How can I guarantee my eternal destination? | GotQuestions.org

[@scottmac2032]

I was 19 yrs old when I came to faith in Jesus. I’m 65 yrs old now and, I’m still walking each day in faith with my Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. Jesus has kept me all these years. What a Savior!

[@PeaceFan1]

Repent, Receive JESUS and Be Born Again!!! We are SAVED BY GRACE Thru FAITH ALONE in JESUS!!!!

[@nickshively1192]

A…….men!!!! 🙋🏼‍♂️

[@seanh70]

@@nickshively1192Repenting is not required for salvation. Don’t add to the gospel. (If you’re meaning that repentance means to “turn from your sin”. If you’re meaning that repent is the translated word we use for the original Greek word “Metanoia” which means “to change one’s mind”. Then I agree with you.). Like you said faith only.

[@nickshively1192]

@ The thief on the cross repented when he said, “We are receiving what we deserve.” He admitted he was a sinner. Also, 2 Corinthians 7:10, 2 Peter 3:9, Acts 2:38. Yes, repentance is required for salvation.

[@seanh70]

@@nickshively1192 Yes, he admitted he was a sinner because he “changed his mind”, from not believing to believing in Christ.

[@nickshively1192]

@@seanh70 Yes sir. ❤️

[@ribread9501]

Amen, I’m going! I’m going to see my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I am His ❤

[@danielatt1620]

I have accept Christ as my only saviour!

[@nickshively1192]

I am not trying to be rude or harsh, but did you accept Him as your Lord as well?Here is why I ask. Many people accept Him as their Savior, but still want to be the Lord of their own hearts. This was me at the age of 12 and is part of my testimony. We have to fully surrender to His Lordship.

[@danielatt1620]

@nickshively1192 Thanks for your comments! I agree with you! I indeed accept Him as The Only Lord of my Life! God bless You!

[@nickshively1192]

@@danielatt1620 ❤️ Amen! Praise the Lord! 😃

[@seanh70]

@@nickshively1192 Not true. John 3:16 says “…whosoever BELIEVES in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” If you add to that then you are wrong. There are probably over 200 verses that say salvation is by belief only.

[@nickshively1192]

@ James 2:19 King James Version 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. With all due respect dear friend. Can you define what “Belief” is? In John 3:16 He is not talking about believing that He exists.

[@OnTheWatch7]

Thank you Jesus Christ for leaving the 99 for me. Thank you for opening my eyes, giving me ears to hear, loving me, going to the cross for me. I will never be worthy, I am a wretched sinner…but I am covered in your precious blood. I thank you for your Gift of Grace, Gift of Salvation. You are my Savior. I put my life and faith in You only, the Way, the Truth, the Life.

[@chrissysvideos]

Amen, thank you Jesus that you paid it all!!! Can't wait to meet my Lord XO

[@nickshively1192]

Oh very soon dear sister in Christ!!! Very soon!!! 😊🙌✝️

[@hampham2000]

Spread the gospel to everyone especially your family and friends

[@nickshively1192]

Amen! “Believing upon the Lord Jesus Christ.” Is not simply believing that He exists. It is putting our faith/trust in His finished work on the cross and obeying His Word. Also, there is false doctrine out there that baptism saves you. No it does not. It’s a work. We are saved by grace first, then the works come after salvation. Should we be baptized? Well, when we get saved you will want to be because you want to obey Christ. 😊 James 2:19, Ephesians 2:8, John 14:15

[@BADDMIXX]

Amen Brother Nelson! HalleluJah!

[@hikaru64]

Thank you for this reminder.

[@davehorton1486]

Love your Video`s, because I`m always informed of so much truth the Lord wants us to know. The Bible is the Mind of Christ 1 Corth, 2:16.

[@sandietaf3735]

Your conviction in asking Jesus to come into your life by repentance and belief in his ways.

[@seanh70]

@@sandietaf3735 “Turning from our sins”, or repenting, is not necessary for salvation. John 3:16 is pretty clear, “…whosoever BELIEVES in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.”

[@godsgospelgirl]

Amen! ❤ ✝️

[@Ja-Yen]

Thank you. Amen 🙏🏼

[@Bekalu-yj6xn]

I accept Jesus and what is the next step

[@nickshively1192]

Start reading the Bible daily and pray. “Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you.” (James 4:8)= relationship. Get into a good Bible believing/Bible preaching church. The Lord will guide you from there. He will probably lay it on your heart to get baptized.

[@sandietaf3735]

Praying and guidance through thankfulness of walking in the holy spirit. Once you accepted Jesus you can never lose your salvation. Your sins are forgiven. Our Father in heaven speaks of this in his Holy word. He also chastise us for backsliding on our walk in life by doing so he definitely wakes us up. I am a born again believer have ben for many years

[@seanh70]

Make sure you “accepting” Jesus, means BELIEF. Accepting him into your heart is not what saves. You must BELIEVE in what Christ did for you on the cross. He died, buried and rose again to pay the price for your sins and remove Gods wrath from you. THAT is what saves. You have faith in Christ.

[@flutep2069]

Repent for your sins and and turn from them, read and obey the Bible which is the word of God and get baptized.

[@seanh70]

@@flutep2069 You are misinterpreting those passages if you are interpreting them to mean that you need to do those things for salvation.

[@dwrutsgnt4225]

Amen!

[@seanheart9001]

Amen

[@dougtodd24]

But I am not the one who guarantees it - the Holy Spirit is.

[@dougtodd24]

@@ophiuchus9071 Ephesians 1 says He is the guarantee.

[@John14-6...]

As a Christian, I absolutely believe what you said about Faith in Christ as our Lord and Savior for our assurance to go to heaven. I have a question though, using the simpliest definition of the way to heaven like you have in this video, can't a Jehovah's witness believe they are going to heaven?

[@cwojtas4222]

Don’t Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that only 144,000 people go to heaven, and that in order to secure the place they have to recruit people and share the gospel? I’m asking because I’m not 100% sure but if that is the truth then that’s a workplace gospel and they’re not trusting in the finished work of Jesus Christ.

[@John14-6...]

@cwojtas4222 Yes, there are many reasons why they are not Christians who trust in the finished work of Christ. The main one being they don't believe in his divinity. What I was saying using his simple definition it becomes a little harder to differentiate between a believer and someone like this.

[@seanh70]

His simple definition is the narrow road. JW’s do not put their faith in Christ and what he did on the cross for them, to get to heaven. They will be the ones that say at the judgment “look what we did in your name”.

[@ribread9501]

They have to believe in the true Christ -- and that means ALL that He said He is. Faith = trust. In placing your faith in Christ as Lord and Savior it means you have to believe everything He said; including that He is the Son of God. If you do not, then Him being Savior and Lord would have no ground. The sacrifice would not hold. Therefore, that's why it's very important that we preach the truth.

[@RichardAStonemasonNOTfreemason]

Repent, then obey God the Father and walk in the ways of Christ Jesus. it's that simple.

[@seanh70]

That’s not correct if you’re talking about salvation. It’s belief only. Nothing else is required.

[@RichardAStonemasonNOTfreemason]

Ok@@seanh70Believe and disobey God ?

[@Qui_Gon_Jinn_76]

Repentance is NOT required for salvation.

[@seanh70]

@@RichardAStonemasonNOTfreemason You disobey God everyday. You sin everyday. Now what?

[@RichardAStonemasonNOTfreemason]

i don't intentionally disobey God or sin any day@@seanh70

[@elshuku1]

Im studying Christian theology and i understand Jesus is the only way to thenFather. Im a little confused as to how Calvin and Armenian views play into this.

[@TLC26]

Before you can repent you must understand you are a sinner and need a Saviour to forgive your sins.

[@seanh70]

@@TLC26 what’s your definition of the word “repent”?

[@rjules1083]

Believe in the Lord Jesus and His redemptive work on the cross! It’s not our works, but The Lord’s sacrifice. ❤

[@nickshively1192]

Amen! Ephesians 2:8

[@brandocalrisian6870]

Amen ❤🙏

[@USMCVETERAN-iy3je]

🙌🏼🙏🏼🙋🏻‍♂️

[@renierramirez9534]

Well according to Calvinism that question makes no sense since only those who are mysteriously predestined by God to salvation are already selected before the foundation of the world so if I am not one of those it's not up to me... Thanks.

[@flutep2069]

God knows everyone who will repent and believe and be saved because of his foreknowledge. So it’s foreknowledge not predestination.

[@bobsacamano3212]

Belief in Jesus requires both Him as Savior AND Lord. He will save you as He carries the sins for us BUT we must make Him our Lord too. “Lord” means He is our Master and we are His bond servant (slave). Our choices in how we live, say, think, treat others, etc…. MUST be done in what we know He expects from us. In other words, just saying Jesus is Lord and Savior without a change in ones behavior will not “justify” or “sanctify” you. That’s why Jesus said many, many will come to Him in that day and He will reject them… See Matt 7:17-27

[@cwojtas4222]

That’s not correct. And you should finish the verse the verse as many will come to me in that day and say, Lord Lord, have we not prophesies in your name and cast out demons in your name and in your name and many great works. It’s talking about people who trusted themselves to go to heaven. What we must do is accept Jesus as our savior and repent when we repent, it means to change your mind. What are we changing our mind about? We are changing our mind about who got is and what he has done and what sin is. When we understand that we are sinners and sin as evil, and it separates us from God And we cannot ourselves so we need Jesus he becomes our Lord. The problem with what you said is that it requires obedience. But how much obedience? That’s the thing we are saved through our good or our obedience through the finished work of Jesus Christ only. Because we could never be obedient enough to get to heaven. I do agree that Christians will obey God. But also to differing and varying degrees. Also disobedient Christians, who have believed and then kind of just stray I believe that they are still saved, but they will be chastised.

[@bobsacamano3212]

I agree with you as you point out the “savior” part of who Jesus is. What about Him being “Lord”? What does that mean to you is the question that should beasked by all. Today’s pastors tell people that God loves them and has a wonderful plan for their lives, but that is only half the truth. God also hates sin and will punish unrepentant sinners with eternal torment. No gospel presentation is complete if it avoids or conceals those facts. Any message that fails to define and confront the severity of personal sin is a deficient gospel. And any “salvation” that does not alter a lifestyle of sin and transform the heart of the sinner is not the salvation God’s word speaks of.

[@cwojtas4222]

@ i agree and disagree. I believe if we lined up to John the Baptist and the thief on the cross based on lives lived obviously there will be Christian’s who did very little so . We shouldn’t focus too much on that . Justification 1st then sanctification

[@seanh70]

⁠@@bobsacamano3212don’t confuse what we should do after we are saved with what we must do to become saved. There’s 100 verses that speak to belief only as the way to salvation. Nothing else is required. Don’t forget - "However, to the one who DOES NOT WORK but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness." (Romans 4:5

[@seanh70]

And don’t forget in Matthew 7:22 Jesus was talking to unbelievers, not the saved.

[@dank2476]

This is Christianity vs All Religions. Either you accept Christianity and reject all others or vice-versa. There is no middle path. Believe Christianity is the truth then all other religions are false. Period.

[@paulparen]

In all your quotes, never was mentioned we will enter Heaven. It all says have life. All believers will not spend eternal life in Heaven but we will spend eternity in the new Earth where we co-heir with Christ. Our soul be may be ‘stored’ in paradise (mansions) till His second coming but we are not there for eternity. Heaven is meant for spiritual beings i.e angels, earth is for the physical beings. In the new Earth we will be given a perfected body.

[@SamsonDeepakRaj]

Believe that CHRIST is the HEAVENLY FATHER and not as son, this is the belief that we should have.

[@seanh70]

Not one gets to the father EXCEPT through the son.

[@Robert-r4s4c]

You cannot guarantee your eternal destination. Once Saved, Always Saved is heresy. There are many other Bible verses you need to read about salvation. Not just your favourite ones. Faith alone is not enough

[@seanh70]

@@Robert-r4s4c Sorry brother but you are absolutely wrong. If you believe John 3:16 then that is your filter for salvation. Otherwise, you are saying John 3:16 is a lie. If you read something that doesn’t fit with John 3:16, then you are interpreting it wrong. I can come up with 100 verses that say belief only. You’ve got to keep studying.

[@rlhicks1]

The Bible absolutely teaches it. Here are just a FEW verses: Ephesians 1:13-14 (KJV) 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. 1 John 5:11-13 (KJV) 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. John 10:28-29 (KJV) 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. John 14:16-17 (KJV) 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. Ephesians 4:30 (KJV) And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

[@Gen_4927]

2:30 - and baptism. Clearly, not I. Live and love like Jesus.

[@cwojtas4222]

Water baptism is not required for salvation. That is a work of obedience. It cannot save you. Faith in Jesus saves “by grace are we saved through faith“ every verse that talks about salvation, talks about faith. When Jesus spoke to Nicodemus, and he said you must be born againagain” he didn’t say three times he said twice they were talking about your physical birth and your spiritual birth. Baptism in water is not required for salvation. It is required to be an obedient Christian and should be your first act. See the thief on the cross.

[@barrywilson4276]

This was Martin Luther's delema. He feared that under Catholic doctrine he could not be guaranteed salvation and might be tortured for eternity in Hell. Must have done something appallingly evil. His solution was to bring hundreds of years of religious war to Europe and millions of murders. He decided Heaven and Hell were not dependent on behavior but on predestination. You are born saved or damned. If damned you can live a saintly life and still be tortured for eternity. Likewise Hitler may been born saved and now is gloriously happy in heaven. Luther decided he was born saved and no longer had to worry about his appallingly crime. And the millions his action doomed were saved or damned. Nothing on earth matters.

[@VictoriousCatholic]

This is a trick question. There is no such thing as guaranteed salvation. Not even Jesus said salvation is guaranteed

[@rlhicks1]

Here are just a few verses (and there are many more): Ephesians 1:13-14 (KJV) 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. 1 John 5:11-13 (KJV) 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. John 10:28-29 (KJV) 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. John 14:16-17 (KJV) 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. Ephesians 4:30 (KJV) And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.