I have gotten older I have more and more questions about Christianity.

For instance, if you watch the History or Discovery Channel, they will talk about how dinosaurs were around 16 million years ago or something like that. If the Earth has only been around for about 6,000 years, how is that possible???

I have been trying to be more spiritual as I get older, but it just isn't "clicking." I would like to lead a Christian life and am trying to work towards that.

As far as the dinosaurs go and the millions of years read 2 peter below. As far as not doing what you should to be saved fear not for you already have been saved but in our bodys the law of sin is still at work. Read romans 7, below 2 peter.

2 Peter 3:4-6 (NIV)

4They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." 5But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. 6By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed.

Romans 7

7What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, "Do not covet."[b] 8But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead. 9Once I was alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. 10I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. 11For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. 12So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good. 13Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! But in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. 15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[c] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
21So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22For in my inner being I delight in God's law; 23but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. 24What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? 25Thanks be to God—through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.