Are You Saved?
Conviction
As the bible means--Sense of guilt and shame leading to repentance. The
Hebrew word yakah gives us the idea of conviction. It means "to argue
with" "to prove" and "to correct".
Repentance
As the bible means-- Change of mind, and can also refer to regret
accompanying an awakening that wrong has been done in one's life.
These two ideas are more important than any I can think of for a person
who doesn't know if they are saved. They are very important for the
person who said a prayer at some point in their life, but never really
felt sorry for their life and turned ownership of their future over to
God. I can't impress upon you enough that just saying a prayer won't
get you into heaven. You have to feel conviction and repent.
Matthew 3:2 REPENT, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mark 1:4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of REPENTANCE for the FORGIVENESS of sins.
Luke 3:8 Bear fruits in keeping with REPENTANCE. And do not begin to
say to yourselves, "we have Abraham as our father. For I tell you, God
is able from these stones to raise up children for abraham.
Mark 1;15 And saying "the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand, REPENT and believe in the gospel.
As i said earlier, these two ideas are of the utmost importance for
someone who can't really decide if they are saved or not. Now sometimes
the devil will find ways to put doubt in our lives about our future,
but he can't take our peace about our eternity because if we have been
convicted of our sinful life and repented, then we are saved and should
have a peace about our eternity.
I will always talk about true repentance in my messages because like I
have said before, I went for years assuming that I was saved. Now deep
down, I knew i wasn't, but I had people tell me "Steve you are just over
thinking this" "Do you believe in God and Jesus?" "then you are
saved" Please, I implore you, DONT listen to anyone else tell you that
you are saved. Eternity is too long to base it on what someone else
says who can't see your heart. You know if you are really saved.
One of the main ways to let us gauge our relationship with God is found
in Luke 3:8. It says to bear fruits in keeping with repentance.
Meaning do the things that the Holy Spirit tells you to do. Tell others
about Jesus. Find some way to evangelize. It doesn't have to be from a
pulpit. I remember a christian play I watched one time that had an
awesome illustration of what we are to do for God. A football player
that got saved said "football used to be my god, now it's my pulpit" We
should use any chance we are given to tell the lost about Jesus and
what he did on the cross.
I may have gotten a little long winded today, but I just got to writing
and couldn't stop. If you don't feel saved right now and are feeling
like your life has been wretched and sinful, then you may be being
convicted. Tell God you are sorry for your life. Thank Him for sending
Jesus to sacrifice Himself on the cross for YOU. Turn your life over
to God. Ask for guidance through prayer and reading His word. If you
just did this then Welcome to the family of God. Shoot me an email and
let me know, I just love hearing about changed lives.
sedwardn92@yahoo.com
God Bless!
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