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You have went through a pivotal change as a believer in Christ, and you know it helps...How do you know that you're saved?
I cannot say that I have ever had the assurance that I am saved. I have always doubted my salvation and for quite a while I was absolutely convinced I was still lost. I desire something greater than I've known before, the only problem is I can't describe what I'm looking for because I don't know what it is. Sometimes I think I'm psyching myself up to something that doesn't exist, and I just need to be happy where I am and just do better and obey more. A huge problem for me is obeying, which for me alot of the time means denying myself all sorts of foods that I enjoy, and even fasting whenever I'm not at work. It means not going and having fun doing things like fishing, I have a super weak conscience and it condemns me for almost everything so it is harder for me to obey than it should be. I will say that there are many legit sins that I struggle with like having hateful thoughts towards others, judgemental thoughts, lustful thoughts, and the sorts, but I really try not to let it show to others and to stop doing them. I try to live a morally right life every day and try to do the right thing no matter how much of an inconvenience it is.
I also think I need to share the gospel with people more, but when I do, I get convicted that I don't even really know Jesus so who am I to tell them what to believe. I can't tell someone about how he saved me because I don't have any assurance of it myself. Recently I 've begun again to think I'm not really saved and I get a very strong desire to seek out the Lord , but then something in me tells me I've been saved but just walking out of step with God because I'm not doing good enough. I have so many dreams where death is hunting me down in some sort of way and I'm always just narrowly escaping, only to have to keep running. I'm not someone who is super into dream interpretation but I think our dreams can sometimes at least be a reflection of what is going on in our life at the moment.
I guess I just need to know if I'm really saved or not. It would be stupid if I went through life thinking I was when I wasn't, and also stupid if it was vice versa. I really want something more and I've been praying for that because if I had an assurance that would just be amazing. I want to be as confident as the people that wrote some of the old hymns like Sweetly Resting (in the rifted rock), Blessed Assurance, All the way my savior leads me, etc,...
I want peace so much, but when I think k that and search it out I just begin to think I just need to do more stuff like clean my room more and eat less and never go out and have fun, start keeping the sabbath, praying better, etc...
Sometimes I've even thought in order to come to Jesus I must be homeless, never talk to my parents again, and reject Paul's writings. I read the Bible a lot so I'm well acquainted with passages that contradict these notions, but somehow my mind twists the scripture to make them mean things they probably don't mean. I used to be scared to read the Bible because I always thought God was telling me through it to quit my job and go be homeless in the big city etc...
My apologies, I'm just very distraught and yes confused right now. I am reading through Paul's epistles right now to try to understand more accurately what he is saying.
Hi and God bless you for seeking truth, wisdom, and understanding about salvation. As Tom put it, just believe, confess, and accept Jesus as your Lord and savior, and be baptized. Once you have done that you are a born again creation. A child of the living God and He is now your Father. This is where you begin your journey of developing a close loving relationship with Him. Intimate and sincere and most importantly where you surrender your ways of life and adopt His ways. I can remember driving down the highway and talking with Him and getting weird looks from people passing by. I talk to God out loud while driving. Did you know that you are so precious to God that He will let NOTHING snatch you away from Him now that you are His! He is your Father, your Abba (daddy) God and as earthly parents are with raising their children, our Heavenly Father is even more so. He loves us more than we can comprehend and when we mess up He corrects us and even disciplines us but He will never stop loving you no matter how many times you mess up. You ARE saved! AMEN!!!I have been baptized. And sometimes I wonder if I'm just looking for a feeling and need to stop. I can look back to a point in time where I was one hundred percent assured that Jesus died for me and knowing that love just pierced my heart. Even after that though I started doubting within a couple days. So sometimes I think I need to stop going off of feelings and just practice taking God at His word, but one of my biggest fears is being comfortable and fooling myself when I'm really lost.
How do you know that you're saved?
I cannot say that I have ever had the assurance that I am saved.
You need to magnify the Apostle Paul's writings not minimize or reject them. Your salvation doctrine is found in his writings - 1 Cor 15:1-4
Jesus in his earthly ministry was dealing with the Jews who were under the law. Jesus said he came only for the lost sheep of the house of Israel. That does not include you and I, we are not part of the house of Israel. Paul confirms this when he said that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision.Whyever do you think that?
Jesus says we are to be judged by the very words that Jesus spoke... that those words came from the Father, and that His words are eternal life. What more do you need?
Jesus said he came only for the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Paul even says "my gospel" is the gospel that saves.
But instead you get a works salvation program, pick up your cross and follow me
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