Many people have questions about their salvation. They’re frustrated to feel uncertainty about such an important issue.

As a Christians you need to have a firm conviction regarding your eternal security. But sometimes even after you’ve placed your trust in Jesus Christ as Savior, you may have doubts about your salvation.

To settle this matter in your heart, you need to understand what God’s Word says about salvation and eternal security. Consider what these verses tell you about salvation:

Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.” Salvation is the result of God’s grace, not our goodness or performance. Grace is God’s unmerited, undeserved, loving favor. Though we did nothing to deserve it, He chose to save us.


Romans 5:8-9 “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.” Since the Lord is holy, and His justice requires a payment for sin, He couldn’t just ignore our wrongdoing. Jesus’ atoning death on the cross was the sacrifice that satisfied His justice, making salvation available to all who would believe in Christ. Now, through the death of His Son we are reconciled back into a relationship with the Father and saved from His wrath (v. 10).

John 3:16 “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.” Faith in Christ is required for salvation. However, this isn’t merely believing some facts about Him but acknowledging that Jesus is God’s means of salvation and surrendering our lives fully to Him.

Romans 10:9 “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.” Confessing Jesus as Lord means we agree that Christ’s death on our behalf provides complete forgiveness of our sin. And we believe that God raised Him from the dead, proving that He accepted Christ’s sacrifice as full payment for our sins.

The Lord doesn’t provide the gift of salvation without also giving us the assurance that it’s yours. That’s why He sent His Spirit to indwell and seal you as His child until the day of your redemption (Eph. 1:13-14). So stand strong in your faith—you were stamped with the the Holy Spirit’s seal as your guarantee of your salvation and cannot be broken by anyone.m

Turn to 1 John 5:10-13, and examine What the Bible says, the witness of the Holy Spirit, the change in a person's life after salvation for the assurance of salvation.

He who believes in the Son of God, that is who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him possesses His Testimony, His divine attestation within himself. He who does not believe God in this way has made Him out to be and represented Him as a liar, because he has not believed, put his faith in, adhered to, and relied on the evidence, the testimony that God has borne regarding His Son. ‭‭1 John‬ ‭5:10‬ ‬

The Spirit Himself thus testifies together with your own spirit, assuring you that you are a child of God. Romans ‭8:16‬

And this is that testimony, that evidence: God gave you eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 1 John ‭5:11‬

He who possesses the Son has that life; he who does not possess the Son of God does not have that life. 1 John ‭5:12‬

I write this to you who believe in, trust in, and rely on the name of the Son of God, in the peculiar services and blessings conferred by Him on men, so that you may KNOW with settled and absolute knowledge that you already have life, yes, eternal life. 1 John ‭5:13‬

Salvation is God’s deliverance from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation through your faith. And this salvation is not of yourself, of your own doing, it came not through your own striving, but it is the gift of God
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2:8‬ ‭ And as a believer—through Jesus Christ—you have Salvation from all the effects of sin. It is God’s work in that you receive all the benefits He bestows on you now and forever.

If you trust in Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, God will save you from your sin and welcome you into His family (John 1:12)—without regard to merit or worth on your part. Eternal life will be yours.