THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING

GOD KNOWS HIS OWN

2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

Jeremiah 1:5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

ARE YOU SAVED? ARE YOU CERTAIN?

2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

James 2:19-20 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

CHRISTIANS ARE SAVED BY AN INVISIBLE ACT OF GRACE, THE INVISIBLE IS THEN MADE MANIFEST BY THEIR ACTIONS. By our actions we either profess or deny God.

Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

God everywhere treats men as moral agents; and what may be absolutely certain in his mind from the mere purpose that it shall be so, is to be made certain to us only by evidence, and in the free exercise of our own powers.

WILL ALL SAVED MEN HAVE GOOD WORKS?

Ephesians 2:10 For we [those who are saved] are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

THOSE WHO ARE SAVED BY GRACE HAVE BEEN PREDESTINED TO BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF CHRIST.

Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

IF you are saved then you are without a doubt being conformed to that image. If you are not being conformed to the image of Christ, then you should doubt your salvation.

CHRIST IS ABLE TO SAVE TO THE UTTERMOST

Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

CHRIST KNOWS THOSE WHO ARE HIS

2 Peter 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

How many there are today who suppose that if they have trusted in Christ all is sure to be well with them at the last, even though they are not personally holy. Under the pretence of honoring faith, Satan has deceived multitudes of souls. When their "faith" is examined and tested, what is it worth? Nothing at all so far as insuring an entrance into Heaven is concerned: it is a powerless, lifeless, fruitless thing.

The faith of God's elect is unto "the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness" (Titus 1:1).

It is a faith which purifieth the heart (Acts 15:9), and it grieves over all impurity.

It is a faith which produces an unquestioning obedience (Heb. 11:8).

They deceive themselves who suppose they are daily drawing nearer to Heaven while they are following those courses which lead only to Hell. He who thinks to come into the kingdom of God without being personally holy, makes Him Out to be an unholy God. Saving faith is only proved as it bears the blossoms of godliness and the fruits of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Galatians 5:19-24 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.