Evidence Of Salvation

1. Eagerness for Christ return. (1 John 3:2-3) (Annie would look at the sky: maybe tonight!)
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2. Spiritual discernment. (1 John 4:2-3) A Christian would not call the work of God Satan.
Careful about how you speak about God’s Church... any church.
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3. Love others. "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love" 1Jn 4:8
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4. By obeying God. "This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands." 1 John 5:2
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5. Grief over sin. "We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him." 1 John 5:8
When someone sins, and there is no grief, no turning, no tears... a sign of unrepentance.
The fact that your sins upset you, bother, grieve you: Sign you’re a child of God.
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6. Clarity about the person of Jesus Matthew 12:41-42
Jesus: Men Ninevah will stand at judgment condemn you; they repented! Now one greater than Jonah is here. Queen of south will condemn you, she repented at Solomon’s wisdom, I’m greater than Sol! (People have repented with much less evidence than you have)
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7. Jesus gives a forgotten evidence of salvation: MY MOUTH! My words. We never give much consideringa to this as a proof of salvation. Jesus says that these snakes, brood of vipers, can't say anything good because their hearts are evil. "For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks." Matthew 12:34 Men will give account at judgment for every careless word. Matthew 12:36
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Go tot he doctor, stick out your tongue. By looking at your tongue he can determin your health. God does the same thing! What you say tells the condition of your heart. Mouth says what the heart coughs up. If our words are out of control, immature, ugly, then that is true of the heart.
If our words are: Pornographic -- heart is pornographic. Foul. Dirty. Hurtful. Vindictive. Critical.
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After a verbal assault someone will say, "That wasn’t like me." Jesus says it was just like you!
"The tongue also is a fire" James 3:6 Do you know any verbal arsonist? Your words can burn: Relationships, marriage, friendship, reputation, career,