How Can I Know I’m Saved?
Matthew 7:21-23 NIV
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
How Can I Know I’m Saved?
- I am saved BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH, NOT BY MY WORKS
Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV
For it is by GRACE you have been saved, through FAITH—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by WORKS, so that no one can boast.
“To be a Christian means that we rest our entire case, our whole salvation, our whole eternal destiny entirely upon the Lord Jesus Christ. That is why a true Christian says, ‘Lord, Lord.’ It does not just mean SAYING the right words, it indicates that we MEAN those words when we say them.”
- Martyn Lloyd-Jones
James 2:19 NIV
You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that — and shudder.
Romans 10:9 NIV
If you DECLARE with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and BELIEVE in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
John 6:40 AMPC
For this is My Father’s WILL and His purpose, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day.
How Can I Know I’m Saved?
- I am saved BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH, NOT BY MY WORKS
- FAITH will produce WORKS
“No man enters the Kingdom because of his obedience; but it is equally true that no man enters the Kingdom who is not obedient. It is true that men are saved by God’s grace through faith in Christ; but it is equally true that God’s grace in a man’s life inevitably results in obedience.”
-D. A. Carson
Luke 6:46 NIV
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?”
How Can I Know I’m Saved?
- I am saved BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH, NOT BY MY WORKS
- FAITH will produce WORKS
- My SIN Isn’t Stronger Than His SALVATION
John 10:28 NIV
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.
