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

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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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