Why do I doubt my salvation?
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"Why do I doubt my salvation? Why do I have doubts about my assurance of salvation?"
Dr. Donald S. Whitney answers in Honest Answers | Episode 79
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I doubted my salvation for 20 years because I was always looking at MY life. When I started focusing on Jesus' life and knowing that THAT is the life that is getting me into heaven, I quit doubting my salvation cold turkey.
You have really spoken to me. I have base my salvation off on my feelings for years. I bet out of anyone you can imagine. How much torment, nervousness and confusion it is. To read how long your battle was, but at the end the goodness of focusing on Jesus and not on self is a dream I want to have and get. I know God words are true, I know Jesus Christ is the ONLY way to get saved. I just get so hung up on, that I may not believe enough, that I don't believe or trust in Jesus Christ enough. Doubt eat away at me and I just want to be set free and whole heartily believe in Jesus Christ and have my assurance in Jesus.
@@andreay9935 true and i feel like I base my salivation in my work
I look to myself and I see sin but I remember that God already cleanse us
I doubt mine right now and I’m afraid
@@andreay9935 Hope you're doing better. I am struggling like you are/were.
@@Angerbones Simply repent and believe. Don’t look at UA-cam unless your confused about something about repent and believe! Read your Bible daily, get involved with church. Quit sinning as much. Fast ,not just food, Addictive things. It’s hard to do it but it WILL pay off.
And Try to spread the word!
Tell me if you still have doubt.❤🎉💯👍
I struggle with assurance about every other day and sometimes every other minute. It's a terrifying thing, and it's mostly because I don't think I feel godly sorrow, and I pray for it continually. But I'm not going anywhere; I'm sticking close to Jesus. I didn't grow up in the church; I was raised Mormon.
I was raised in a christian household but never gave my life to Jesus. God called for repentance when I was 28 years old. On Friday I have been born again for 6 months. The moment of salvation is so deep, profound and strong that you know (1. John) that you are saved. My whole life took a 180 degrees turn. So for me, I am blessed with the tremendous change in my life, being now able to call God my Father and living every day for him
wow ! amen!
I would doubt but still know deep down I'm saved anyway.
Damari B ead this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en
No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
Haweya Mohamed we’re Christian not Muslims...Jesus ain’t no prophet, he’s the King of Kings
@@haweyamohamed2983
When Lord Jesus was baptized, there was a voice from heaven saying “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.”
So are you going to ignore that or....
right, I doubt but I have this bible words im bringing John 3:16, Romans 8:1,
John 1:12
I think doubt can also be a spiritual attack. The enemy likes sending little whispers to get us confused. So sometimes I get a “what if I am wrong?” thought but realize that isn’t me and just tell the devil to take a hike and know that ultimately God is in control. Faith relies on belief and not sight so the evil one likes to target it.
Yes. Constantly telling me I’m not saved and stuff bc I don’t feel the lord 24/7. And I get scared have breakdowns bc I tend to overthink. And the thing is I know I am saved and I also know I never gave it up but there is always that confusion in my head like what if I ask for help. But what if I’m not really saved and they know. Ugh seee complicated
I was in the Church for over 50 years thinking I was a believer, when I absolutely wasn't. I used to think that satan was trying to get me to doubt my salvation, but why would he wants us to make us seek harder after Christ. The Holy Spirit was trying to get me onto the Narrow Path. It should have been obvious to me, by the fact that I was saying The Sinner's Prayer every week. God was never impressed with any of my Religious Acts. Matt 7:22... Lord, Lord, I put all my faith in Jesus Christ who died for my sins, I said The Sinner's Prayer, I got Baptized, I went to Church 1-2-3 times a week, I Fasted, I Read my Bible Daily, I tried to Obey it, I Prayed, I Care for the Widows, the Homeless, and those in Prison, I Tithed, I Fought for the Unborn, I did an overseas Mission trip, I Observing the Sabbath, I Disciplining New Believers, I visited Israel, I Evangelized on the street, etc, etc. Yes, I should have be doing all of those great things, but not because I Had To out of a Religious Obligation. I needed to Examine myself to see if I was truly in the faith, because God will judge my Thoughts as well as my actions.
I Wanted to serve Jesus through a Fully Surrendered heart, but I could NOT as long as I was being a Total HYPOCRITE, Willfully Sinning every single jday for most of my life. I almost committed suicide 4 years ago, because I had been tormented by Demonic voices from age of 6-50. I had multiple personalities after being kidnapped for sex trafficking. God shows no favoritism, it was never okay for me to sin even once simply because SO MANY people sinned against me. I found out that IT ONLY TAKES ONE DAY TO LISTEN TO THE N.T. BIBLE. Then Truth set me Free when I came across a single verse that Scared the Hell right out of me, and I suddenly knew that I was going straight to Hell. My victim mentality finally died after I read 1ST JOHN 3:9-10: 9. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!!!
Why is this verses never taught in the church? This was just 1 of Many verses where God Warns us not to sin. I suddenly realized that if I'm not willing to live 100% for Jesus Now, why would God let me live with Jesus Forever? I was like they other 3 Soils that all Thought they were saved, but Time revealed the truth. On Aug 10th, 2017 I finally surrendered my entire heart, mind, soul and strength to the Lord. Now I can't think of a single sin that's worth going to Hell for. Every temptation is gone, because I know that in order for me to be found as a Wise Virgin when Jesus comes for His Bride SOON!! I knew had to quit my job 4 years ago so that I can just read my Bible all day, pray and evangelize.
@@lailashea2466 it's really a battle but we know that our salvation rests in Christ and not ourselves. every look you take at yourself, take 10 looks at Christ.
Thank you for your comment.
This is me!!!!!! God deliver me , in Jesus name, from repetitive sins....Please God, I'm worn down here...I look forward to your return, to be set free from the effects of the fall and for the return to the perfection described in your Word...
spend time in Romans. Paul assures us plenty in Romans that we are righteous though faith by God's grace. Your not alone brother.
Hey, how are you now?
Bitterness and unforgiveness being the most common. I know; Its what I suffer from. But thankfully, its nothing that will keep you out of 'heaven' but it can complicate your life.
If you can't see it, you can't fix it. Experience is a good teacher for some. God is so great and perfect. 👍
I was converted at seven-years-old, but I didn't get baptized until I was 26. My softer personality and side-effects of past medical procedures drive a lingering doubt. Yet, I know God still has saved me. Thank you for another helpful video, Dr. Whitney! It's been a while!
I pray for blessed assurance for you in the name of Jesus. Amen
4:14 yess I can sooo relate. I was saved at 8 and it is hard to know how far you've come when you were saved so young and don't have some previous sinful life to compare yourself too
@@warriorbutterflyms yup but it's not a bad thing. He saved us from even starting all that, yk? Praise God 😁
Agreed
Thanks for this, I really needed this, I was raised in a Christian church but really didn’t know what the purpose was other then my parents just taking me and to worship God and sing. But when I was 16 years old my sister took me to a church that her teacher invited her to, I remember hearing the word of God in a way that I never have and the pastor talking about hell and I had a fear and I do remember the pastor asking if anyone wanted to go up and I had a feeling in my heart that I couldn’t explain yet I turn it down and went home knowing that I just reefused God due to the a voice telling me not to go up since I didn’t know anyone and I was just a Hispanic boy in a white church, I remember my sister telling me that the pastor went up to here and ask her that he would loves us to still come, which we did. A month later I believe I went to church again on a Sunday morning and I remember another pastor from one of the sister church came to visit since bible school was almost over and started preaching while everyone was in the altar and he was talking about a story about these three men being but in a oven of fire to burn and that the kind look over and saw that he saw a fourth men when they only put 3 and he started talking more and my heart started beating again slowly and I sat down listening and he kept talking about and how hell again, I never heard that story in my life either so it my heart in fear and then he said hell could of been the home for those men but it wasn’t due that they had God in their heart and that’s when my heart started pounding more he kept saying hell is not your home and kept asking that he knows there some out there that need to pray and get saved, in my mind I knew I had to go up there and pray however I couldn’t get up since I felt locked in my seat like if I was chained up and voices started to come up in my head again not go up because of many reasons, so I told my friend if he could get his dad since I had to talk to him and he did and ask me if I needed something and I told him in tears trying to hold my tear but I couldn’t it was something I couldn’t control but I told him that I felt like I needed to go up there and pray and he was happy and he help me and when I got up geez I couldn’t explain what was going on but my heart started to just pound and my heart started crying from the inside with every step I took I felt like something lose on my body was being let go and felt lose and I got closer to the altar my heart more heavy and I started to cry with every step I just couldn’t explain I just knew I had to go up there and get saved since I didn’t want to go to hell. I remember I got down on my knees and I don’t remember if I said anything or if I said forgive god I don’t remember since I didn’t know what to say since I never knew anything about salvation or a prayer you need to say, the whole church started praying around me. Then the pastor ask me question if I died with out Jesus where will I go and I told him hell and ask him do you accept Jesus as your true lord and savior and I said yes and asked me if I died rn where will I go and told him heaven and said again do you believe and I told him yes. I got up and felt happy in my heart that feeling earlier was not smooth with joy inside and was gone and then everyone started to give me a hug and felt happy inside and started smiling. Since then I do believe I been saved, I pray to go to forgive me for my sins in the name of Jesus since I started having that doubt due that I hear other people testimony and them saying the prayers and confessing and I look at mine and ask myself I don’t remember saying anything in my prayer or if I did I think I said sorry or forgive me God, but now I know I shouldn’t compare my salvation with other since everyone has their own testimony and how they got saved I do get those voices in my head saying your not saved since I think of that but I’m a fool to believe that since I tried confessing in prayers to get saved again multiple times when I already have been same since it wasn’t the same with the holy spirt circling my heart that day. I started reading the Bible and been seeing scripture and has open my eyes more. Since I have done sins in how the video explain yet God has always been there telling me not to yet I failed, the qaurintine has help me a lot get closer to God and I have prayed and confessed that he forgives me for the sins I have committed infront of him, I know I ain’t perfect but I have to follow in the way of Jesus and he said to follow him. And Jesus said him and the father are one and nobody can enter the kingdom of the father wouldn’t going threw him first. So now I know and my heart knows, I pray everyday for forgiveness to God ask Jesus to tell my father I’m sorry and tell him I’m sorry as I failed and ain’t worthy but I know that he loves me. I’ve now know the thing that put me aside from not trying to worship my Father good enough like music and movies and ect so I put them aside to help get closer to him, the earth is hard fight and I wish it were easy but it isn’t but I know I have eternal salvation and life waiting for me and I can’t wait to see my Lord and savior Jesus Christ when my father calls for my name. My sins will be judge by my father but I know I’m saved and by the blood of Christ. The Son is coming soon be ready ❤️ we will soon be with him and I love you all my brothers and sisters in Christ! We will soon be all together with Jesus and our Father!
Amen,if you ever need someone to talk to or advice please feel free, GLORY TO GOD THE FATHER AND HIS SON THE RESSURECTED KING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST and the HOLY SPIRIT,stay strong in your walk with the Lord and allow the precious Holy Spirit to continue to use and lead you according to his will,resist the devil (and his temptations,like the Lord Jesus Christ did in the dessert) and he will flee,seek first the kingdom of GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU!!!
Amen!! Glory to Jesus Christ:-)
Dont doubt our salvation. GOD promise that if you confess your sin and accept JESUS as your LORD and personal Savior. you saved but, ofcourse we should work out our salvation with fear and trembling. philippians 2:12
This really REALLY explained my situation well.
Born and raise Christian so I've only known one thing... Christ.
Briauna Gorman me too!
A real life African American cowboy once held two revolvers to my head, “starvation, or salvation, see that thou two things wouldn’t be your end!…” and cocked the gun trigger back. That was very sobering. It was October 4th 2002. I was only eight years old. It made me really want to help myself learn how to reason and it really made me want to work on myself and work on my morals.
Great Professor always explains topics so well.
My knowledge of God has grown exponentially and I do have that deep Joy one receives for a relationship with God. I have been a Christian since birth and at 8 years old I was saved at summer Bible School and I have been saved several times after that.
You don’t get saved more than once
This gentleman is an excellent Pastor/ I've subscribed. All Glory to God and thank you Southern Seminary.
Thank you for the faithful teaching!
Situation: I was raised in a Christian home. I got saved and baptized around age 11. I believed I was saved then and still do now, but with doubts. About a year or two after being saved we moved. My life changed a lot. Depression set in, I saw things in the church that I still don’t like. As a teen I was more concerned with teen things and friends. As a young adult I went in a stupid direction. Lots of pain and suffering as a result. Not many Christians were ever around me and pulling me back to my original path. My life didn’t look as a Christian one was and I never went out of my way to say I was bc I knew I wasn’t an example and probably shame. It’s only been about 9 years since I said to my spouse we need to go back to our “roots”. I know firsthand the ways of the world do not work!! My heart aches over all those things I’ve done and wish I could undo. Spent years trying to find a true Bible believing church and pastor. Figured out discernment within those years and stopped listening to false teachers and supposed preachers. About two months ago I finally found a God fearing Bible believing and teaching pastor. Now I’m in doubt as to whether I was saved as a child or not? I rebelled for so many known and unknown reasons. My mind right now is in doubt yet I believe in Jesus Christ, I’m just worried I was never saved? Even at my worst I believed in God and Jesus and could answer questions. There were times I hid because I point blank didn’t want to listen. The doubting of salvation is real for those who think it’s not. Now I’m just trying to figure out my next step. How can I even pray and talk of Jesus and the Bible if I’m not actually saved and only thought I was? The church was a Baptist Bible believing church where I was baptized and happy at that church. I’m now at a church that is the same and I feel like my eyes are more open to things than before. A new understanding has happened. I’d not want to get baptized again bc that might be wrong. Sometimes I’m certain I’m saved and other days I’m so scared and confused. Thoughts?
GlitterandCoffee xoxo ead this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en
No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
Please meditate upon these verses: John 3:36; John 5:24; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:37-39; Acts 16:31; Romans 4:24-5:1; Romans 10:9; Galatians 3:26; Colossians 1:20
Let the person and atoning work of Christ be your only object of faith (and not your holiness) and let the word of God (and not your experience) be your only ground of assurance.
@@LuizGustavo-sx8zi Thank you! I will read them tonight! Goodness I’d forgotten all about this comment I posted and the utter back and forth confusion I was in! 2020 has been a great year for me to get back to my 1st Love! Thx for your comment! I’m doing so much better and have grown so much! I’m so happy not to be stuck where I was before. I guess I’ll leave this all here in case it benefits someone else in the future! When you are a backslider the enemy really enjoys playing mind games on you when drawing closer to God! Wow!
@@Glitterandcoffeexoxo I have arrived a little late haha.
May He bless your life, brother. To God be the glory.
@@LuizGustavo-sx8zi lol no worries! It will benefit us all! Thx for responding! GBY ❤️
I love the teachings from this ministry...so clear..so simple..but delivered with such authority, in a humble way.
Right on the Getko or late bloomer Christian's , the understanding of Jesus message to humanity is of utmost importance , that is why we have the Holy Scriptures as a path to being saved .
Thank you so much sir for clarifying this issue in our lives!🙏
I believe that all Christians who are good Christians and are not sinning in a significant way still have doubts. Doubts are normal for human beings. Right now I am thinking quite a bit about my death and the past couple of days I have been afraid that there is a heaven! I am not separated from God but I pray and read the Bible for reassurance.
Thank you for this post
So here's my story. I thought i got saved at 11, lived for the Lord and raised in church my whole life. Then I got heartbroke when i was 20 and backslide like crazy. I drank and lived so wicked. Then I tried to straighten up myself and I got married. We got in church and lived pretty good, then I done things that i shouldnt have done and almost destroyed my marriage. Finally I woke up and i felt horrible for the things I had done. I thought there is no way I could have lived like that for all those years and have been saved. So one day I asked the Lord to forgive me and come into my heart and save me. He changed my whole life and I was SO happy for a few years. No after 2020 and all that has happened, I feel like my mind has took over my whole life. I worry all the time about what is going to happen and i know that the Bible is being fulfilled and it has made me dought my salvation like crazy again. It is a miserable feeling. I have prayed and i felt like the Lord answered my prayers for a long time, and i know he still hears me. But now i fell like he is just waiting on me to have faith and stop worrying but I still do it. I have tried to ask him to save me over and over but when i do i dont get no relief. Has anyone ever had an experience like this? Please help. God Bless
I was in the Church for over 50 years thinking I was a believer, when I absolutely wasn't. I used to think that satan was trying to get me to doubt my salvation, but why would he wants us to make us seek harder after Christ. The Holy Spirit was trying to get me onto the Narrow Path. It should have been obvious to me, by the fact that I was saying The Sinner's Prayer every week. God was never impressed with any of my Religious Acts. Matt 7:22... Lord, Lord, I put all my faith in Jesus Christ who died for my sins, I said The Sinner's Prayer, I got Baptized, I went to Church 1-2-3 times a week, I Fasted, I Read my Bible Daily, I tried to Obey it, I Prayed, I Care for the Widows, the Homeless, and those in Prison, I Tithed, I Fought for the Unborn, I did an overseas Mission trip, I Observing the Sabbath, I Disciplining New Believers, I visited Israel, I Evangelized on the street, etc, etc. Yes, I should have be doing all of those great things, but not because I Had To out of a Religious Obligation. I needed to Examine myself to see if I was truly in the faith, because God will judge my Thoughts as well as my actions.
I Wanted to serve Jesus through a Fully Surrendered heart, but I could NOT as long as I was being a Total HYPOCRITE, Willfully Sinning every single jday for most of my life. I almost committed suicide 4 years ago, because I had been tormented by Demonic voices from age of 6-50. I had multiple personalities after being kidnapped for sex trafficking. God shows no favoritism, it was never okay for me to sin even once simply because SO MANY people sinned against me. I found out that IT ONLY TAKES ONE DAY TO LISTEN TO THE N.T. BIBLE. Then Truth set me Free when I came across a single verse that Scared the Hell right out of me, and I suddenly knew that I was going straight to Hell. My victim mentality finally died after I read 1ST JOHN 3:9-10: 9. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!!!
Why is this verses never taught in the church? This was just 1 of Many verses where God Warns us not to sin. I suddenly realized that if I'm not willing to live 100% for Jesus Now, why would God let me live with Jesus Forever? I was like they other 3 Soils that all Thought they were saved, but Time revealed the truth. On Aug 10th, 2017 I finally surrendered my entire heart, mind, soul and strength to the Lord. Now I can't think of a single sin that's worth going to Hell for. Every temptation is gone, because I know that in order for me to be found as a Wise Virgin when Jesus comes for His Bride SOON!! I knew had to quit my job 4 years ago so that I can just read my Bible all day, pray and evangelize.
Whitney, this is what I struggle with all the time. You're not alone.
Whitney
Thank you for sharing. I went through similar things... But there is one question that may help you:
Is salvation based on what you do for God, or what God did for you on the cross by paying for all your sins?
Also, is salvation a deal you make with God, or is it a free gift that God gives to you ? (See Ephesians 2:8-9, and Romans 4:5)
Amen. Wonderful explanation.
really needed this! thanks!
Perfect response.
So true. I am sure this guy is a genuine Christian who have the same Christian spiritual experience written in scripture.
I really don’t have any Christian friends to share my new found faith in Jesus but seeing the comment just touched my heart..
This video is just wat I needed 😃
Thank you.intresting..thanks for caring
God bless u sir pray for me i m from india
Very interesting love you and God bless you ❤️
Ok my conversion was because I was scared of hell and I said the conversion prayer. And then I found a book that told me the whole salvation process and I remember clearly when I did this I did not have 180 degree turn repentance because right after that I went back to my addiction on video games. But I never denied Christ I was always there asking for forgiveness with out the desire to stop it . Until now I realize what repentance is and now I am cared if Hebrews 6:4-6 some say it's a believer but he turns his whole heart against God. Others believe he never was a Christian and fell away. Now I have the desire to change the desire for salvation but I dread there is no hope. Every time I am convinced I didn't do it I return back to despair.
I think it would be good for you to meditate upon these verses: John 5:24; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:37-39; Acts 16:31; Romans 4:24-5:1 and 10:9; Galatians 3:26; Colossians 1:20;
About Hebrews 6, the person who is portrayed as having fallen away is an apostate, that is, someone who just got an outward knowledge about Christianity and abandoned that knowledge because he never believed with his heart in the atoning work of Christ.
Yes, I struggled with Heb 6:4-8 for years... If you love anything more than God, you need to see if you are truly in the faith.
I was deceived in the Church for over 50 years thinking I was a believer, when I absolutely wasn't. I used to think that satan was trying to get me to doubt my salvation, but why would he wants us to make us seek harder after Christ? The Holy Spirit was trying to get me onto the Very Narrow Path where true life is found. It should have been obvious that I was not saved, by the fact that I was saying The Sinner's Prayer every week. God was never impressed with any of my Religious Acts. Matt 7:22... Lord, Lord, I put all my faith in Jesus Christ who died for my sins, I said The Sinner's Prayer, I got Baptized, I went to Church 1-2-3 times a week, I Fasted, I Read my Bible Daily, I tried to Obey it, I Prayed, I Care for the Widows, the Homeless, and those in Prison, I Tithed, I Fought for the Unborn, I did an overseas Mission trip, I Observing the Sabbath, I Disciplining New Believers, I visited Israel, I Evangelized on the street, etc, etc. Yes, I should have be doing all of those great things, but not because I Had To out of a Religious Obligation. I needed to Examine myself to see if I was truly in the faith, because God will judge my Thoughts as well as my actions.
I Wanted to serve Jesus through a Fully Surrendered heart, but I could NOT as long as I was being a Total HYPOCRITE, Willfully Sinning every single jday for most of my life. I almost committed suicide 4 years ago, because I had been tormented by Demonic voices from age of 6-50. I had multiple personalities after being kidnapped for sex trafficking. God shows no favoritism, it was never okay for me to sin even once simply because SO MANY people sinned against me. I found out that IT ONLY TAKES ONE DAY TO LISTEN TO THE N.T. BIBLE. Then Truth set me Free when I came across a single verse that Scared the Hell right out of me, and I suddenly knew that I was going straight to Hell. My victim mentality finally died after I read 1ST JOHN 3:9-10: 9. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!!!
Why is this verses never taught in the church? This was just 1 of Many verses where God Warns us not to sin. I suddenly realized that if I'm not willing to live 100% for Jesus Now, why would God let me live with Jesus Forever? I was like they other 3 Soils that all Thought they were saved, but Time revealed the truth. On Aug 10th, 2017 I finally surrendered my entire heart, mind, soul and strength to the Lord. Now I can't think of a single sin that's worth going to Hell for. Every temptation is gone, because I know that in order for me to be found as a Wise Virgin when Jesus comes for His Bride SOON!! I knew had to quit my job 4 years ago so that I can just read my Bible all day, pray and evangelize.
Hi. I've been doubting my testimony of salvation for quite a while now...
With me, all started in 2018 when I got convicted by the Holy Spirit that I was lost, then said a sinner's pray. Later on, I began to ask myself how do I know if I am saved or not? Then I came across a preacher on youtube teaching the true Gospel of Jesus Christ (that He died, was burried and resurrected on the 3rd day, and how to get saved, which of course is by believing/accepting the Gospel of peace alone, after you understood it of course, because how can you believe something that you don't understand? - Romans 10:14).
Then I finally understood and believed the Gospel, but I was telling myself that, I got saved when / while I said that prayer - I thought that I must have understood it back then, which is not true. And for some time I was thinking that I got saved back when I said that prayer, and understood something really important, which is the Gospel. At some point, I decided to examine myself, and began to believe that I did not understood the Gospel when I said that prayer and did not really believe it, because again, how can you believe something that you don't understand?
That prayer made me believe that I was holding on it as a work, then I was asking myself when did I really understood and believed the Gospel, and then I remembered that I did understood and believed it through that preacher on youtube. Now I believe that neither back then I got saved because I was saying that I got saved when I said that prayer which sounds like a work to me, making me believe that I was holding on it. Probably I even had faith in that prayer.
Now I had "foolish" moments when I was believing that now I really need to believe the Gospel to get saved, because I was thinking I am lost, how can be like this? So now I need to really put all my faith in Jesus for real, which happend like 7 times. At times, I was thinking that, no, I got saved when I believed through that preacher, I just need to stop... So on and so forth.
One of the things that makes stumble is that I want to have a point in time where I can say, yea that is when I got saved. It is like my eyes need to be "opened" for a second time to the knowledge of the Gospel and truly believe it properly. Maybe I think like this because a lack of faith or faith in some experience/feelings.
Wowwwww‼️
Parable of the labourers in the Vineyard. Matthew 20:1-16
One thing I always do is compare my spiritual life with the apostle because they are at the top when it comes to serving JESUS so when you compare yourselves to them you will see many things in your life that needs to be changed like overspending time with earthly things, reading your bible and after that it seems like you are living like the world again, etc
Can someone please answer the question of how long you must study God's word before receiving such an authentic, vibrant beard? Some of these scholars appear on here with their beards radiant of God's glory. I only have 10 years under my belt and can hardly grow a full goatee.
Please pray for me
Sanctification (God making us grow in holiness) is the proof Justification ( Truly saved)
How can you make a profession of faith and not be converted? I am confused. I don't understand how people can be falsely converted.
When he mentions assurance, what does he mean? Is he talking about the assurance of people's own salvation? And what if you sin so gravely that your own salvation is in peril?
Yes he means assurance that you yourself are saved. And no sin can be bigger than God’s forgiveness so you can’t lose your salvation.
I was in the Church for over 50 years thinking I was a believer, when I absolutely wasn't. I used to think that satan was trying to get me to doubt my salvation, but why would he wants us to make us seek harder after Christ. The Holy Spirit was trying to get me onto the Narrow Path. It should have been obvious to me, by the fact that I was saying The Sinner's Prayer every week. God was never impressed with any of my Religious Acts. Matt 7:22... Lord, Lord, I put all my faith in Jesus Christ who died for my sins, I said The Sinner's Prayer, I got Baptized, I went to Church 1-2-3 times a week, I Fasted, I Read my Bible Daily, I tried to Obey it, I Prayed, I Care for the Widows, the Homeless, and those in Prison, I Tithed, I Fought for the Unborn, I did an overseas Mission trip, I Observing the Sabbath, I Disciplining New Believers, I visited Israel, I Evangelized on the street, etc, etc. Yes, I should have be doing all of those great things, but not because I Had To out of a Religious Obligation. I needed to Examine myself to see if I was truly in the faith, because God will judge my Thoughts as well as my actions.
I Wanted to serve Jesus through a Fully Surrendered heart, but I could NOT as long as I was being a Total HYPOCRITE, Willfully Sinning every single jday for most of my life. I almost committed suicide 4 years ago, because I had been tormented by Demonic voices from age of 6-50. I had multiple personalities after being kidnapped for sex trafficking. God shows no favoritism, it was never okay for me to sin even once simply because SO MANY people sinned against me. I found out that IT ONLY TAKES ONE DAY TO LISTEN TO THE N.T. BIBLE. Then Truth set me Free when I came across a single verse that Scared the Hell right out of me, and I suddenly knew that I was going straight to Hell. My victim mentality finally died after I read 1ST JOHN 3:9-10: 9. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!!!
Why is this verses never taught in the church? This was just 1 of Many verses where God Warns us not to sin. I suddenly realized that if I'm not willing to live 100% for Jesus Now, why would God let me live with Jesus Forever? I was like they other 3 Soils that all Thought they were saved, but Time revealed the truth. On Aug 10th, 2017 I finally surrendered my entire heart, mind, soul and strength to the Lord. Now I can't think of a single sin that's worth going to Hell for. Every temptation is gone, because I know that in order for me to be found as a Wise Virgin when Jesus comes for His Bride SOON!! I knew had to quit my job 4 years ago so that I can just read my Bible all day, pray and evangelize.
I read a post where a pastor said if you doubt your salvation you are not saved. Idk but I have been trying to understand all of this for two years and i Just dont.
I dont think that pastor is correct. Doubt is a part of human nature and perhaps that is what the bible means when it says, "work out your salvation with fear and trembling." Spend time in the word and your faith will grow....God bless you.
Thank you for your comment. God Bless
Even John doubted that Jesus was the Messiah and Jesus is our salvation. That pastor's wrong
Jazmine Summer ead this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en
No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
if i dont doubt them i wouldnt be alive, so im thanking god for it because dead people dont doubt. ive gotta keep going to the scriptures not on my feelings.
Amen. Doubting keeps us close to Jesus.
Why Paul? Can you answer that question? Why no reference to Romans 6,7, & 8? Who are you in Christ? Paul answers those questions in the book of Romans. Grace and Peace
This guy is not saved. His quasi-assurance is 100% based on self, and not Christ alone. Assurance comes from trusting Christ alone. John 3:36. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.
Consider this, that Hebrews tells us that by the Cross the Lord disannulled the Ceremonial aspect of Moses’ Law (Heb 8:13 9:1) of the practices of the ordinances, leaving only in the hearts of all men the Moral aspect of the Law written in their hearts by which to convict them through their consciences. The converts Born Again believer the Lord took from being any longer under the moral law, no longer a Conditional tenet of the NT, which is strictly gracious (Romans 4:15 5:14-16, 7:4,6). Furthermore, neither Abraham nor David, who believed GOD had any further sin imputed unto them (Rom 4:7,8), nothing written vs them/their accounts. But that is not all, Paul also tells us in 2 Cor 5:19 that today for a believer GOD does not impute any trespasses unto them neither! We that believe been taken from under the Law completely, so that BEFORE GOD we do not sin any longer. Does Hebrews 9:27, 28 that explains Hebrews 6:4-6, a must read not explain the why? That because man dies only ONCE Jesus could only die once so that by that one time He took all sin away and none accrues vs a believer any more after that. A Christian is NOT A SINNER BEFORE GOD and the pulpits ought to stop calling them sinners! No Christian will ever be perfect (‘have attained’) on this side of heaven, and he can stumble (not fall), having faults and committing errors, but is NOT A SINNER. The hammering of an unbiblical notion wears on converts heavily. And as to ‘going to live like the devil’ which is a ploy to say, for the Spirit of J Christ that indwells the Christian (Col 1:27) will more and more move him away from the desires to transgress. In addition they doubt because they are not taught to yield to Christ in them so that He could get daily victory and teaching the error that if we will it very strongly we will be able to accomplish close to perfection.The recommendation: please do not call Born Again believers ‘sinners’ and bog them down. And as this one is, there are several more doctrines that neither Professors nor Pastors have yet discovered not uncovered.
Paul called himself the chief of sinners. We all sin and therefore are such but We are sinners saved by his grace.
@@aprilcurry3854 Paul called himself the chief of sinner in that he persecuted the Church and tried to destroy it (1 Tim 1:15). Yet stay in context, for in verse 16 it was before he obtained of His grace the mercy to be saved by Jesus Christ (on the Road to Damascus). Paul was a sinner before he was saved, then after that Paul himself in Romans and in Corinthians explain that the born again believers are no longer under the moral law, [Free from the law, having liberty] but under the ministration of the indwelling Spirit of JC, ‘sins’ no longer imputed to our accounts 2 Cor 5:19 Rom 4:8. Before GOD the saved brother, in Christ, is no longer a sinner.
Doubting ones salvation does not have anything to do with whether they believe this God is the right thing.
I was in the Church for over 50 years thinking I was a believer, when I absolutely wasn't. I used to think that satan was trying to get me to doubt my salvation, but why would he wants us to make us seek harder after Christ. The Holy Spirit was trying to get me onto the Narrow Path. It should have been obvious to me, by the fact that I was saying The Sinner's Prayer every week. God was never impressed with any of my Religious Acts. Matt 7:22... Lord, Lord, I put all my faith in Jesus Christ who died for my sins, I said The Sinner's Prayer, I got Baptized, I went to Church 1-2-3 times a week, I Fasted, I Read my Bible Daily, I tried to Obey it, I Prayed, I Care for the Widows, the Homeless, and those in Prison, I Tithed, I Fought for the Unborn, I did an overseas Mission trip, I Observing the Sabbath, I Disciplining New Believers, I visited Israel, I Evangelized on the street, etc, etc. Yes, I should have be doing all of those great things, but not because I Had To out of a Religious Obligation. I needed to Examine myself to see if I was truly in the faith, because God will judge my Thoughts as well as my actions.
I Wanted to serve Jesus through a Fully Surrendered heart, but I could NOT as long as I was being a Total HYPOCRITE, Willfully Sinning every single jday for most of my life. I almost committed suicide 4 years ago, because I had been tormented by Demonic voices from age of 6-50. I had multiple personalities after being kidnapped for sex trafficking. God shows no favoritism, it was never okay for me to sin even once simply because SO MANY people sinned against me. I found out that IT ONLY TAKES ONE DAY TO LISTEN TO THE N.T. BIBLE. Then Truth set me Free when I came across a single verse that Scared the Hell right out of me, and I suddenly knew that I was going straight to Hell. My victim mentality finally died after I read 1ST JOHN 3:9-10: 9. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!!!
Why is this verses never taught in the church? This was just 1 of Many verses where God Warns us not to sin. I suddenly realized that if I'm not willing to live 100% for Jesus Now, why would God let me live with Jesus Forever? I was like they other 3 Soils that all Thought they were saved, but Time revealed the truth. On Aug 10th, 2017 I finally surrendered my entire heart, mind, soul and strength to the Lord. Now I can't think of a single sin that's worth going to Hell for. Every temptation is gone, because I know that in order for me to be found as a Wise Virgin when Jesus comes for His Bride SOON!! I knew had to quit my job 4 years ago so that I can just read my Bible all day, pray and evangelize.
I've only known one thing.
the Kye family ead this and see if it’s helps you with what your struggling with quran.com/?local=en
No harm in reading it and you might find answers to your questions ;)
How can you said that Yesus is God while Yesus itself has God, is it true that God has a God...???
God is a Trinity. Jesus is God the Son. Read Hebrews Chapter 1 and you will see what God the Father called Jesus. Also in Isaiah 9:6, Jesus is called The Mighty God, The everlasting Father.
Jesus is God the Son. He is the creator. Jesus Christ and God the Father are one in being.
Perhpas you trusting in you works, as stopping to sin and not 100% relying on the finished work of christ, believing the testimony of god, that he gave us enternal life in christ and reconciled us to himself, god was in christ and reconciled the world to himself, the blood made a 100% atonement for our sins, do you believe, to hav e enternal life, because christ died for you sins ?
My main concern is that he is using no scripture to back up anything he is saying. Without the Holy Scriptures It is just feelings and opinions, mans wisdom/worlds wisdom.
1 Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
The two reason someone doubts their salvation is because they are....
1. False brethren. (Counterfeit to the real thing.)
Galatians 2:4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
2 Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Notice it says there that they have a love of God but they love Pleasures more. And that they have a form of godliness but deny the power thereof.
1 Cor 11:1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. 2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
A lot of people today have fallen for a false Christ (antichrist) a false Gospel and have received that Antichrist spirit(1 John 4:3) instead of the Holy spirit. And the "Ye migh well bear with him" is Satan. Where will Satan end up? Lake of fire. People that have a form of Godliness but denying the power there of ( the true plan of salvation. coming to God on his terms, his way) will end up going to Hell then the lake of Fire to burn for all eternity.
True Plan of Salvation.
Repent - Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Psalms 34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Believe - Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Acts 16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Confess - Romans 10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Call/ask - Genesis 4:26 then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Psalms 116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Lamentations 3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. 1 Corinthians 1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's: Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
When one skips any of these steps or perverts them one will never find true Salvation. There is no Back door or another way into Heaven. John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
2. Brethren that have become part of the falling away (lost the way and going their own way).
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first
2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. 22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Newly saved Babes in Christ, 1 Cor 3:1. Doubt their salvation because it is the period where God is sanctifying that person and getting sin out of their life. I fought God on letting go of some sins and it took longer then it should to get that sin out of my life. And there was chastening of the Lord. Proverbs 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. Also in Hebrews 12. There were times i Doubted when I got saved, because of my struggles with the flesh and letting go of certain sins in my life. (remember what we read in 2 Timothy 2? Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity) When you do not do this you feel like a failure and that is when the doubt comes in.
Mature Christians doubt their salvation because they turn from God and go back to the flesh, the world, Satans way of doing things. (the three enemies of the Christian)
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;
Remember we just read about the falling away in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 that happens before the day of Christ, the catching away of the body of Christ before the time of Jacobs Trouble.
I believe that God gets this christian to doubt their salvation because when you get this far of the right path, the way, God will bring you back to the first step in the right Direction you made....The True plan of Salvation. Why??? to remind that person of Who saved them, why they got saved, why they needed to get saved, and who it is they serve and belong too.
Sorry for the long response but this man is using no scripture to back up what he is saying and then makes the statement that people do not know the bible as they should know the bible. Then why are you not quoting the bible to back up what you are saying? And why are the people in the Comment section not asking Chapter and verse? Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
I will be doing a bible study in the next few days on Who is on the throne and who is on the cross. When Jesus is on the throne and you are on the cross you have that assurance of salvation. When you kick Jesus off the throne and put yourself on the throne, Jesus has no were to go but back to the cross which is why many doubt their salvation. I pray this exhorts the brethren and does not get deleted.
Grace and peace from God our Father and my Love for you which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Phillip Newton
P.S. Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Brethren if God has saved you then you are going to Heaven no mater how many times or how bad you have failed him.
Are their people who believe they're Christian but are not??
Can someone believe but not be of the elect? Meaning choosen in Christ before the foundations of the earth?
Or believe the Bible from cover to cover & love God totally & believe he died for every person personally except themselves
Maybe I doubt because I can think rationally and rationally the whole religion is clearly not true.
So what if they feel those things about things that aren't a sin but they were told to was a sin?
So children have the understanding to make a life changing decision about god, does that also apply to other things like committing crimes or expressing their gender or deciding that their is no god (if you respect their ability to choose god, do you equally respect their ability to not choose god and not take them to church or would you be hypocritical and keep forcing it on them until they choose differently?) or to having a relationship or to many other big decisions? If not these things then what makes them different from committing themselves to god? It's a life long commitment after all and children don't know what that really means and haven't got the right amount of knowledge to make such a commitment (which is probably why religions love targeting the young, they don't know better, they haven't learnt reasoning skills and science yet, so the indoctrination will stick better).
But let's face it there are only two answers to doubt, explore it and if god is real then surely your doubts will be proven wrong or ignore it and fake it till you make it, if you put your head in the sand long enough I'm sure those doubts will go away, why question your beliefs, that would be scary.
It wouldn't be belief in the context of this video it would be salvation. Salvation has a certain context in the mind of a believer. Salvation to the unbeliever is nonsensical. There are no clear referential observances of evidence of Jesus either evidencing His claim to Godhood in deed or Word in that way of believing. The resurrection would be of great value as a study and also the life and ministry of the Apostles which were called and their martydoms. That would greatly increase some likelyhood of an individual toward establishing a healthy and successful basis for belief
I struggled with Heb 6:4-8 for years... If we love anything more than God, we need to see if you are truly in the faith.
I was deceived in the Church for over 50 years thinking I was a believer, when I absolutely wasn't. I used to think that satan was trying to get me to doubt my salvation, but why would he wants us to make us seek harder after Christ? The Holy Spirit was trying to get me onto the Very Narrow Path where true life is found. It should have been obvious that I was not saved, by the fact that I was saying The Sinner's Prayer every week. God was never impressed with any of my Religious Acts. Matt 7:22... Lord, Lord, I put all my faith in Jesus Christ who died for my sins, I said The Sinner's Prayer, I got Baptized, I went to Church 1-2-3 times a week, I Fasted, I Read my Bible Daily, I tried to Obey it, I Prayed, I Care for the Widows, the Homeless, and those in Prison, I Tithed, I Fought for the Unborn, I did an overseas Mission trip, I Observing the Sabbath, I Disciplining New Believers, I visited Israel, I Evangelized on the street, etc, etc. Yes, I should have be doing all of those great things, but not because I Had To out of a Religious Obligation. I needed to Examine myself to see if I was truly in the faith, because God will judge my Thoughts as well as my actions. I was very Religious, but I never had a Relationship.
I Wanted to serve Jesus through a Fully Surrendered heart, but I could NOT as long as I was being a Total HYPOCRITE, Willfully Sinning every single day for most of my life. I almost committed suicide 4 years ago, because I had been tormented by Demonic voices from age of 6-50. I had multiple personalities after being kidnapped for sex trafficking. God shows no favoritism, it was never okay for me to sin even once simply because SO MANY people sinned against me. I found out that IT ONLY TAKES ONE DAY TO LISTEN TO THE N.T. BIBLE. Then Truth set me Free when I came across a single verse that Scared the Hell right out of me, and I suddenly knew that I was going straight to Hell. My victim mentality finally died after I read 1ST JOHN 3:9-10: 9. No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in them, they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. 10. This is how we KNOW who the children of God are and who the children of the Devil are!!!
Why is this verses never taught in the church? This was just 1 of Many verses where God Warns us not to sin. I suddenly realized that if I'm not willing to live 100% for Jesus Now, why would God let me live with Jesus Forever? I was like they other 3 Soils that all Thought they were saved, but Time revealed the truth. On Aug 10th, 2017 I finally surrendered my entire heart, mind, soul and strength to the Lord. Now I can't think of a single sin that's worth going to Hell for. Every temptation is gone, because I know that in order for me to be found as a Wise Virgin when Jesus comes for His Bride SOON!! I knew had to quit my job 4 years ago so that I can just read my Bible all day, pray and evangelize.
The Serpent deceives us to think God loves us out of self interest. The Cross is anything but self interest. Jesus Love offered to us is so different from human love, it is unconditional, it is not meant to be understood, but simply received. Like your salvation, simply ask for Jesus to forgive you, and walk in His love, His arms are open wide.
A simple answer: because you have nothing better to do. If you were putting the Bible into practice and doing what Jesus commanded, helping your neighbour instead of stamping on his fingers on the ladder to success, the world would become a better place overnight, and like St Paul, you would not doubt your salvation. He never shows any doubt whatever. He has too much work to do.
You perch a false gospel sin is not problem Jesus Christ paid for our sins savation is by faith not how you live you trust in the death burial resurrection of Jesus Christ and is it it's by grace not by works get your doctrine right its by faith Romans 4
saved people still have a sinful nature, but Jesus helps us by His Spirit change our desires. Yes, we are saved by faith and not works, but good works (repentance and living like a believer) is a byproduct of being saved by the grace of God.
Faith without works is dead!
I doubt my salvation because I'm a loser
This expresses that you believe the true way to heaven !! : Lord Jesus, I have admitted I'm a sinner being sorry. Therefore, I do not trust in my own works to go to heaven because I realize, being a sinner, I cannot offer the perfect blood sacrifice that you require to pay for sin. Instead, I fully trust, believing in my heart, that your finished work on the cross, your one perfect blood sacrifice; when you bled, suffered and died, in my place, paid for my sins in full, past, present and future ! And I believe that you rose from the dead and that you are God Almighty, God the Son, alive for evermore !!! And I fully trust that you have forgiven me by cleansing me from all sin in your precious blood, which purified my soul. Thank you Lord Jesus for greatly loving me, for forgiving me, saving me from hell and giving me eternal life and sealing me with the Holy Spirit dwelling within me forever! Rom.3:25,5:8,9,10:9, Rev.1:5, Ephes.1:7,13, 4:30, Heb.10:10-14,19,38,39,I John 5:7,13,20
I doubt because of my addiction to pornography.