"Assurance of salvation" is something we can to greater and lesser degrees struggle with our entire lives often due to the fact that our remaining inner tendency to sin argues against our redemption.
Establishing a daily, non-negotiable commitment to reading and studying GOD's Word (regardless of how we "feel" that day) will greatly help with building confidence that we truly have been converted, and that our faith is genuine- "FAITH comes by hearing and hearing by THE WORD OF GOD".
GOD's unchanging Word (not our "feelings") is the rock and anchor of our relationship with GOD. A very good place to start is the letter of 1st John which was written specifically to believers on this subject. GOD BLESS YOU!
I would like to elaborate a little further on this important topic.
When a person receives Christ he is given a new heart.
That's where and how change begins!!
The desire to do what's right, and there is a conviction when we don't.
This is Christ spirit working in you.
It is a sanctifying process.
We continue in the word of God for spiritual growth and trust in Christ who will never leave us.
Jude 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
God bless.
If you have truly trusted in the work of Christ alone you have been sealed with the Holyspirit!
You are in Christ. That's your position.
Again if you have truly received Christ, that is irreversible.
However In 2 Corinthians 13:5
The apostle Paul gave the directive to the Corinthians to "test themselves" while dealing with serious problems of sin in the church.
If the individuals were genuinely in the faith, then Jesus Christ lives inside them.
His Holy Spirit would be at work within them, promoting or "causing" sanctification and moral living.
We are also to test ourselves.
If our lives shows no evidence of the Spirit's activity, then Jesus Christ is not indwelling us.
And if Christ is not in us, we failed the test, we're a reprobate!
We are not perfect but we should be growing spiritually.
We're connected to the vine that produces fruit in our lives!
This is not a work performed by you. It is caused by the Spirit of God.
Blessings.
Our faith is in the sacrificial and redemptive work Christ performed on the cross!
When we are born of God: "You are in Christ
We're now Identified with Christ.
This is "Positional sanctification"
It is the work of God whereby He sets us apart and considers us holy in His eyes.
Also there is a practical Sanctification continuously going on.
We are to be growing in the Lord ( 2 Peter 3:18) or spiritual maturity. God started the work of making us like Christ, and He is continuing it.
( Philippians 1:6).
Blessings.
Establishing a daily, non-negotiable commitment to reading and studying GOD's Word (regardless of how we "feel" that day) will greatly help with building confidence that we truly have been converted, and that our faith is genuine- "FAITH comes by hearing and hearing by THE WORD OF GOD".
GOD's unchanging Word (not our "feelings") is the rock and anchor of our relationship with GOD. A very good place to start is the letter of 1st John which was written specifically to believers on this subject. GOD BLESS YOU!
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