If you are having doubts about your salvation, understand this clearly: the moment you trusted in Christ as your Saviour, His blood cleansed you from all sin. At that point ‘you were marked with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit guaranteeing [your] redemption’ (vv. 13-14 NIV). The Bible says, ‘You are not to be like cowering fearful slaves. You should behave instead like God’s very own children, adopted into his family calling him, “Father, dear Father!” For the Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us we are God’s children. And since we are his children, we will share his treasures for everything God gives to his son, Christ, is ours too’ ( Romans 8:15-16 NLT).
In the book of Ruth we read that ‘the custom in Israel concerning redeeming [was] one man took off his sandal, gave it to the other, and this was a confirmation’ (Ruth 4:7 NKJV). Notice, the ‘redeemer’ put on another man’s sandal, signifying his willingness to stand in his place. That’s what Jesus did for us at the cross. He stood in our shoes so we could stand before God in His redeemed and righteous! Don’t let doubt steal your joy. Refuse to go by your feelings. Make up your mind to believe what God says, for until you do you will be plagued by uncertainty. Study God’s Word until you can say with assurance, ‘I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day’ (2 Timothy 1:12 NKJV).
Are you trusting in Christ as your Saviour? Then your salvation is not in doubt. The deal is sealed!
