Strength for Your Day Sunday, 2 February Topic: Assurance of Salvation READ: Eph.2:1-8 MORE LESSONS: Rom.8:14-16 Bible Reading in One Year: Exodus 1-4 Yesterday, we considered what it takes to be truly born again and perhaps you prayed and committed your life to Jesus. Many young converts grapple with the problem of confirming their new status in Christ. A young convert may be faced with questions such as: What makes you believe that you are now born again? Did you see Jesus enter into you? How can mere repetition of the preachers prayer get you born again? Thus he or she is confused. Perhaps you are also confused about the prayer you made yesterday, but I want you to understand the following from our text: 1. You are saved by grace through faith. Having said the prayer yesterday, believe in the efficacy of the prayer. 2. Jesus does not have to physically walk into your life. The Spirit of God entered into you at conversion. So Jesus is in your heart. 3. You are now a child of God. The Spirit of God will henceforth continue to testify, witness to your own spirit (conscience) that you are born again. It is the strategy of satan to put doubt in anyone who confesses Jesus to make him think nothing has changed. But from the very moment you made those statements sincerely from your heart, God who sees your heart knew that you meant every word. So He released His Spirit to carry out a work of regeneration on your spirit man. In the spirit realm, you have been rescued from the control and dominion of the power of darkness (Col.1:13). Your name was removed from the books of judgement and boldly written in the Book of life (Rev.20:11-15). Satan and his agents and the angels of God know this truth. Stand your ground. Your affection for God and things of God will begin to increase. There is a deep-seated joy and satisfaction in your inner being. You feel as if you have everything even though physically, you may have some lack. You feel God is now nearer to you than before. You will also resent sin. You feel odd in the midst of old friends who practise sin, and you desire a new company. These are some of the evidence that you are born again. Go ahead and change those friends because they can pull you down if you continue with them. Go to a Bible believing church and present yourself to the pastor, and ask him to give you someone who can follow you up. Remember, you are born again by grace through faith, not by works. Prayer/Action * Thank God for His mercies by which He saved you. * Ask God to keep you in the faith until Jesus comes. * Pray against the enemy that makes men to backslide. Share your salvation experience with a friend today.
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 05:36:37 +0000
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