DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE?

Hello Ladies,

First off I want to mention my youngest daughters each started new blogs. The first one is called Little Lady in Training. The second is God's Little Lady. They are using them to post recipes, stories they are reading, etc. You might enjoy stopping by. They are listed in the sidebar under my Family Blogs. My husband has also begun a couple of new blogs. One is of short stories he has written. And the other is a full length book that he is posting one chapter a week. They are also listed in my Family Blogs in the sidebar.

Now on to this post's actual subject. This is mainly just some thoughts lately that people have brought up, and I am going to use them to try to get some of us to think. Several people have asked over the years "Why do some people seem to live in the world, love the world and still claim to be saved?" I often have wondered if they got the same thing I did when I was saved. I have come to the conclusion that many of them are not saved. Yes, there are some who are babies in the faith, and some who have back-slidden, but I believe that there are many who truly never believed.

I mean, what exactly are people trusting in who say they are saved, and do they REALLY believe it? I have met many who say, "Oh yeah. I believe Jesus died for me." But, when you question them more they often get angry, or tell you that it is none of your business. Now, if you are REALLY saved, wouldn't you want to tell about it? I mean the Scriptures do say, Let the redeemed of the Lord say so. Psalm 107:2 Or maybe you have seen the church signs that say "Try Jesus, if you don't like Him the Devil will take you back!" Now, Scripturally that is just not so. Jesus is not a pill that you try. Nor if you take Him for salvation can the devil take you back. Ephesians 4:30 says-"And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." If you are sealed until the day of redemption by the Holy Spirit, how could you become unsealed?

Many times when you push someone regarding what they are trusting in you find out it is just a vague concept of Christ. "Someone told me and I don't want to go to Hell". Answer this for me: if someone does not fully trust Christ for his/her salvation are they really saved? If someone says they are saved, but are not willing to say other ways are wrong, can they REALLY believe that Jesus is the only way?

Oh the many times we have run into people out on the street who say they were saved when they went to Sunday School, but they no longer go, nor do they have any thought of reading their Bible, or prayer, but they are saved because they trusted Jesus in Sunday School. My question is, do they trust Him now, and did they REALLY believe then, or was it just the thing to do? Did they really understand?

Did you get what I got, when you came to Christ? If not I am begging you to do a checkup. Do you REALLY believe that He died on the cross to pay for your sins? Did you realize that you were guilty of sin and before Christ you deserved to go to Hell? If not, do a checkup. If you didn't deserve Hell, then what exactly did Christ save you from?

I guess this post was more of a wandering through some recent thoughts and discussions. I hope you enjoyed it and maybe it made you stop and think.

I also hope you enjoyed that study on Modesty. I think I will do some posts like that myself. Something where I don't try to answer, but you study it out for yourself. Take care everyone until next time, and please keep us in your prayers.