The evidence of salvation

How can I know if I truly believe? How can I know if I am really saved? These questions and similar ones, are often asked; and, just as often, not very effectively, or conclusively answered. In 1 John 3:14, of the King's Book, we find written: "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death." If we are willing to live by the premise, that God says what He means and He means what He says (a more in-depth examination of this premise at a later time); then we can look at this text and realize, with great clarity, that our questions can be answered. The text begins by stating, most emphatically, that: "We know..." This should get our attention, and it is intended to do this very thing, of getting our attention. We need to know and we should be able to know and the text is saying: "We know!" Can we praise and thank the Lord our God for this knowledge? Please join with me, in doing this very thing, for God is worthy of all praise and glory and honor. Amen and Amen and Amen! Until next time, my beloved brethren, I continue to be:

Your servant and fellow pilgrim,
Elder Theophilus