You know you're saved because....

How do you know when you are saved? That was the big question on our last post, thanks for your responses, they were interesting. As I've pondered this question in the interim I've changed some in my understanding. I'll try to keep this as simple as possible.

If your answer to this question does not contain Jesus Christ's death and resurrection , then your answer is incomplete. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4, Romans 10:9-10) There is no act or service on our part which guarantees our salvation other than the saving work of Jesus Christ on the cross and His subsequent resurrection. All other answers involve either our efforts or feelings which can not satisfy God nor be trusted. We know we are saved because of the fact that God's Son (God Himself depending on how you look at it) died for our sins and resurrected 3 days later. We are justified (seen as innocent) in God's sight, made righteous, or forgiven depending on how you look at it. This is every bodies standing before God throughout the world at this very moment. Only those who have been called/predestined before the foundation of the world receive that position and live the abundant life God has chosen for those who realize their salvation. (Romans 8:30)

John 10:10 "I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." (NKJV)

John 3:17 "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." (NKJV)

That is why Paul gives us our commission in 2 Corinthians 5:20, "we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God." In other words, be at peace with God, cause He's at peace with you. God has in fact given us the faith to even believe. (Romans 12:3) Isn't His grace even more astounding than you first thought?

Ephesians 2:8-9 "For by grace are you saved, and that not of yourselves, it is a gift from God; not of works lest we should boast." (NKJV)

Here's another question you can respond to or ponder. If our faith is given to us by God, not of anything we've done to warrant it, then what's our responsibility in our salvation and why should we even try to tell others the good news?

Grace, MB