How Do I know if I Am Saved?

Billy Graham said he believed one of the oldest tricks of the devil is to make Christians doubt their salvation. “When we doubt our salvation,” he writes, “We doubt God’s Word, and when we doubt God’s Word, we are powerless and ineffective tools for Christ?”

So, is it possible to truly and absolutely know that we have been born again, even if the devil tries to make us doubt our salvation? Yes! The Bible gives us many assurances; ways we may know for sure. Here are four . . .

Four Ways I May Know that I am Saved

1. First Assurance – The Absolute Trustworthiness of Scripture

God in His Word promises us that He will save “all” who believe upon His Son. The Bible says, “Whoever will call on the Name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:13.  Have you called upon Jesus to save you? If you have, you can have the absolute assurance that you are saved. This is God’s genuine promise! All who have given their lives to Jesus and believed upon Him may have the firm confidence of salvation based upon the infallibility of God’s Word. Continue reading “How Do I know if I Am Saved?”

What is so Amazing about God’s Amazing Grace?

“Amazing Grace that saved a wretch like me”

God’s Amazing grace is something that Paul never got over. Eighty-five times he wrote about grace. You never have to go far in any of his letters without running into the word, “grace”. Three times he recorded the time, when on his way to Damascus to imprison Christians he came face-to-face with the Amazing Grace of God; grace,  that saved even a wretch like him. Continue reading “What is so Amazing about God’s Amazing Grace?”

ENCOURAGEMENT ~ Watchword for the Day

An allegorical story is told of a meeting of the devils of hell. It was a strategy session and the issue was how to defeat Christians in their daily living. Many suggestions were made. Finally, a bright young demon came up with an idea recognized by all to be the key. He suggested slowly planting bits of bad news here and there until discouragement had taken over. That was it. The Continue reading “ENCOURAGEMENT ~ Watchword for the Day”

Bread of Life

“Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger.'” John 6:35

A pioneer family was making its way West by covered wagon when they were suddenly surrounded by a band of Indians. With gestures and broken English they made the wife to understand that they wanted her to bake for them a pan of biscuits. After eating the biscuits, they rode away, never to be seen or heard of again.

That day, the Indians hunger was temporarily satisfied. But there is a Continue reading “Bread of Life”

They Know His Voice

“They know His voice . . . A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.” John 10:4b-5

One summer when still a student in seminary, I was serving as pastor of  a little country church in Central Texas. To help pay off some bills and upcoming tuition for the fall semester, I hired out to a dairy farmer. I knew something about beef cattle, but very little about dairy cattle. So the summer became quite a learning experience.

One of those lessons came early on. The first time I attempted on my own to ‘call’ up the cattle, they just stood and looked at me. On the other hand,when Glen, the cows owner ‘called’ there was no hesitation. They Continue reading “They Know His Voice”