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Struggles by Non-Christians
If I can't be saved, I think I may know why
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<blockquote data-quote="aiki" data-source="post: 76491184" data-attributes="member: 178791"><p>Salvation is a Person - Jesus Christ - not a feeling of perfect certainty. </p><p></p><p><strong>1 John 5:11-12 </strong></p><p><strong>11 And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. </strong></p><p><strong>12 He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.</strong> </p><p></p><p>The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, comes to live within the person who has placed their trust in Christ as their Savior and Lord (<strong>Romans 10:9-10</strong>).</p><p></p><p><strong>Titus 3:4-7 </strong></p><p><strong>4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and <em>His</em> love for mankind appeared, </strong></p><p><strong>5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, </strong></p><p><strong>6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, </strong></p><p><strong>7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to <em>the</em> hope of eternal life.</strong> </p><p> </p><p><strong>1 John 4:13 </strong></p><p><strong>13 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.</strong> </p><p></p><p><strong>1 Corinthians 6:19-20 </strong></p><p><strong>19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? </strong></p><p><strong>20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><strong>John 3:5-8 </strong></strong></p><p><strong>5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. </strong></p><p><strong>6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. </strong></p><p><strong>7 "Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' </strong></p><p><strong>8 "The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit."</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Jesus, the Savior, our Salvation, comes to live within every person who trusts in him, doing so in the Person of the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit takes up residence within, he acts upon the saved person to change them, revealing his presence within them in so doing, and certifying their redeemed condition. By the work he accomplishes within the saved person, he "bears witness with their spirit" that they are a born-again child of God. (<strong>Romans 8:16</strong>) </p><p></p><p>What are signs of the Spirit within?</p><p></p><p>1. Conviction of sin (<strong>John 16:8</strong>)</p><p>2. Illumination of God's Truth. (<strong>John 14:26; John 16:13; 1 Corinthians 2:10-16</strong>)</p><p>3. Strengthening in times of temptation and testing. (<strong>Ephesians 3:16; Romans 8:13; Philippians 2:13; Philippians 4:13</strong>) </p><p>4. Comfort in times of trouble and tragedy. (<strong>2 Corinthians 1:3-5</strong>)</p><p>5. Transformation of character. (<strong>Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 5:9; Romans 8:29</strong>) </p><p>6. Discipline. (<strong>Hebrews 12:5-11</strong>) </p><p>7. Imparts a love of the Christian brethren. (<strong>1 John 3:14</strong>)</p><p></p><p>God doesn't leave it up us to feel we are saved, to base our confidence in our salvation solely upon a subjective sense we are born-again. No, He acts in our lives in a direct, concrete, objective way, interacting with us Person-to-person in the manner described above. </p><p></p><p>We humans are chronically, pathologically self-centered - even when it comes to our salvation. We want to make ourselves central to what God does in saving us from ourselves. How odd is that? And so, we position ourselves as the pivot point, the crucial crux, of our salvation, hanging the whole thing on our sincerity, on the strength of our belief, on our success in "living right," and so on. But, God comes to us and says very clearly, "You are too weak, to sin-sick, to contribute in any way to my saving of you." All we can do is receive, humbly, the work of the Great Physician in removing from us the "tumor" of sin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aiki, post: 76491184, member: 178791"] Salvation is a Person - Jesus Christ - not a feeling of perfect certainty. [B]1 John 5:11-12 [/B] [B]11 And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12 He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.[/B] The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, comes to live within the person who has placed their trust in Christ as their Savior and Lord ([B]Romans 10:9-10[/B]). [B]Titus 3:4-7 [/B] [B]4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and [I]His[/I] love for mankind appeared, 5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to [I]the[/I] hope of eternal life.[/B] [B]1 John 4:13 [/B] [B]13 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.[/B] [B]1 Corinthians 6:19-20 [/B] [B]19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. [/B] [B] [B]John 3:5-8 [/B] 5 Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 "Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' 8 "The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit." [/B] Jesus, the Savior, our Salvation, comes to live within every person who trusts in him, doing so in the Person of the Holy Spirit. When the Holy Spirit takes up residence within, he acts upon the saved person to change them, revealing his presence within them in so doing, and certifying their redeemed condition. By the work he accomplishes within the saved person, he "bears witness with their spirit" that they are a born-again child of God. ([B]Romans 8:16[/B]) What are signs of the Spirit within? 1. Conviction of sin ([B]John 16:8[/B]) 2. Illumination of God's Truth. ([B]John 14:26; John 16:13; 1 Corinthians 2:10-16[/B]) 3. Strengthening in times of temptation and testing. ([B]Ephesians 3:16; Romans 8:13; Philippians 2:13; Philippians 4:13[/B]) 4. Comfort in times of trouble and tragedy. ([B]2 Corinthians 1:3-5[/B]) 5. Transformation of character. ([B]Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 5:9; Romans 8:29[/B]) 6. Discipline. ([B]Hebrews 12:5-11[/B]) 7. Imparts a love of the Christian brethren. ([B]1 John 3:14[/B]) God doesn't leave it up us to feel we are saved, to base our confidence in our salvation solely upon a subjective sense we are born-again. No, He acts in our lives in a direct, concrete, objective way, interacting with us Person-to-person in the manner described above. We humans are chronically, pathologically self-centered - even when it comes to our salvation. We want to make ourselves central to what God does in saving us from ourselves. How odd is that? And so, we position ourselves as the pivot point, the crucial crux, of our salvation, hanging the whole thing on our sincerity, on the strength of our belief, on our success in "living right," and so on. But, God comes to us and says very clearly, "You are too weak, to sin-sick, to contribute in any way to my saving of you." All we can do is receive, humbly, the work of the Great Physician in removing from us the "tumor" of sin. [/QUOTE]
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