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Everyone is born into sin, and we all “fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23;cf: Romans 5:12). Therefore, everyone needs to be saved from sin and death. “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23). We cannot save ourselves. To be saved, we must place our faith in Jesus Christ, who died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins. “For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45). When we place our faith in Him, we receive forgiveness for our sins. “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” (Acts 2:38), and we are made right with God. “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” (Romans 3:24).
So, how can you know that you are saved? Here are a few things that will be true about you if you are saved:
1. You believe in Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior. This means that you have confessed “with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead” “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.” (Romans 10:9)
(Romans 10:9).
2. You have repented of your sins. Repentance is the act, enabled by God, of turning away from sin and turning toward God “When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.”, (Acts 11:18). You have “put to death the deeds of your sinful nature” “For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”, (Romans 8:13, NLT). Yes, you will still sin, but you now have an earnest desire to honor God by following His commands.
3. You have a new heart and a new life (Psalm 51:10; Ezekiel 36:26; John 3:3,5; 2 Corinthians 5:17). This means that you are no longer the same person that you used to be. Because you have been transformed by the power of God, you now have a desire to glorify Him in everything that you do “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.”, (1 Corinthians 10:31).
4. You have the Holy Spirit within you. The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, lives within every believer “But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.”, (Romans 8:9). If you have received salvation, then you have been sealed with the Holy Spirit “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were se…aled with that Holy Spirit of promise,”, (Ephesians 1:13), who will empower and guide you to become more like Christ (Galatians 5:22-23).
5. You will read and obey the Bible. The Bible is God’s authoritative self-revelation to humanity (2 Timothy 3:16-17), and it is the primary way that He communicates with us. If you have received salvation, then you will want to learn more about God “that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death;”, (Philippians 3:10) and His will for your life “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.”, (Romans 12:2). You will also obey His commands out of love for Him “If ye love Me, keep My commandments.”, (John 14:15).
6. You will share the gospel with others (Matthew 28:18-20). The gospel is the “good news” of what Jesus Christ has done in dying and rising again. If you have received salvation, then you will testify about the goodness of Jesus and how He transformed your life. You will want others to also experience the joy of salvation.
