So I only got thru about 5 pages, and some of the responses just boggle my mind and at times break my heart.
In some responses it was declared because their Prayers are answered, that means they are saved. First off I truly do not believe that every Prayer is answered unless you mean in the aspect that all my Prayers are answered, either Yes, No, or not now. However from what I read of those people, they made it out to be that everything they Prayed for was answered as they Prayed for it.
So what happens if you start seeing Prayers not being answered? Does that mean you arent Saved now?
Not all of my Prayers have been answered, my mother had Cancer, I plead with God to heal her and give her more time with us, He didnt and she died quickly. Would that mean that I am not saved? She begged God to give her 15 more years as Hezekiah was given, obviously that prayer wasnt answered. Does that mean she wasnt saved and now is in Hell?
I see others say they dont know if they are Saved and wont find out until they die, wow, to me that is heartbreaking. There are people here who legitimately believe they can or might lose their Salvation one day, even read that someone thinks God could force them to reject Him and force them to lose their Salvation. Ugh that is IMO a terrible way to think of God, like why on Earth would God give people Salvation and then LET THEM give it up or Sin it away? Wouldnt a God who literally died for you while you hated Him be willing to get you to Heaven or take you in Death BEFORE you could cross whatever mystical line it is that causes people to lose Salvation?
How do I know I am Saved? Because the Bible tells me I am Saved. I know my Redeemer Lives, and I will see Him with my own eyes. I know that the Holy Spirit lives inside of me, because I can feel Him. I feel Him when He glorifies Jesus, when He moves in Services, when He guides me to profess Christ to others. I can feel Him when I grieve Him and when I quench Him. I know I am Saved because I believe Scriptures, I believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, I believe that God took upon Flesh, lived on this Earth, took up my Sins on the Cross, took my Wrath on the Cross, shed His Blood for the Remission of my Sins, that He reconciled me back to the Father, and on the 3rd day He Resurrected from the Grave overcoming Sin Death and Hell, Justifying me to God.
There is zero doubt at all about my standing before God, and it is Eternal, because it is not at all based on anything whatsoever to do with me, and 100% based on the Finished Work of Jesus Christ. I am saved to the uttermost, I know that I am and I hope and pray that all of those on this Forum who dont know Christ in a fashion where they can proclaim they too are Saved to the uttermost, come to know Him in that way and dont base their Salvation on anything other than Him and the Gospel.
Some day your Prayers might not be answered, you are still saved if you believe. Some day you might walk into a valley so deep you are trapped in Sin and dont even like God, but if you have been Born Again, you will still be Saved and God will either take you out of the valley for His Glory or bring you Home. I do not believe that there ever has been someone who truly has tasted the Goodness of God and then walked away from truly believing in Christ.
Why do I know I am Saved, because the Bible declares it, so I will stand on the Word of God above my emotions, my feelings, what others say, what the World my say, why my Flesh may say. I will stand on the Word of God above my uprisings and downfalls, my Good Works or lack thereof, my ideas, thoughts and understandings. The Scriptures tell me that he who calls on the Lord SHALL BE SAVED. Not might be Saved, not could be Saved, not there is a pretty good chance, but it is a definitive, he SHALL BE SAVED.
Why do I know I am Saved, because I was there when it happened. I know the literal second that I was Born Again, I can take you to the time, I can show you the place that the Lord saved me by His wonderful Grace. I know when God moved into my heart, when He sealed me unto the day of Redemption. I personally have no doubts about what He did that day, and I know He wont abandon me no matter how I may fail Him.
I have gone far from Him, but never once has He ever left me, not for a second. My Salvation is safe and secure in the hands of my Loving Savior, and as Paul said I know in whom I have believed and I am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him. I just wonder if some of you really know in whom you have believed and if you do then I hope that one day you are persuaded that He is able to keep that which you have committed unto Him.
Or maybe some of you just havent actually committed your Souls to Him, because if you have, truly, then you ought to know that He is able to keep it forever. He doesnt need your help, Hes got it, lock stock and barrel.
How do I know that I am saved?
Rom 8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
I dont know what kind of Spirit some of you have gotten, but the Spirit of God in me, first off NEVER ONCE has left me, not ever, if it did then I would have NEVER been able to Repent from any Sin that could cause me to wander from God. And second the Spirit I have daily bears witness to my Spirit that I am a child of God. I dont have to wait till I die to know I am Saved, Lost people DONT have the Spirit of God in them.
I am Saved and I am thankful I am Saved and I know I am Saved for Eternity no matter what it is that I come across because Scripture tells me that tribulation nor distress, persecution nor famine, nakedness nor peril nor sword, that neither life nor death, principalities nor angels nor powers, that things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth nor any creature can separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. I pray that everyone who comes across this Post is persuaded in that same manner, just as Paul was and am I am. God is Good, and Jesus will hold us secure safe and sound until the time He Returns or calls us Home!!! What a Savior we have!!!