Posted on 04/19/2015 1:43:46 AM PDT by imardmd1
TEN EVIDENCES (PROOFS) OF SALVATION
Notes by Dr. Fred Wittman
1. The Witness of the Holy Spirit
. . A. Within the child of God (Romans 8:9-16; 1 John 3:24);
. . B. With another child of God (Romans 8:16);
. . C. By fellowship with God (Romans 8: 14; 1 John 1 :7)
2. The Witness of God (Chastening) (Heb. 12:5-11)
3. The Witness of Love (John 13:34,35; 1 John 3:14-19; 5:1-3; 4:7,8,11)
4. The Witness of Your Life (2 Corinthians 5:17; 1 John 3:7-10).
5. The Witness of God's Word
. . A. Your reaction to it
. . . . 1. Obedience to it (1 John 3 :24; James 1 :22; 1 John 2:3-5);
. . . . 2. Resistance to it
. . . . . . a. By Resisting (Acts 7:51-54),
. . . . . . b. By Wresting (twisting) (2 Peter 3: 16)
. . B. The Truth related by it (1 John 3:1-10)
6. The Witness of Holiness (Hebrews 12:14)
7. The Witness of Your Walk (Behavior) (1 John 2:6,29; 3:6-8)
8. The Witness of Christ (Lord of ALL) (Acts 10:36; Romans 10:9)
9. The Witness of Fruit (Matthew 7:15-20; John 15:2-8)
10. The Witness of Warfare (Overcoming) (1 John 5:4,5; 4:4; Revelation 2:7,11,17,26,27; 3 :5,12,21; 21 :7)
Good post.
The evidence in point 10 also manifests our volition. An area I’m working to improve.
No other human is given the ability to assure you of salvation. IMHO it is between you yourself and the Lord. God and God alone is The Judge.
(This is an unrequested ping.)
And the Standard to be used?
I haven't checked them all--that's practically a lifetime task now, eh? But I know the AV works, as well as the Textus Receptus, or Reina/Valera, probably NASB.
I guess I ought to see how the DRB does, although it translates "repentance" using "penance" which is not what μετανοιας (metanoia = a reversal, a change of mind) really means, and might mislead someone looking for how to get saved.
But any faithful Bible translated with a literal/historical/grammatical/cultural hermeneutic ought to work. I don't trust dynamic equivalency Critical Text versions, so I don't know about them.
Take the King James, the one that tells the Truth.
As a new Christian, that first one always confused me. I never wanted my salvation or assurance of it, to depend on my feelings and nobody ever explained well to me just what exactly the witness of the Holy Spirit was; what it was supposed to look like or feel like.
However, one thing Scripture gives us is the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians.
When I first got saved, without any one telling me, I knew I needed to buy a Bible and start attending church again and giving.
I began praying like never before and had a hunger to read and memorize God’s word like never before.
The change in my life was immediate and dramatic and without being told what I “had” to do.
I like how the Happy Heralds firmly connect the Bible verses and passages in this.
If I could be so bold as suggest they missed Romans 8:29:)
Thank you for posting.
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If you are a man leisure and fully retired they do have more casual variants and t-shirts as well.
Yes, well it was like that for me, too. I had that kind of assurance by just trusting in his Word despite my "feelings." And I'm a PK. I did not experience that untill I finally responded and was saved at 34 yo.
But looking at it from the doctrinal point of view, the correct explanation is exactly that the witness of the Spirit, IS the witness of the Holy Ghost speaking to me directly (and to all His Own) in uncertain terms through the pages that He authored; and having His Indwelling Presence validate the outcomes of applying it. This is not some "where is it" kind of affair, unless one is not really saved, but just "religious."
On the other hand, perfection in maturity of the gifts of the Spirit, which is having the character of Jesus formed within oneself, is a continual process, one seen and felt through communion with the Lord Himself in prayer and sometimes intuitions that have Biblical support.
The fruit of the Spirit is these characteristics, but the fruit of the disciple is more disciples. If one is not discipling with a more mature discipler in his/her life, with the end of becoming a fruitful discipler oneself, there is something wrong.
The Great Commission is not just sending and supporting foreign missions: the most important thrust is for the spiritually mature regenerated believer to be living it out by guiding such newer Christians as Jesus puts in ones way for that purpose, and doing it according to the methods they have learned. This is not FReeping, BTW. IMHO
These "witnesses" are not nebulous. They are precise, well-defined, and measurable. If they are absent. it is time to go back to The Cross and find out what is wrong in that transaction.
If someone says they are a Christian, but does not indicate that he/she is consistently being guided by the Spirit, one has to treat them as though they (a) might not be regenerated, or (b) are spiritually immature. That is, it is then an observable fact that the Spirit is not "witnessing" through that person as having witnesses to his/her Guiding Spirit of Christ.
And that doesn't always work out as being "nice." It can be the Holy Ghost through a spiritually mature person to make a correcting observation, which will give one of three reactions: (1) humility and conformance (of both parties) to Scriptural grounds; (2) defiance and lack of repentance; or (3) just ignoring and breaking fellowship with the observer. That can be seen on FR, for a fact.
Anyway, thanks for your insightful comment, mm!
In my book, you can always be bold, rlh. Your approach to FR humbles me.
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