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[sven]

at the moment I feel if I'm in a crisis, both spiritual and physical.

when I joined this forum, I wasn't a Christian at all, though somehow believed in universalism.

I was too long concerned about the salvation of others, especially about a good fomer friend, than about about my own salvation.

Things have changed a bit over the time, I began to pray to Jesus, something I hadn't done before (I had kind of a Jehovah Witness mindset)

I just feel don't saved yet, my faith is week.

Did you have a conversation experience, do you know you're saved?

Did you went through, let's call a crisis, before you were saved?

[Seth]

Hi Sven. Understanding what salvation is would probably help you. Don't rely on your feelings. Getting saved is not about feeling a special spiritual buzz, then that's it, you got saved. It is a life process. You can tell you are being saved if you examine your life to see if you have been delivered from sins that kept you bound. Salvation is all about deliverance from sin, being saved away from sin. It's not a one-time event punctuated by a spiritual feeling like Christians often teach. I am not saying a feeling will not be involved in some cases, but that it is not the primary indicator of whether you are being saved from sin by the Spirit.

For example, I was a chronic cusser, and having other various problems in other areas that I could not stop. I had addictions I could not rectify. But I was delivered from slavery, and since that major deliverance, I have been working on other issues as I go through life with God. Salvation is a road we take, not a one-sized-fits all scenario. This is why Paul said "Work out (ie outwardly work) your own salvation with fear and trembling because it is God who works in you to will and to do of his good pleasure." It was Christ who changed the inside and changed my desires, which made what was impossible for me, possible. Salvation is when Christ slays your old man and replaces you with Him in your daily life.