Evidence of True Salvation. Can I KNOW I am Saved?
True spiritual assurance can only be given by the Holy Spirit of God. If you have really come to Christ an intense 'spiritual' warfare is taking place inside your soul. The flesh lusts against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh! Gal5:17 WITHOUT the FULL Armor of God, Eph6:12-18, you DO NOT stand a chance against the wiles of the devil and you WILL 'shipwreck' your faith & Forfeit your salvation. BEWARE lest anyone 'beguile' you as the 'serpent' deceived Eve, 2Cor11:3-4, and 'corrupt' your mind from the Simplicity that is in Christ. "The deceitfulness of sin will harden your heart against God's Word." Heb3:12-14
"For we have become 'partakers' of Christ IF we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end!"
The 'Works' of the flesh are evident: (Gal5:19-21) adultery, fornication, uncleanness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murder, drunkenness, revelries and the like....of which I TOLD you beforehand, just as I told you in time past, that those WHO PRACTICE such things WILL NOT inherit the Kingdom of God."
But the Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ's have Crucified the flesh with it passions and desires. (Gal5:22-24)
If you DO NOT 'Crucify' the flesh by the Power of the Spirit, you will be overcome by sin and Fall from Grace. That's what Jesus meant when He said 'Abide in Me, bare fruit or be cut off!' (John15:1-6)
"Do not be deceived, God is NOT mocked, for whatever a
man sows that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh
reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap
everlasting life! And let us NOT grow weary while doing good, for in due season
we shall reap, IF we do not give up!"
Gal6:7-9
The message of the Gospel is simple. Men have perverted & twisted it to accommodate sin. God has made provision through GRACE for you to 'Crucify' the flesh with it's lusts and desires, Walk in newness of life, possess the Mind of Christ....and bare the fruit of the Spirit. Refuse and you have 'believed' in vain. (1Cor15:2)
Grace DOES NOT accommodate your sin, it is the power of God to eradicate the corrupting influence it has over your flesh! 2Pet1:4, 1Pet1:22
Titus 2:11-12 "For or the GRACE of God has appeared to all men. teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live soberly, righteously and godly in the present age."
That's Grace. The Kind the Bible teaches. NOT the Cheap variety preached in your churches. If you have 'accepted' Jesus and are still bound by lust, you are LOST still! KNOW this, there is no such thing as a 'Christian drunkard', 'Christian adulterer', 'Christian fornicator', 'Christian thief' 'Christian homosexual'
In other words, 'Carnal' Christianity DOES NOT exist. ONLY in the minds of the cheap grace preachers. 1Cor3:3 is NOT talking about people bound by sexual immorality as in Chapter six. It's referring to people in the church with minor 'disagreements' over their favorite teachers. Your preachers are lying to you by using this as an excuse to permit sexual immorality in the church! Just like they do with Rom7
Rom7 is Paul's experience prior to conversion to Christ, trying to be holy under the law and finding it impossible. His WALK afterward is CLEARLY shown in scripture, SEE: 1Cor4:16, 11:1, 2Cor6:3-10,11:23-33, Gal2:17-21, Phil3:6-11, 3:17, Col1:28-29, 1Thess2:10-12, 2Tim1:3, Acts24:16
WHY would this man of God describe his conduct as BLAMELESS and his Walk as PURE if it wasn't true?
The NORMAL Christian experience is VICTORY over sin & lust! That's what the Bible teaches. What your preachers teach is nothing short of a Gospel of sin!
"But if while we seek to be
justified by Christ, we ourselves are found sinners, is Christ therefore a
minister of sin? GOD FORBID!" Gal2:17
"I have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer I who live, but Christ
who lives in me! The life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the
Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me. I DO NOT set aside the grace of
God, for if righteousness comes through the law then Christ died in vain." Gal2:10-21
It is an INSULT to the Spirit of Grace to teach someone they can continue in Willful sin AFTER they have come to Christ! Heb10:26
Whether you have 'Believed' for a while, or 'Never' really 'believed' is NOT the issue. The message of the Gospel is the Power of God's Grace to Deliver you from sin! The Keeping power of God is through His Grace, Heb7:25, BUT the Gospel is: 'IF YOU CONTINUE IN HIS GOODNESS, Steadfast to the end. OTHERWISE you also will be CUT OFF!' Rom11:22
He will NEVER leave or forsake you, Nothing can separate you from His love and NO ONE can Snatch you out of His hand....BUT unless these precious promises are 'contingent' on YOUR WILLING Obedience to CONTINUE in the Faith....the BIBLE doesn't make sense!
God has made this eternal Decree through his
Prophets: Ezk18:24-27
"IF the Righteous man turns from his righteousness
and sins, he dies in his sin."
"IF the Wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is right, he
lives!"
What's NOT FAIR in this decree? 'YOU REAP WHAT YOU
SOW'
GRACE DOES NOT remove this eternal Principle. That would make it 'license' to
sin.
GOD FORBID Christ would die to preach a Gospel of sin!
You can KNOW your are in Christ according to Scripture. By the fact that you are NO LONGER walking in your old sins. 1John3:1-9 YOU ARE NOT Saved in Christ IF you continue in sin!
"Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. IF what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you ALSO will abide in the Son and in the Father!" 1John2:24 (True assurance)
"These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may CONTINUE to believe in the name of the Son of God!" 1John5:13 (KJV leaves out 'continue' but Greek implies it)
The Message is "IF YOU CONTINUE" The OSAS
preachers are lying to you! Flee their churches. Don't support them with your
time or money, or you will PARTAKE in their sin! 2John7-10
READ your Bible, SEEK Christ, Pray for the Spirit to teach you the Truth! Your
eternal soul is at stake!
Jesus said FEW would find the NARROW Gate & many false teachers would hinder your way. Matt7:13-16 DON'T Be deceived by the False teachers of OSAS. Turn to Christ and LIVE!