The following "Question" was asked by a member of the congregation at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, and "Answered" by their pastor, John MacArthur Jr. It was transcribed from the tape, GC 1300, titled "Bible Questions and Answers."  A copy of the tape can be obtained by writing, Word of Grace, P.O. Box 4000, Panorama City, CA 91412 or by dialing toll free 1-800-55-GRACE.

Question

How do you know when you’re saved?

Answer

Well, I think there’s really three ways to know you’re saved, maybe. Number one is to believe the Word of God. The Bible says this: that if “thou shalt believe in thy heart and confess with thy mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ thou shalt,” what? “Be saved.” If you believe in Him and you’ve confessed it to Him, you’re saved. The first way you believe it is because the Bible says so.

The second thing is because the Spirit testifies to that. In Romans 8, it says in verse 14 that the Lord sends His Spirit in us, reminding us that we are the sons of God and crying out in us, “Abba, Father!” The testimony of the Spirit.

The third test to know you’re saved is the testimony of other people who look at your life. The Bible says, “By their fruits,” what? “You shall know them.”

There’s three ways to know you’re saved… Because you believe the Word of God; because the Holy Spirit testifies in your heart that you are redeemed and because your heart longs to know God and to express to God and to talk to God and to sense God, to love God; and thirdly, because those around you see the evidence of it in your life.

Added to Bible Bulletin Board's "MacArthur’s Questions and Answers" by:

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