I'm afraid.... knowing you're saved!
praise_yeshua > 03-29-2021, 07:07 PM
I've heard it my entire life. Usually from people that really don't know any better. Sure, they'll say they're experts. Sure, they'll tell you how they've being dealing with such things for decades..... Self ascribed experts that believe knowledge comes from the amount of time they spend studying......
There are countless people who are just like the Pharisees of Jesus day. They believed they had life in the Scriptures.....
Joh 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
Joh 5:40 And you will not come to me, that you might have life.
Notice. Jesus didn't say they didn't believe. He actually said they BELIEVED...... They were holding/handling the Scriptures they BELIEVED gave them life. Saying the same things you hear today... like.."I just believe this book"......... I believe what "GOD SAYS".....
Problem is, Jesus told them WHY they didn't have life at all. The One and ONLY reason they didn't have life..... was because they didn't go to Him.
Therein lies the problem. Therein lies the real issue with these so called "ministers" telling you NOT to go by what you FEEL...... When FEELING is the ONLY way you'll ever really know you're saved or not.
Let me ask you. Are you afraid to die????
I'll answer that question myself..... The answer is YES. There are times I'm afraid of the thoughts of dying. I believe any/all human beings in existence has this same issue.....When THESE so called "ministers" have the same feelings, their answer is..... Don't worry about it. Everyone is afraid. Don't worry about it. Just BELIEVE..... Just claim "God's Word".....
Sorry friend. That's not what they Scriptures teach nor is that what common sense teaches anyone. These "teachers" do this for a reason. The "REASON" they do this is because of their horrible doctrine. They BELIEVE that they have life in the Scriptures. Which they don't. They have convinced themselves that they've got something.... they just might not have. Its this time tested unbelief centered around the theology that God drags people to Himself. That all those that WILL BE SAVED.... WILL BE SAVED. Theological Fatalism or the belief in the absence of free will. These people actually believe that because they began to be interested in the Scriptures, that God divinely converted them already. They do not judge their position by a loving relationship but rather their inquisitive mind.
What do the Scriptures teach?
It is easy. They that FEAR..... are not made perfect in LOVE. For PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR.....
1Jn 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
1Jn 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
It is what I've experience my entire SAVED life. That when I FEAR..... I find PERFECT LOVE emanating from the Spirit of God. That PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR.......CHRIST IN US!
Not some words written on a piece of paper soon to be burned up in the fire that will consume this world. It is a REAL. TANGIBLE..... FEELING of the LOVE OF GOD. The "PEACE OF GOD" that surpasses all understanding....
Which brings me to the common sense part.....
My children have come to me several times in my life ...... telling me they were afraid of something. When this happens, I love them. I comfort them. I try to CALM their fears. I believe any caring parent will do the same. I PERSONALLY take of my OWN. Which is what GOD does. I don't tell them to just believe what I told someone thousands of years earlier..... I GIVE and GET PERSONAL ATTENTION......
There is no such thing as a Child of God that doesn't know the peace of God. There is no such thing as a child of God that does not know the LOVE of God. PURE and OVERWHELMING LOVE.
If you don't experience this..... all the so called "BELIEVING" the Scriptures in this world isn't going to help you. You best bet is to GO TO JESUS. He isn't a figment of your imagination. He is not happenstance call into the dark. He is REAL and He wants you to know HIM... Its up to YOU.