December 20, 2005

• Can believers doubt they are sinners? Of course not. “If we say we have no sin we deceieve ourselves and the truth is NOT in us”.

  Now, how do we know we are sinners? “By the Law is the knowledge of sin.” It’s ONLY the Scripture that reveals God’s Holiness. By “holiness”, I mean God’s DEMAND for PERFECT perpetual obedience. God says that “whoever shall keep the whole Law, and shall stumble in one point, he has become guilty of all.” One sin and you are accursed!

  Read Romans 5:10-20. Adam sinned on behalf of ALL mankind. So forget any ideas about “innocent children”. Unless a child has the imputed righteousness of Christ he/she will perish. “The soul that sins SHALL DIE.” The idea of an “age of accountability” – the teaching that children under a certain age get a free ticket to heaven – is a Romanist lie. Whether it’s a baby in the womb or someone on their death bed, IMPUTED RIGHTEOUSNESS and ATONING BLOOD is the only ticket to heaven.

  Now perhaps you agree with me thus far. You say that the wrath of God abides on all unbelievers. And if I were to say that NOTHING is required from the Elect to be saved, you say “Amen.” To this you might add another gospel truth. You tell me that if you believe the facts of the gospel, you are ordained to eternal life, born of God, and justified by Christ’s blood, etc.

  So God has testified. He has DECLARED that “this is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.” And this is God’s testimony, “He has given us (believers) everlasting life”. He that believes God has the witness in himself. And Who is the witness? And Who convicts a believer that the propositions of the Scripture are true and from God? The Holy Spirit. He is a well of water springing up to everlasting life, so that, believers NEVER thirst. They cry, “Abba, Father.” They say with the Apostles, “He has regenerated us”, “He will guard my deposit until the last day,” “He has redeemed us with incorruptible things,” “Now we are children of God,” and “the Spirit bears witness to our spirits that WE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD.” Thus says the Scripture.

  This is the faith of the Apostles that EVERY believer has. Peter only wrote to those of the “EQUALLY PRECIOUS FAITH” as the Apostles. In fact, Paul wrote to the “saints and faithful at Ephesus”. This is significant. How would the Ephesian believers have known the letter was for them, unless they knew they were saints and faithful??

  In the Scripture, we see the woman in Luke 7 loving much because she knew much was forgiven. We hear Christ say that even the faith of the mustard seed moves mountains (it’s without doubt). Thus, James warns ALL doubters — “if any man wavers, let NOT that man expect anything from God”! “He is double-minded”. Or, as Paul would say — “Know not Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are DISAPPROVED?”

  To make it explicit: If you doubt your salvation, you are a child of the devil. You cannot say with Job, “I know whom I have believed, and though he shall slay me, I will put my trust in him.” You cannot leap for joy like Abraham who was FULLY PERSUADED of God’s promise to save him and his seed. You cannot walk with God. Because, can two walk together unless they be agreed? (Certainly, you cannot say you can call God your friend whilst blaspheming against His promises!) In fact, you cannot even pray the first line of the Lord’s prayer, “Our Father in heaven.”

  I challenge you to show me ANY Apostle (or saint in the bible) doubting their salvation. You will find none. Why? Because they did NOT call God a liar.

  God has testified. All believers are justified, i.e. declared righteous by Christ’s work. If you doubt you are justified, you are obviously NOT a believer. Think about it this way. What’s wrong with someone doubting they are in the light, when the sun is shining all around them ?? They must be BLIND. Obviously, they don’t know they are in BROAD DAYLIGHT because they CANNOT SEE. And so it is with those children of the devil stumbling about because of the “blindness of their hearts”. They “know not God,” say in their hearts, “there is no God,” “worship by nature no-gods,” and  “sacrifice to devils.”

  Then there are believers. The moment Christ shines into their hearts/minds they KNOW they are IN THE LIGHT. Believers say — “For WE KNOW that the Son of God has come, and HE HAS given us an understanding TO KNOW Him that is True, and WE ARE IN HIM that is True, even IN HIS SON. This is the True God and everlasting life.”
  

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