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Top 10 Ways Unsaved People Think They ar

abigya

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Top 10 Ways That Unsaved People Think They're Saved

1 I’m a "good" person


“I'm a Good Person— My God would never send a 'Good Person' to Hell”


2 sinner's prayer & accepting Jesus


"I Said the Sinner's Prayer, I Accepted Jesus, I Went Forward at an Alter Call— of course I'm Saved"
(The "Sinner's Prayer" can lead people to a False Assurance. This Prayer is not bad IF there is Evidence of True Biblical Repentance or a changed life or Good"Fruit" in their lives - Matt & Luke 3:8)


3 I "feel" saved

“I Shout & Praise God, I Lift My Hands To God, I Sing, I Listen To Christian Music, and go to Christian Concerts, etc”

4 good deeds
“I Pay My Tithes, I Do Good Works, I Give To Charities, I Feed The Poor”


5 I am religious

“I Go To Church, I was Baptized, Confirmed, I Pray & Read the Bible, I Fast, I Am Involved in Christian Ministry or help out with Christian Projects”


6 Christian titles

“I’m a Priest (Father), Pastor, Reverend, Teacher, a Christian Musician, Christian Author or Speaker”

7 denominations & traditions
“I’m a Catholic, Lutheran, Pentecostal, Baptist, etc.”

8 God is blessing me & prosperity

“God is Prospering Me, I ‘Sow Seeds’ & God Gives Me a Harvest”

9 spiritual gifts

“I Speak in Tongues, Heal, Cast Out Demons, Prophesy, and Do Miracles in Jesus Name"

10 spiritual experiences or mysticism

"I Am a Spiritual Person"— and/or "I Do Yoga & Contemplative Prayer...”


-By Martha Mac
 
Ye must be born again. John 3:7b

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Romans 3:23

I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23

But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Acts 3:18-21

And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Acts 2:21

For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
I Thessalonians 5:9-10

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 3:15-18

Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Acts 2:38-39

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Romans 10:9-11

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12

Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Luke 12:8-9

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:5-11

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
We love him, because he first loved us.
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. 1John 4


As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation 3:19-22
 
Amen to this and thank you! I can relate to no. 2 especially. Before Jesus found me and shoved this new heart inside my chest, I bet I said the "sinner's prayer" a dozen times. It never "took". No wonder! I never repented! I'd say that "prayer" and continue behaving just as I had my entire sinful life. As soon as I repented, Jesus came into my life, my heart, my soul in such a huge way, He about knocked me down.
 
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