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How do you know:
1. God is real?
2. You are saved?
1. I know God is real because I know exactly when He came into my life in the form of the Holy Spirit - I was a mess for that first week or so and unable to function normally. I cannot deny Him EVER because of the way I've changed, I behave differently, think differently, I'm more emotional, I care more for others and love people in a way I never did before - I cared but I didn't really love. The unbeliever can deny God for various reasons but once you know Him you cannot deny Him because He is personal. I guess experiencing God is key to believing, talking to Him in prayer - total submission in prayer.
2. I guess I'm saved because of what I've already stated above but really it's true death has lost it's sting. I actually find myself thinking about death a lot more since belonging to Jesus. Death was something I rarely thought about before, I didn't consider it - I guess I didn't want to think about it but now...well I've planned my own funeral (ROFL) and I'm not bothered about that kind of stuff. I think about death but not in a morbid way. I think about being in Heaven and with Jesus and other Christians. I wonder about stuff in Heaven. It's true that death is but a mere inconvenience because it messes up your plans here on earth but that's it really, it's more inconvenient for those you leave behind.
1. God is real?
2. You are saved?
1. I know God is real because I know exactly when He came into my life in the form of the Holy Spirit - I was a mess for that first week or so and unable to function normally. I cannot deny Him EVER because of the way I've changed, I behave differently, think differently, I'm more emotional, I care more for others and love people in a way I never did before - I cared but I didn't really love. The unbeliever can deny God for various reasons but once you know Him you cannot deny Him because He is personal. I guess experiencing God is key to believing, talking to Him in prayer - total submission in prayer.
2. I guess I'm saved because of what I've already stated above but really it's true death has lost it's sting. I actually find myself thinking about death a lot more since belonging to Jesus. Death was something I rarely thought about before, I didn't consider it - I guess I didn't want to think about it but now...well I've planned my own funeral (ROFL) and I'm not bothered about that kind of stuff. I think about death but not in a morbid way. I think about being in Heaven and with Jesus and other Christians. I wonder about stuff in Heaven. It's true that death is but a mere inconvenience because it messes up your plans here on earth but that's it really, it's more inconvenient for those you leave behind.
