The Assurance Test

1 John 5:1

“Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him.”

Do you know for sure that you are a born again Christian? The born again phrase has at times been the joke of the secular world and often misunderstood in the religious community. Being truly born again, Jesus says this, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

In my small brain that tells me that if you are not born again, as the Lord describes in John 3, then you can not enter into heaven. So how do we know if we are born again? Thank you for asking. Take the test called the assurance test.

First, the Lordship test: 1 John 2:3 “Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.” The operative word here is keep. We all will fall to the sins of this world. Matthew 14:28-31 the man Peter who walked closely with God was walking on water while he kept his eyes on Jesus, then he took his eyes off Jesus and began to sink into the troubles of the storm in his life. That is what happens to us, we take our eyes off of Christ and sink into our troubles. Is He the Lord of your life, keep your eyes upon Him. The first assurance test question, is Jesus the Lord of your life?

Second, the fellowship test: 1 John 3:14 if you are born again, that says you have passed from death into life eternal (John 5:24), born again, you will love the brother. Hebrews 10:23-25, Never waiver, Christ has promised to those born again will see His kingdom. The Fellowship test says that if you Love the God, pass the Lordship test, you will pass the fellowship test. Heb. 10:24 we are to stir up love and good works in each other, verse 25 says we do this when assemble ourselves together. That is the church. Pass the fellowship test attend your local new testament church.

Third, the relationship test: 1 John 5:11-13, when one is born again as Jesus Christ has taught in John 3, we begin not an experience with religion, we begin an experience with a relationship with the son of God. Eternal life is in the Son, Jesus Christ and if you are born again, you have the Son, Jesus Christ in your heart, you have life eternal.

Can you pass the assurance test, only you can answer these 3 simple questions? Allow me to close with John 1:12-13 “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name. who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor the will of man, but of God.”

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