Came across this the other day in a message by Matt Chandler. With so many of our people experiencing CRAZY LOVE by Francis Chan. I thought it might be a good project for us to work through. I have no desire to stir doubts in the minds of Christ followers but have every desire to help Christ followers live a life fully devoted to Jesus and help those who don't know Christ come to faith. Take a few minutes... or days... or years... to work through this process and... "work out your salvation" as Paul would say. DON'T BLINK!
How to know you are saved.
Matt Chandler 2009
1.
Do you habitually sin? Not struggle but actively, secretly or outwardly sin… even
maybe described as it “owning you”.
1 John 3:9 No one who is born of God will continue
to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he
has been born of God.
Rom 6:1-2 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace
may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?
2.
Do you seek to live a holy life by being in God’s Word?
3.
Do you love others?
1 John 4:7-8 Dear Friends, let
us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know
God, because God is love.
1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death
to life, because we love our brothers.
Anyone who does not love remains in death.
4.
Are you bound by the affections of this world? Do you have affection for God?
1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or anything in
the world. If anyone loves the
world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Rom 8:5 Those who live according to the sinful
nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with
the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.
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