We all need Biblical assurance of our salvation. Suppose you have doubts because of the lifestyle you are living. We cannot trust ourselves to whether we are saved, we must go to the Word of God to determine God’s will and His sure-fire test of how we can know we are saved. It’s what God’s Word says about our life, not what we say about it or what others say for us.
There are many who believe there one-time confession or “decision” for Christ is all they need to spend eternity in heaven. If this is you, have you ever examined yourself in light of Scripture? Do you believe you can live any way you want to regardless of what God clearly says in His Word of what a Christian should look like and how a Christian should live? Are you banking on the modern message of “carnal Christianity” and think that you might just get to heaven by the skin of your teeth?
Have you ever considered you have been taught wrong? Have you ever considered what you believe is not Scriptural at all? Have you ever considered you are living a lie? Have you ever considered you have believed in vain? Have you ever considered your faith is dead? Have you ever considered you’re not saved at all? Have you ever considered you’ve been pretending all along? Have you ever considered you may be on your way to an eternal hell?
Do you want to change that? Do you want to KNOW that you are saved? Do you want proof of that?
Are you ready to do it God’s way?
Are you ready to examine yourself? 2 Corinthians 13:5,
Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.
The following is part 1 of 5 from a series by Paul Washer on Biblical Assurance of Salvation. This is serious business, my friend. We must all examine ourselves by the Word of God to make sure what we believe is true and make sure there is clear evidence of the salvation we profess in our lives. The Bible is our guide and we must use it, study it, know it, live it, and love it as if our life depended on it – because it does. Are you prepared to leave earth in the state that you’re in? Are you sure about that?
Please take the test so you can know. Don’t rely on past experiences or previous words or prayers you’ve spoken. You must examine yourself God’s way. After all, the Bible says “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9)
Don’t trust your heart. Take the test. Listen to these upcoming messages and get your nose in the Word of God. Time is running out.
If you need someone to talk to after watching this video, just as Paul Washer says, I will talk to you and guide you until you understand what salvation is, and until God has convicted you by the Holy Spirit to surrender your life to the Lord Jesus Christ. As long as it takes, I will serve you by the grace of God. May He be glorified.
For Parts 2-5 see:
Biblical Assurance of Salvation Part 2
Biblical Assurance of Salvation Part 3
Biblical Assurance of Salvation Part 4
Biblical Assurance of Salvation Part 5
Biblical Assurance of Salvation – Part 1 mp3
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JohnnyAngel Advocacy (@johnnyangel10)
January 17, 2013
My problem with ALL modern preachers is they are living in a modern age unlike believers of 2000 years ago. Did the new followers of Christ take a test to see if they were saved? Obviously not. So,God himself must know how to judge all people in the end. I realize there are ways you can live that would put you closer to God, but God decides. Hey, if it was up to man, the criminal crucified with Christ would have been denied Paradise in this age. How about Mother Theresa? I am not Catholic,but she was and did many wonderful things to the glory of God, I believe. Not for the Catholic church. Yet, people who claim to have the answer to Catholicism being a false religion would say Mother Theresa would be bound in Hell! This is why I have decided to help those I can, if they want it. Also, I am not one to constantly point out every doctrinal error by other people. I can’t make them believe my way just by talking to them;I believe my actions speak louder than words. Accept Christ into your heart in truth. Baptized and ready to spread the word of the Lord as the Lord leads you!
Justin Edwards
January 19, 2013
Johnny, God’s Word is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow, so it does not matter that modern preachers are 2,000 years removed from the early Christians. You asked if new followers of Christ took a test to see if they were saved 2,000 years ago, and the answer is yes, as that is exactly what Paul exhorted them to do in 2 Corinthians 13:5. Perhaps you need to take the same test? I encourage you to begin reading 1st John.
Mother Teresa was a teacher of a false religions and believed in Universalism. If she died believing teaching and believing this, and all indicators give evidence she did, then she is now facing eternal hell for her crimes against God. She was not good, just like no one is good (Romans 3:10-11).
There is no Scripture that says we “accept Christ into our hearts”, Johnny.
I hope you take the time to go through these messages, or perhaps you would at least listen to this one: http://media.resolved.org/2007/S07_Steve_Lawson_-_It_Will_Cost_You_Everything.mp3