10/10/2025
I met someone and he said to me that he is very sure that he is saved because he used to live a dirty life of drinking but now he is a church goer. I asked him if he is holy and he said no, but he is trying as much as possible to live a holy life.
I said to him, You don’t need to be sure of being saved, you need the evidence. When you go for a job interview, they request for a medical report as evidence that you are healthy. You don't prove you are healthy by doing push-ups to show how fit you are, you bring a doctor's report as evidence
What is the most precise evidence to prove that you are saved, I said? It is The Bible
ROMANS 5:19
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners,
So, by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous
Who is this man who disobeyed? Its Adam
Who is the one who obeyed? This is Jesus
So, it’s not because of your disobedience did you become a sinner
Neither do you become righteous because of you obeying the law of God .
Instead of having faith in this, people are trying by their good deeds to prove they are saved and be counted as righteous before God. It is not so
Philippians 2:8
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Jesus' obedience is what made us righteous.
Has His Obedience Already Made You Righteous? Or, are trying with your own to be righteous?
Romans 4:25
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Jesus is telling you that you are justified, you are righteous. "I did this for you, believe in Me", but people put away this evidence and try to find righteousness in other things
God wants you to believe and have faith in Him
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
When you believe in God, you are counted as righteous
Even though we are full of shortcomings, Jesus made us righteous so we are righteous
If Jesus makes you holy then you are holy
God is the happiest when you believe in that
Those who believe in God have hope that leads their lives and this is the true blessing Romans chapter 4:6-8 is talking about.