1st
Corinthians 10:13, “There hath no
temptation taken you but such as is common to man:
but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are
able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be
able to bear it.”
The Bible teaches that we all have the same temptations in life. No one is
exempt from them. Doubt is a temptation that we all experience in life.
Everyone has doubts at times. I doubted my salvation for the first 7-years
that I was saved. I was a new Christian and naive concerning the doctrine of
Christ. Over time, as I learned the Word of God, God gave me the perfect peace
that I am a born-again Christian, a child of God, safe in God's eternal
security. My assurance rests in Christ's righteousness, in the PROMISES of
God; and not in anything I have ever done, am doing or ever will do. My
self-righteousness means nothing to God (Isaiah 64:6). I am going to Heaven
because of HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, that is, the
imputed righteousness of Christ given to every believer at the time of
salvation (Romans 4:5-6; 2nd Corinthians 5:21).
I have written extensively on this
subject in the following article from my heart of hearts. If you have any
doubts or difficulties finding peace about your salvation, I know these truths
will help you my friend...
I was reading the book of Luke this
week and the following truth jumped out at me...
Luke
24:25, “Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that
the prophets have spoken.”
If you read the preceding Scriptures
in Luke 24:13-31. This is the famous story of the two disciples walking on the
road to Emmaus with the Lord. The Bible says in Luke 24:16 that God withheld
Jesus' identity from these men, so that they would not recognize Him. Jesus
asked them why they were so sad and what they were talking about. They told
the story of Jesus' life and how He had foretold that He would rise after
three days from the dead, but it had been 3-days already and Jesus wasn't
there (so they thought). I love this story. They're talking to Jesus Himself,
and yet they don't recognize Him and are doubting the Words which the Lord had
spoken before His crucifixion. So Jesus rebuked them in Luke 24:25.
Jesus said they were fools because
of their wishy-washy doubting and lack of earnest faith in the promises of
God. But notice carefully what the Lord did afterwards. He expounded them with
the Scriptures from Moses through all the prophets concerning Himself. Amen!
Jesus told us likewise in John 5:39, “Search the scriptures; for in them
ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”
We learn about Jesus in the Bible. Any Bible study that doesn't center
upon the Lord Jesus Christ is a bad Bible study and a lousy
Bible-teacher. Everything that we teach from the Scriptures should exalt the
precious name of Jesus Christ and lead people closer to Him. I don't want
people to leave saying, “That's a great website!” I want people to leave
saying, “Jesus is a great God and Savior!”
The purpose of my website is to
expound others in the Scriptures concerning Jesus. I want you to follow Jesus,
not me. I'm following Jesus and I want you to follow Him too. It's all about
Jesus Christ my friend, Who was God almighty in the flesh when He walked this
earth (John 1:1-3,14; John 10:33). The Lord rose from the dead miraculously
and is in Heaven today (Colossians 3:1-2), interceding for the saints as our
High Priest (Romans 9:34; Hebrews 4:15-16).
If you have doubts as did the two
disciples on the road to Emmaus, then you need to SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES
as Jesus commanded in John 5:39, “...for in them ye think ye have
eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”
2nd
Timothy 1:7, “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and
of love, and of a sound mind.”
