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FAQ # 24
QUESTION 24 : How
do I know I’m saved for sure?
Believe it or not, this is
a popular question among many Christians today.
One of the characteristics of the first followers of Jesus was their
certainty. They didn't guess...or hope...or wish. They knew for certain. They were even willing
to die for that certainty! They said, "We know that our sins are forgiven...we know that we are the children of God...we know that to die is to be present with the Lord...we know that nothing can separate us from
the love of God which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord."
You have to know, by faith! Lack of its certainty can bring much harm
to Christians.
Why?
Paul describes this piece
of the amour of God as the “helmet of salvation” (Eph 6:17).
Notice where it sits, on the
head. Without that covering or certainty of salvation, one can suffer
from the devils’ heavy blows.
One cannot function correctly
without this important piece of “the Amour of God.”
When I was young at up Park
Camp, my father and I usually raise our own chickens. Occasionally, we
would kill one for Sunday dinner. What my dad would do is completely cut
off the head of the chicken clean. It would then jump around wildly in
quick time until it dies. We would then pluck it, wash it and cook it.
Likewise, a Christian who
is unsure about salvation is like this chicken. It’s only a matter of
time until one leaves the church or visit and one’s gifts (which are without
repentance {Rom 11:19}) are plucked out from the assembly; and probably
used for the world’s system.
Then after being cooked, eaten
and digested, one will be passed out as waste.
After one has become born
again as described in chapter 12, one needs not to doubt his or her salvation.
It’s all by faith.
Paul said, “Through faith
we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were
not made of things which do appear” (Heb 11:13). We didn’t physically
see God making the world, but it’s here and we know he did it.
We as believers know that faith is a belief in something that cannot
be immediately seen. Likewise, we are saved by pure belief, but a sure
belief; not by feelings, outward show or any form of godliness, but belief.
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen.”
We are purchased, but not yet redeemed. Married, but not yet consummated.
It’s by faith we are saved and consequently it’s by faith, through
the Holy Spirit, that we will keep our minds thinking and knowing that
we are forever saved (Heb 10:14).
On the other hand, they are some visible signs of a saved person.
For instance, the fruits of the spirit. This is basically love. John puts
it very clearly,
“We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love
the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death” (1 John
3:14).
And the
manifestations of love are these: joy,
peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance
(Gal 5:22-23) and others.
It doesn’t get any simpler
than that.
The truth about the matter is that if one really
has trouble believing they are saved, it’s probably because one is not
saved. In other words, a sign of inner doubt can also mean one isn’t saved.
Because the bible did tell us,
“The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of
God” (Rom 8:16).
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