Repentance

2Peter 3:9

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting any one to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

Have you ever wondered if you're save? Have you worried about your eternal security or said to yourself... will I go to heaven when I die. Is salvation real and do I qualify?

If so, you are not alone. Everybody questions this at some point in their Christian experience. Well... maybe not everyone. Some people, raised in Christianity, have studied and know the scripture enough that they recognize salvation when they see it in themselves. I however am not one of those. I was raised in an atheist home where Christianity was not practiced. There have been times, often, when I wondered if I qualified.

Times and reasons I've doubted my salvation:

• When a great evangelist speaks and points out sins I've committed since salvation.
• When I deliberately sin ( By the way, all sin is deliberate. We do not fall into sin by accident. We choose to sin and everyone sins after salvation.)
• When someone, who seems to know scripture better than I do, indicates that I'm wrong about the salvation doctrine.
• When I've wondered if God's Spirit drew me to repentance.
• When I question things like... did I really trust God, did I say the words right, was my heart in the right place, was it just an emotional experience of the soul, maybe I'm not someone God wants.

See what I mean?
Here are a few facts about salvation where all Christian Church's come into agreement. (These are just a few examples not and exhausted list)

Jesus died for the sins of the all. 1John 2 :1-2; 1Peter 3:18
God wants every one to come to repentance. 2Peter 3:9; John 3:16
He who has the Son has eternal life. 1John 5:11-13
Salvation comes as a gift through grace. Romans 11:6

So relax. If you have ever had a moment with God, a time when you acknowledge sin, repented and asked Him into your life..... You are save. For NO ONE can come to this moment without God. He needs to soften your heart before this experience takes place. He causes this experience to take place. We do not have the ability to come to Him on our own. Get it? If this moment has taken place in your life, it took place because He caused it to take place.


Your salvation, your moment of repentance will differ from others because we are unique individuals. Some people experience great emotion. Others, in a matter of fact way, do not. Some experience an obvious supernatural moment others feel and see nothing. Experience is not where the truth is found. Scripture coupled with your individual experience is where truth is found.

If God has touched your life, and repentance(change of heart, turning around, changed life, new desires based on Christ) has taken place, you have eternal life and you will go to Heaven to be with God through all eternity when this life is over.