SALVATION CONFIDENCE
I Thess. 5:8 But let us who live in the light think clearly,
protected by the body armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the
confidence of our salvation. NLT
The Lord is not the
Lord of confusion. He clearly gives us
understanding about the things we need to know.
He clearly reveals to His children the truths of the Gospel so that we
can grow in faith and be more effective witnesses for Him. He protects us from false teachings by making
His Word known to us. We, who are
children of God, must always protect the light that we have been given so that
we can think clearly. Sin darkens the
light and that is when we begin to get cloudy in our thinking and confused.
Our protection from darkness
is our body armor of faith and love.
Faith compels us to stay rooted in Christ. It compels us to seek out truth through
Him. It compels us to listen to the Holy
Spirit as we read the Word. It compels
us to filter all that we hear through the Word.
It compels us to get it right so that we don’t get led astray and sin
against God. Faith is evident in our
desire to accurately know the truth of God’s Word and then live it.
Love is our love for
God. If we love God, we will want to get
things right. We will want to know what
He says and not necessarily what others say He says. Our love for God protects us because we don’t
want to misinterpret or misapply what God says.
We want to get it right because He is the lover of our souls and we want
to please Him.
We think clearly when we are confident in
our minds about our salvation. We know
we are saved by how we think about Christ and His role in our lives. Children of God have a desire to let Christ
rule their hearts. They have a desire to
honor and please the Lord. They want to
put into practice the pure life of Christ.
They want to honor Him by becoming like Him. They are not content with the status quo but
always want to improve the quality of their spiritual lives. The mindset of the redeemed is clearly set on
becoming more and more like Christ.
Salvation confidence is seeing life
through the lens of faith. It is finding
one’s purpose for living and meaning for life in Christ. It is being spiritually-minded instead of being
worldly-minded. It is living with hope
rooted in Christ. It is wanting to
please God and not man. It is bearing
fruit in one’ life that is consistent with the fruit of the Spirit.
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