What understanding do you have of the salvation of your soul? The
work of salvation means that in your real life things are dramatically
changed. You no longer look at things in the same way. Your desires are
new and the old things have lost their power to attract you. One of the
tests for determining if the work of salvation in your life is genuine
is— has God changed the things that really matter to you? If you still
yearn for the old things, it is absurd to talk about being born from
above— you are deceiving yourself. If you are born again, the Spirit of
God makes the change very evident in your real life and thought. And
when a crisis comes, you are the most amazed person on earth at the
wonderful difference there is in you. There is no possibility of
imagining that you did it. It is this complete and amazing change that is the very evidence that you are saved.
What difference has my salvation and sanctification made? For instance, can I stand in the light of 1 Corinthians 13 ,
or do I squirm and evade the issue? True salvation, worked out in me by
the Holy Spirit, frees me completely. And as long as I “walk in the
light as He is in the light” (1 John 1:7),
God sees nothing to rebuke because His life is working itself into
every detailed part of my being, not on the conscious level, but even
deeper than my consciousness.
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