“…If ye continue in my word, then ye are my disciples indeed…” ( John 8)

“If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached tp every creature which is under heaven; wherod I Paul am made a minister…”  (Colossians 1)

“… if we walk in the light, as [H]e is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the [B]lood of Jesus Christ [H]is Son cleaneth us from all sin.  (1 John 1)

 

Reader, I have heard pastors and preachers say, there is no such thing as Salvation police and the pastor should not run around inspecting everyone’s salvation. We disagree not a little bit. The shepherd has a rod and a staff, these instrument were to defend the sheep, oversee the sheep, discipline the sheep, and to inspect the sheep. When a pastor says pastors are not salvation police he does not understand his calling.

Let me be clear, I am a salvation inspector.  That is part of my calling, it is part and parcel of every single God-called shepherd of Christ’s flock. If a pastor is not a salvation inspector, he is not overseeing the flock Christ has committed unto him and that is a travesty and a breech of covenant between the Shepherd and the under-shepherd.

If a pastor is not critical of someone’s salvation, he is opening the gate to a possible ravenous wolf in sheep’s clothing. The pastor is doing a disservice to the flock, to the wolf, and is not doing the work Christ has entrusted to him period. The pastor is siding with a possible scatterer of the flock against God.

Reader, we will use our rod and staff in this article to inspect your salvation. We will not use opinion or man made standards or ridiculous traditions of man to point a finger ay anyone. We have not one (1) single person in mind when writing this article, understand and know that.  We will simply use the Word of God to verify your profession.

There are three (3) outcomes and conclusions you will come to at the end of this inspection These are:
*You have been deceived by a false system of evangelism that should be considered   damnable heresy and you are in fact, unsaved, but should have hope.
*You are a mere professor and pretender, you know it and others do to butare to   unloving to point it out.
*You are saved and can verify your salvation with God’s Word.

The Word of God gives the Church of Christ litmus tests to verify whether or not a person has been truly converted by the Sovereign and regenerating work of the Holy Spirit.  These are:
*A person who has been regenerated by the Holy Spirit will demonstrate a notable change in lifestyle, thought, principle, and passions.  However, if the person in question ha always been a moral and ethical person, changes may not be noticeable, be careful. But If the person is a known rebel, this person will definitely demonstrate and manifest changes.
This is not something to be debated, when the God of all Creation sovereignly and graciously enters a person, there will be notable changes immediately. If you do not understand this dynamic, your God is too small and you do not understand the radicalness of conversion and one should be made to wonder if you have experienced new life from God since you cannot recognize the real deal.

The first (1st) notable change is love. Love is the first (1st) fruit of the Holy Spirit.  One must have new love within if one has been saved.  What or who will one love if s/he has been changed:
*Love for Christ, probably a great and obvious new love for Christ, where, there was no love before. This is a distinguising and absolutely necessary manifestation of true salvation.

*Love for the Word of God, a need, a hunger, a thirst for more and more knowledge of the One Who love the new believer and gave Himself for the new believer.  This mark does not leave the believer, either.  If days, weeks, months, and even years later one loses all consideration for Christ, one was not truly converted by God….one may have been converted by emotions, affections, and the preacher, but not by God, This soul is lost, the spirit within the soul is still dead and was never regenerated by the power of God.

*Love for the brethren or the church.  A professing believer that loves not the body of Christ and does not seek to fellowship with members of that body, to fellowship around the Word of God, there has been no regeneration of the Spirit by the Holy Spirit.

*The crucifying of the flesh and a departure from the world. This crucifixtion of the flesh is described by the Word of God as:
*Fruits, “by their fruits, ye shall know them.
*The denial of self, the taking up of the Cross, and a following of Christ.
*The keeping of Christ’s Words and Commandments.
*The fruit of the Spirit.
*Christ-likeness
*Sanctification or a growing in holiness,  “…because I am Holy”
*A prayer-life, If you do not pray, that is a definite sign that you are not saved.

Reader, the above are the marks of a Christ-ian; if you do not demonstrate the above, you are not a converted beliver or follower of Christ, it really is that simple; that black and white. If these truths or marks have caused you to doubt in your conversion and this greatly troubles you, Look to God in whatever way you can or feel led.  Reader, Tears cannot save,  walking an aisle cannot save,  the sinner’s prayer cannot save you, the guilt caused by a preacher’s words or the emotions that are heightened by music, Knowing about God cannot save you. None of the above things can save you  Only a true and life changing work of the Holy Spirit will save a sinner.

The Holy Spirit will use the Gospel of Christ to compel you to repent and believe or to submit and obey (same things) The Spirit will convict you and compel you to give in when you finally and transformingly believe, understand what the death and Resurrection of Christ mean,  specifically and singularly to you. A love and thankfulness, and an overwhelming love and interest in Christ will blossom out of nowhere as The Spirit of God has regenerated your spirit, as Christ has given life to whom He will, and as the Father adopts you and grants you spiritual life and authority.

Reader the above is the means and the manner in which God saves a person. If your experience doth not match-up, I encourage you to examine yourself to see if you are saved, I would also strongly encourage you to seek God right now in prayer, not roboticallly, but with a godly fear and the compelling fervency that can spring from the Holy Spirit, Alone.

Godspeed.