Salvation Is From God
Do you ever doubt that you’re saved? First, we mustrepent of our sins against God, believing that Jesus (God the Son) came in the image of sinful flesh (Romans 8:3), lived a sinless life, went to the cross to pay the penalty for our sins with His own blood (Hebrews 9:22), becoming the atoning sacrifice for us (1 John 2:2). Jesus became sin for us taking our place, paying the cost for the offense He did not commit, for us, so that we might have salvation through Him alone (Acts 4:12). This cost Him everything. By accepting His free gift of salvation, asking Him to forgive us our sins and to become our God and Savior, believing on Him (Acts 16:31) we are saved. This can’t be lip service but rather a heartfelt yielding to the God’s offer of salvation, 100% God 0% us. John 10:28 says that nothing can snatch us out of His hand, but sometimes we might still feel uncertain. Maybe we can’t remember the specific time and place of our decision to follow Him. Or perhaps we’ve messed up and sinned so badly that we wonder how He could forgive us. Let’s see what the Bible says about it.
God made us alive Together with Christ by raising Him from the dead (Eph. 2:4-5). There is nothing we can do to make ourselves spiritually alive; our salvation is the result of God’s love and mercy. Once He makes us alive, we can never become spiritually dead again.
We’re saved by God’s grace, not by our goodness or performance. Ephesians 2:8-9 tell us, “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works.” We didn’t do anything to deserve or earn God’s grace, yet He still chose to save us.
Our salvation isn’t because of our goodness or works, nor is it maintained by us. We’re saved simply through faith and should recognize that as God’s gift. As a result, we enjoy the blessings of belonging to His family, and one day we will know the full reality of being with Jesus in heaven (Eph. 2:6).
If you have placed your faith in Jesus Christ for your salvation, the next thing to do is be baptized to identify as belonging to Christ.
Pray throughout the day to your Heavenly Father to guild you. To ask to know His heart, to love what He loves (righteousness) and hate what He hates (sin). Read your bible daily to find this out and then do what it says.
A suggestion on where to start is the book of John (4th book of the N.T.) and then Romans (6th book of the N.T.).