The “acid” test of saving faith? I Jn 2:3-5***\see p146, ***, “Christ’s Call To Reform the Church”, by Jn Mac, 2018:
I Jn 2:3-5: 3 By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 5 but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him:
***Deut 33:27***>Ps 139:16; Acts 17:26 (24-28); Eph 1:3-6; I Ptr 1:3-5,6a,6b-9; Col 2:9-10; 1:13-21,22-23,24***; Deut 33:12; Is 52:12; Ps 139:5; 91:7 (all); Rom 8:1-2,28-30,31***,32-39***(all); Rev 20:11-15; 21-22*** – ***Is 46:8-10***
Seven Biblical evidences of true salvation in Acts 2:
1) v37 – CONVICTION of personal sin (Jn
3:1-6,16-19;I Thess 1:9-10)
2) v38 – REPENTANCE (Mk 1:14-15)
3) v42 – A LOVE OF & HUNGER FOR
GOD’S WORD (II Tim 2:15;
Ps 119:97-105; II Tim 3:16-
17; Pro 30:5-6
4) v42 – A DESIRE TO COMMUNE
W/GOD (Prayer – active,
ongoing; I Thess 5:16-18)
5) v44-45 – A GENUINE, EVIDENT
LOVE FOR FELLOW
BELIEVERS (I Jn 4:7-13)
6) v46 – A DESIRE FOR & JOY IN
FELLOWSHIPPING
W/OTHER BELIEVERS (Phil
2:3+; I Jn 4:7-13)
7) v46-47 – AN UNDENIABLE,
EVIDENT, OBVIOUSLY
CHANGED MIND/HEART
PERTAINING TO DAILY
LIVING (Mt 6:33-4; Ps
118:24; 119:9, 97-105; II Cor
10:3-5; II Tim 2:15; II Cor
4:7-11; Phil 4:4-13)
Roms 8:3-8; Jn 6:44,65; 15:16; 17:3; Ephs 1:3-14; 2:8-10; I Ptr 1:3-6a; I Jn 4:10; Roms 8:1-2,28-30,31; I Thess 1:9-10; Rev 20:11-15; 21-22; Is 46:8-10***