Evidence of Pardon How Can I Know I Am Saved? “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God” (1 John 5:13).

Can We Trust Our Feelings?

Can We Trust Our Feelings? “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” Proverbs 14:12

Can We Trust Our Feelings? “O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.” “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” Jeremiah 10:23; 17:9

Can We Trust Our Feelings? The conscience alone is not a safe guide. Acts 23:1; 26:9

Can We Trust The Words of Others?

Can We Trust The Words of Others? “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” Philippians 2:12

Can We Trust The Words of Others? “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” 1 John 4:1

Can We Trust The Words of Others? “These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.” Acts 17:11

We Can Trust God’s Word The Bible is inspired by God. God cannot lie. 2 Timothy 3:16 God cannot lie. Titus 1:2; John 8:32; 17:17

We Can Trust God’s Word “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.” Romans 8:16

If my salvation was on trial… The testimony of the Holy Spirit The testimony of my spirit One must believe in Jesus (John 20:30-31). Must repent of his sins (Acts 17:30). Must confess his faith (Rom. 10:9-10). Must be baptized (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38). I have done that.

We Can Trust God’s Word Compliance with God’s Word is the evidence of our pardon. If we know we have done what God’s Word tells us to do to be saved, we can know we are saved. We can trust God - 2 Timothy 1:12