Keeping Faith

One problem that I have faced as a Christian has been keeping faith in my salvation.  I would ask myself things like, "What if I'm not really saved?" or "I can never really be good enough, what if I go to Hell?"  I did a Bible study on the book of Romans that really changed my outlook as a Christian.  To sum it up in a couple of sentences, We can never be worthy of our salvation, it is only through grace and faith in the blood of Jesus that we are saved.  Nothing we ever DO or SAY guarantees our salvation, it is only through faith in Him.  

Are we worthy?

After completing the study on the book of Romans I had an epiphany at church.  It was communion Sunday.  I always dreaded communion because all of my adult life I had heard pre-communion warnings that you should not take communion of you were not "worthy" of it or bad things would happen to you, causing you to get sick or even die.  At that point I always asked myself, "am I worthy?"  Of course the answer was always no, but if I didn't take communion others in the church would think bad of me, so I did anyway. (I don't go to that church anymore.)  So, this one particular Sunday, after having completed this Romans study, they were passing out communion and I got that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach and I closed my eyes and I said, "God, am I worthy to take this bread and this wine?" His answer floored me, "No, you are not worthy.  Do you still not understand that it is my blood that makes you worthy?  The very blood that communion wine represents is the ONLY thing, that makes ANYBODY worthy!"  All of the sudden it was so simple to me!  How could I have been a Christian for so many years and not get that?  That is the very reason why we take communion, to remember, or even celebrate the fact that no matter how unworthy we are, he made us worthy when he died on that cross!  Now, whenever I start to question my faith, or my salvation, all I have to do is remember that one, brief conversation with God, my God, the ONLY God who answers prayer, and I am immediately filled with the joy and peace that only comes through Him.

Now some people will question how I know that it was God speaking to me that day.  My answer is simple:  I know it was God, because that is not something that I would have thought of on my own.  I know my own inner voice, and that was not it.  My inner voice tends to bring me down, not lift me up.  Those words were the words of someone a lot smarter than me!

Confidence in our Salvation

Another scripture that is helpful in this area is Philippians 1:6 - "Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ."  Isn't that wonderful to know?  He hasn't and will not give up on us!  God don't leave projects left half finished.  We must be confident that he will complete the work he has begun in us!  Knowing these things, I cannot continue to doubt my salvation.  I believe these words, these promises, through faith.

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