“According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness…” 2 Peter 1:3a
THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF SALVATION
1. Being Convicted By The Holy Spirit That One Is A Lost Sinner: John 16:8, Matthew 9:12-13, John 6:44-45, Acts 16:14
2. Personal Repentance: Acts 17:30, Luke 13:3
3. Personal Conversion: Acts 3:19, Matthew 18:3, 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
4. Being Born Again: John 3:3-7,14-15, John 1:12
The Holy Spirit regenerating new spiritual life within: Titus 3:5, Ephesians 2:1
Being made a new creature, by the creative power of God: Ephesians 2:10, 2 Corinthians 5:17
5. Personal Justification From The Guilt And Condemnation Of Our Sin: Romans 3:19,24-28
6. The Righteousness Of Christ Imputed To Our Souls: Romans 4:4-8
THE PERSONAL RESULTS OF SALVATION
1. Christ Lives Within: Romans 8:9, Galatians 2:20
2. The Witness Of The Holy Spirit Within: Romans 8:16, Galatians 4:6
3. Led By The Spirit Of God: Romans 8:14, John 16:13
4. A New Nature Within That Sinneth Not: 1 John 3:9-10
5. Serving A New Master: Romans 6:16-17
6. A Personal Knowledge Of God To The Extent Of Keeping His Commandments: 1 John 2:3-6
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” 2 Corinthians 13:5
Salvation is not about what we profess outwardly, but about what God brings to pass inwardly for the sinner who turns from sin and self unto God for salvation.
Knowledge of the Bible may just become no more than a mental form of belief of the facts, such as, “I believe Jesus died on the cross for my sins, so that makes me a Christian.” But the Devils also believe and tremble! They believe in what they know to be so about Jesus Christ, that He died on the cross, that He is the Son of God, etc., etc., but this kind of belief is not what saving faith is all about. God saves based on what He sees in the heart, “heart belief” (Romans 10:10). God saves the lost sinner, who under the convicting power of the Holy Spirit, turns completely from sin and self unto Jesus Christ to save him and to make him alive unto God. It is heart belief unto salvation, not just mental consent unto presumption.
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