How Can I Know For Sure?

How do we know for sure? We have all heard someone ask this and I am sure that we probably all have said or felt this same way about our salvation. The Scripture tells us how we can know for certain that we are saved. There are many places that tell us that "you may know" you are saved. I will try to present some of these passages so that you may know that you are saved. God knows our heart better than we know our heart. We might be able to convince others and possibly ourselves, but God knows. Confess, Believe, and have Faith!

Repent-to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to God.
Believe-to have a firm religious faith, to have a firm conviction as to the reality or goodness of something, to take as true and honest.
Faith-belief and trust in and loyalty to God.

[REPENTING]
We'll start with repenting of our sins. This is a necessary step in our salvation.
Ezekiel;18:32
("For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord God. "Therefore repent and live.")
Matthew;4:17
(From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand".)
Mark;1:14-15
(Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.")
Repentance and Faith are required of man.

[BELIEVE]
After you have repented, you have to believe in God that He exists and He will do what He says He will do. He says He will save you.
John;1:12
(But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name.)
John;3:15-16
(so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.)
John;8:23-24
(And He was saying to them, "You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.")
Acts;16:31
(They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household".)
These are just a few of the passages that tell us that we have to believe.

[FAITH]
We are told that after we are saved, we will live our life by faith in Jesus Christ. God has promised us eternal life in Jesus Christ, and we live by faith that He will keep His promise. It is impossible for God to lie, so we believe in Him.
Romans;1:16-17
(For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH")
1Peter;1:6-9
(In this you greatly rejoice, even though for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls.)
Ephesians;2:8
(For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;)

So the only way I know for a person to be sure they are saved is to believe the Word of God and have faith in Him. When you accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, you are given the Holy Spirit to come and dwell in you. He will teach you the truth in the Scriptures and He is also a guarantee of our inheritance in heaven.
Ephesians;1:13-14
(In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation-having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory.)
There are so many Scriptures that help you believe in your salvation. If you come to God and ask Him to save you, He Will! I can only tell you what the Word of God says. If you are still in question about your salvation, listen to this passage and believe.

[KNOWING]
Romans;10:8-10
(But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, in your mouth and in your heart"-that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.)

If you have done this, then you have to believe and have faith that you are saved!

God Bless You!