Skip to main content

The List

Image
By

A few days after I made Jesus the Lord of my life I decided to compare my salvation security that I had before with the security I have today. I wanted to see why I was so convinced for all my life (except the last year) that I was going to go to Heaven when I died, and now how I can see so clearly that my religion was going to send me straight to Hell. To do this I made a list of things that I would have told someone how I knew I was saved or going to Heaven if they were to ask me at any point in my life from my profession of faith until October 9th. I was able to prove myself wrong with scripture. This is a really wise thing to do. (try it) I want to share with you my list and the scriptures. I ask that you take the time to read the scripture!!!

  • I believe in Jesus (birth, life, death and resurrection). James 2:19 says that the demons believe in one God and tremble. Even Satan himself believes in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit and the demons or the Devil aren't going to go to Heaven.
  • I asked Him (Jesus) to come into my heart and be my Lord and Savior of my life. 2 Corinthians 5:17, Galatians 2:20, 1 John 3:6. These scriptures talk about the change that occurs when one actually receives Christ. They become new. They no longer live like the world. They no longer habitually sin. ( 1 John 3:6 says "No one who lives in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen Him or know Him)
  • I feel guilty when I sin or I have a conscience. Titus 1:15 makes reference to the defiled and unbelieving having a defiled conscience. That tells me that unbelievers have a conscience. They too can feel guilty over something they do that is wrong. God placed in every person a conscience. Con means "with" and science means "knowledge". When we stand before God no one will be able to say... Well I didn't know that was wrong. God gave them the "with-knowledge" molecule so they do know its wrong.
  • God hears my prayers and He doesn't hear the prayers of lost people. I'm almost embarrassed to put this one on here because it seems absolutely crazy to me now, but it was something that I used to think validated my salvation. I was actually taught this!! (I wish I could remember who did, I would love to talk to them about it.) Acts 10 is the story of Cornelius. A lost man who prays and an angel appears to tell him that God heard his prayer and for him to send men after Peter. Peter then shares the gospel and Cornelius and his entire family are saved. And when you really think about this.... I mean we are talking about GOD here. The God who knows everything! Every thought I have had, every thought I'm going to have. Thinking he cant hear certain prayers because they are coming from a lost person is just foolish. But I was a fool.

Well there you have it. I hope that each one of you will make your own list and just do some research and reading in God's word. You may be amazed at what you find.

Comments

Brittany said…
That's really interesting. And sounds awfully familiar! I need to take some time and try a list like that. I never thought about it like that before, because before I was TRULY saved, I never even told anyone why I thought I was going to heaven! I honestly can't think of one person I shared the gospel with or my testimony for that matter. You know what my excuse was? I'm painfully shy. Yep. And it's true, I'm HORRIBLY shy...funny thing is, now that I really AM saved, I manage to get past my fear to talk to people about Jesus and share with them what He did for me!
December 1, 2007 at 11:59 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Just some questions......

By
These are a few questions that have been stirring in my mind for several months. 1.Can one actually receive Christ and not live for Him until years later? 2.Can the Holy Spirit dwell in someone for 5, 10, 15 years and it not change a person? 3.What does it mean when someone says "I have been saved for many years, but NOW I'm ready to get serious about my faith?" or "get serious with God" Many people state a similar tale.... Raised in Christian home, saved at an early age, lived like a "normal" teen, experimented in college, got married and had some kids, and NOW I want to get real with God. This concept is somewhat disturbing to me. It is disturbing because that is how I was living my life for so long. Have you ever made a profession of faith? If you have look at your life 5 years after that moment..... are you 5 years more worldly? or 5 years more Christ like? do the same thing for 10 years? 15 years? And so on... God starts working on or molding His
12 comments
Read more

(you had me at) Hello AGAIN!

By
Been a very long time! Sorry for dropping of the face of the earth! It's been very busy around the Vallance household. One of the main reason is a new business venture. I'll have a to drop a line for the new company.. Check us out at doulostech.com ... We are focusing on IT needs for churches. One specific need we are targeting is web presents and cloud apps specifically google's suite of apps. I had been out of the web design world for over 3 years now. Needless to say I've had some catch up work to do. Lots of late nights reading and research. Hopefully it will pay off soon. You can check out a few WIP now... Crosspoint Baptist Church in Greenbrier http://crosspointlife.com Our home church's up-and-coming site First Baptist Church Maumelle http://www2.fbcmaumelle.org and it's youth tag-along site http://www2.fbcmaumelle.org/youth So much to do (and figure out) so little time ;) Hope all is well with you and yours! God bless! Shalom! -Alan
Post a Comment
Read more

Do I know God's Word?

By
It absolutely amazes me how I grew up thinking that I knew God's Word. I am learning more and more each day that I didn't. It's also becoming more clear to me that there are so many people that are just as I was. For instance(s).. I used to "study" the Bible to just be able to not look silly in my sunday school class. I used to not understand ANYTHING that I was reading. I used to try to rationalize almost everything that I read. I used to not believe what I was reading. I can say this because I was not carrying out what I read on a daily, hourly, minutely basis. and the list could go on... I say all of these things because I can see clearly now how absolutely fake I was. I was living for myself and not carrying at all what God's Word says. Not only that, I wasn't even trying! I challenge you, as I challenged and keep challenging myself, that if you think that you know what God's Word says and that you think that you are carrying that out. Re
Post a Comment
Read more