Doubts About Your Salvation?

February 13, 2022

Many a sincere Christian has questioned his salvation with Satan’s prompting. We

are inclined to focus upon our work, whether it is good enough to please the Lord,

while both we and especially Satan understand that it is not! It is Satan’s delight to

watch while we wallow in guilt instead of rising, rising to walk in newness of life

(Romans 6). It is a continual process and requires rehearsing in our spirit the truth

that has been given over and over, “we are the children of God” (Romans 8:14).

“We have not received the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but the Spirit of

adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father” (Romans 8:15). Something of great

consequence has happened in our experience, grace has been given through faithful

obedience, we were baptized, born again, according to His will (Romans 6:1-4 & 1

Peter 3:21). “The Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are the

children of God” (Romans 8:16). The result being that if we ask for fish, we do not

receive a serpent or if we ask for bread, we do not receive a stone. God gives good

gifts to his children, “And if children then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with

Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together”

(Romans 8:17). Our trials are not all because of sin, some are, but along with Job

we must become aware that Satan is real. He has license to afflict and to try our

faith, as gold in the fire, by which God’s purpose is accomplished and we are found

humbled by sin and yet more patient, more determined, and more faithful. His word

given by his Spirit make us reflect that any affliction at this present time is not

worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us (Romans 8:18).

Our reward is coming not because of our merit, but His. Our trust therefore is not in

anything that we do but in everything that He has already done. So, if the Spirit of

him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from

the dead shall also give life to your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you.

(Romans 8:11). Do you believe this? Do you believe the scriptures and the Holy

Spirit which testify that faithfulness saves forever (Matthew 7:21)? Then that

should give you peace. Why? Because we know that he is faithful to us even when

we are unfaithful to ourselves in doubting that his grace is greater than all my sin.

Repentance is a good thing. Amen!

Dr. Kenneth E. Morrison