Am I Really Saved?
At some point in our Christian walk all of experience doubts of various kinds. One question that used to enter my mind a lot as a young Christian was "Am I really saved? Did I put my faith in Christ for real?" Although obsessing over that question is not healthy, especially since I prayed to receive Christ many, many times (just in case), it is a valid question. But perhaps the best indicator of whether someone really put their faith in Christ is TIME. Look at what the Apostle John wrote: They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us. 1 John 2:19 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 2 John 9 John says that a person who leaves the body of believers and walks away from the TRUTH found in Chri...