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- Insecure in Christ! [1 Update]
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Topic: Insecure in Christ!
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From: Jacob <jninan@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 06 06:56PM -0700
Url: http://groups.google.com/group/christlife/msg/635c08f605fe810c
You are a Christian. But do you wonder now and then if God could be
upset with you, that He may not love you anymore? Do you worry about
what would happen if you died suddenly in an accident without having
the time to pray and set things right with God? Do you rack your
brains to find out if you have confessed every single sin to God? Do
you worry because you aren't quite sure if you would make it to heaven
finally? Do you give money to the church or for needy people and think
surely God will count it to your account? Do you look down on some
Christians and wonder how they would ever make it to heaven?
All such things indicate that even though you claim to be a Christian
you are very insecure. There are only two possibilities. You may be a
true born-again Christian but you don't know your doctrines rightly.
The second is that you are not even born again. But the fact is that
there are a lot of insecure people who think they are Christians.
Those who are not born again but imagine they are Christians are
usually trying to somehow make it heaven by being or doing good. But
because of the very nature of the thing they can never be sure that
they will make it. Some days they feel OK, and other days down. This
is because their basic assumption itself is wrong. No one can ever
qualify for heaven by being good enough (Ro.3:20;Ga.2:16). It is a
performance based acceptance that they are seeking from God, and no
one can do well enough that way.
The only way is to admit that we just don't have it in us to make it,
we have messed up till now, and we can't help messing up even in
future. Then God tells us, never mind, He will accept us because His
Son Jesus can wash us up with His blood and make us acceptable if we
believe (Is.1:18;Ro.5:8). That's the only way anyone can ever reach
God (Jn.14:6). Once we find our acceptance this way, all our
insecurity vanishes!
Unfortunately even many people who are truly born again in their
heart, after coming to Jesus in repentance from sin and trusting in
Him for their salvation, don't have it right in their head concerning
this doctrine of free grace (Ep.2:8,9). They also feel insecure. Those
who grew up with an experience of receiving love and affection from
their parents only based on their performance have a great struggle to
believe this doctrine even when it is explained to them, because it
appears to be too good to believe!
But that is the truth, and the only true doctrine concerning
salvation. When we know this truth it delivers us from insecurity.
When we know that God has accepted us once for all through Jesus
because He loves us and not on the basis of our acceptability, it
liberates us from the bondage of insecurity. He has loved us with an
unending love (Je.31:3). If we now fall into sin it would only break
our fellowship (which can be restored through confession--1Jn.1:9) and
not His acceptance of us as His children. He may discipline us at
times but never forsake us (He.12:6;13:5).
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