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"How do I continue to do good works without this paranoid feeling of proving that I'm saved!?"

"How do I continue to do good works without this paranoid feeling of proving that I'm saved!?"

Update: 2024-12-27
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Our listener asks, “Hey Pastor Jesse! Just bought some of your


gospel tracts and look forward to handing


those out, best presentation of the Gospel


I’ve heard. I had a question around Matthew


7:21-23. I know that the will of the Father is


to believe on the Son, and that these


passages point out that those who trust in


their works for salvation are told to depart


from Christ. We also know about bearing fruit, and that


God has ordained good works that we should


walk in them (Eph. 2:10 ). I’ve trusted in Christ


alone for Salvation for about a year now, and


I’ve notice as I’ve grown as a Christian that I’ve


changed. I act different, I preach the Gospel,


and my friends and family have also


mentioned that I’ve changed for the better. But whenever I do a good work out of a desire


to be obedient, I get paranoid that I am in fact


doing that work to ‘prove to myself’ that I’m


a ‘true’ believer, and I fear that I run the risk of


looking at the good things that I do out of a


desire to please Christ as evidence that I’m


really saved as opposed to solely looking at the


cross for evidence that I’m really saved. How do I continue to do good works without


this paranoid feeling that I’m just doing these


good works to prove that I’m saved, and not


solely out of love for Christ? Either my own paranoia or Satan keeps telling


me ‘you haven’t REALLY believed, you’re just


doing this good work to prove you’re saved,


you’re just like the people in Matthew 7:21-23.’ I know that my works are as filthy rags to God


and that it is my faith alone in Christ alone that


justifies me and pleases God, but I still struggle


with this paranoid feeling that I’m still looking


at some of my works for reassurance. How can


I appreciate and acknowledge the growth and


change the Holy Spirit has caused in my life


without somehow looking to those things as


evidence that I’m saved? How can I be SURE that I’m not trusting in any


of my works and solely trusting in the finished


work of Christ? Thanks and God Bless!”


- Coleman




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"How do I continue to do good works without this paranoid feeling of proving that I'm saved!?"

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