Uncertain About Salvation

"How can I know that I am saved?"

"I don't feel any different."

An individual may need help to gain assurance of salvation. Tell the person that our salvation is not dependent upon feelings, but upon fact. Feelings change; God's Word is the changeless eternal truth. The fact is that God has provided the means of salvation through Christ the Savior. He has told us what we must do and what He will do.

Read together with him these Scriptures: John 3:16; 5:24; 6:37; 11:25; Romans 10:13; 1 John 5:11-13; Revelation 3:20.

Ask the person to express again what he has done: confessed himself a sinner, asked for forgiveness, and accepted Christ as his Savior. Now, since he has done his part he can be assured that God has done His part-forgiven him, cleansed him, and given him eternal life. God does not lie. The person must just accept that as fact, thank God for it, and begin to live as a child of God. Feelings of joy and peace will follow.

"The Christian life is too difficult."

"There is too much to give up."

The Christian life is too difficult for a person to live, unless he is born from above. Through conversion Christ gives the desire and the power to live the Christian life.

Nothing is too much to give up when it means the salvation of your soul from eternal damnation.

It is not giving up so much as receiving a Person and a wonderful life! Christianity is Christ!

Matthew 11:28-30; Mark 8:36; John 1:12; Romans 1:16; Romans 6:23; Romans 15:13; Philippians 3:9