D. How may I know I am saved?

1. I know I am saved because I believed on the Lord Jesus Christ  (Acts 16:31)

"And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."

2. I know I am saved because I HATH the Son (1 John 5:12)

"He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life."

3. I know I am saved because I have a love for the brethren. (1 John 3:14)

"We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death."

4. I know I am saved because I desire to keep God's commandments.  (1 John 2:3)

"And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments." 

5. I know I am saved because I desire to turn from the World and all its sin. (1 John 2:15)

"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him."

6. I know I am saved because I am overcoming the World. (1 John 5:4)

"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."

7. I know I am saved because I have the witness of the Spirit within me through the Word
(1 John 5:10)

"He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son."

8. I know I am saved because my life is evidencing good fruit. (Matthew 7:17-18)

"Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit."

9. I know I am saved because I hear the Lord's voice (through the word) and desire to follow Him. (John 10:27)

"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:"

E. What Brings Assurance of Salvation Into My Life?

It is possible you may have doubts from time to time (AM I REALLY SAVED?) 

*Just remember Satan is a liar (John 8:44)

"Jesus speaking to the Pharisees] Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it."

*And satans's first recorded words in the Bible were those casting doubt upon God's Word: (Genesis 3:1)

 "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?"

HERE ARE SOME WAYS YOU CAN GET ASSURANCE, OR DEEPEN YOUR ASSURANCE IN WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU.

1. Learn the Word of God

Your salvation is based upon what God has said – NOT on how you think or feel. Thus it is important for you to read and study the Bible! (2 Timothy 3:14-15)

"But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus."

2. Thank God for His Gift of Salvation

Romans 6:23 says you have received the gift of ETERNAL LIFE. 

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

Have you thanked God for this gift yet? Thanksgiving is evidence of FAITH! (2 Corinthians 9:15)

"Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift." 

3. Make a Public Testimony Before Others

 Have you told someone that you have trusted the Lord Jesus Christ? Look at I John 4:15 to see the relationship between confessing Christ and assurance (of your salvation): 

"Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God." 

o Read:
Matthew 10:32 

"Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven."

Romans 10:9-10 

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. " 

Besides coming forward in church to confess to others your belief in Christ, do you tell others that you believe in HIM?

4. Attend Church Meetings as MUCH AS POSSIBLE

Fellowshiping with your brothers and sisters in Christ will encourage you. Many of them have experienced the same doubts you have.

Read the great passage in Hebrews 10:22-25 

"Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."

5. Live a Righteous Life

Sometimes a full assurance does not come until God sees we mean business for Him!

According to Isaiah 32:17, The effect of righteousness is quietness and assurance for ever.

 "And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever."

Proverbs 10:9 

"He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known."

Remember!!!

Your peace and assurance of salvation is based upon believing God's Promises and Word... Not on your feelings.