Read: Ephesians 2:1-19
“Now we can come fearlessly
right into God's presence, assured of his glad welcome when we come with Christ
and trust in him.” - Ephesians 3:12
So many Christians are tormented by Satan’s lies concerning their salvation. It is wise to consider your salvation experience and to make sure it is secured. Have you truly repented? Have you surrendered your life to the Lordship of Jesus Christ? Are you attempting to walk in the Spirit and to avoid the temptations of the flesh? Do you have a hunger for Bible study? Do you enjoy praying? Do you have a heart for spiritual things? If so, then you are truly saved.
Therefore, you can ignore
the doubts Satan whispers in your mind. God’s Word gives us assurance of our
salvation. It brings comfort and peace to our soul and strength to our spirit
to help us to grow into everything that God created us to be.
We were once under God's
curse, doomed forever because of our sins. We went along with the secular crowd
and followed their example. All of us used to be just as they are, doing every
thing that our passions or thoughts led us to do. We were born with evil
natures, and were under God's judgment just like everyone else. However, now
that we believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God and
Emmanuel, God in the flesh who dwelt with us, He is our Savior and we are
actually joint heirs with Him and children of our Father God (1 John
5:1-4).
God gives us the rich
experience of knowing Christ with certainty and clarity (Colossians
2:2). There is no eternal doom waiting
for those who trust in Jesus for Salvation (John 3:16-18). God expressed His richest mercy toward us and raised
us from the dead with Christ. We did in no way deserved His favor, but He
lifted us up from the grave into glory anyway. Salvation is not our reward for
being good. We cannot take any credit for it (Ephesians 2: 8-9). It is God Himself who has made us who we are today.
He gave Salvation as His free gift to whomever chooses to believe (2 Peter
3:9; Acts 17:30). Are you a Believer?
I never want to forget that
I was once a sinner. I never want to judge anyone else in the moment of their
negative behavior, but to give them the same measure of mercy and grace that
Christ gives me. We are now all one family, because Christ broke down the walls
of derision and suspicion that used to separate us. If we have love in our
heart for other Christians, this proves that we have been delivered from hell
and given eternal life (1 John 3:14).
I never want to say that I love people without proving it by my actions, so
that my conscience will be clear before the Lord.
Loving God means doing what
He tells us to do, which is not really hard at all. Every child of God can obey
him, defeating sin and evil desires by trusting Christ to help us. We are no
longer strangers to God and foreigners to heaven, but members of His family,
citizens of His country, and we will abide forever in His household (Ephesians
2:19). We can go boldly to God’s throne
of grace in our time of need, trusting Him to receive us, simply because we
have been sprinkled clean with the blood of Jesus and washed pure with the
water of His Words in the Bible (Hebrews 10:22).
God put His Holy Spirit into
our hearts as a proof to us that we are living with Him and He lives within us (1 John
4:12-17). I never grow bored with living
the Christian life and I never want to become spiritually apathetic or
indifferent (Hebrews 6:12). My
confidence in my salvation is now a strong anchor for my soul, because it
connects me with God himself.
Prayer:
Lord Jesus, thank You for
leaving Your home in the glories of heaven, for sacrificing You life on the
horrendous torture of Calvary and for preparing a home for us in Heaven (John 14:2-3). Help us to stand firmly assured of the complete work
You did for us on the cross, and to walk in that assurance every day of our
life.
Thought for the Day:
We
can live confidently in our salvation by trusting in Christ.
