Objections To The Gospel
#1 "It is pride to say that you are 'saved' right now while you are still alive. It is only when we die that we can know that we are saved."
Answer
To claim that one is saved on the basis of God's promise in His Word is not pride. It is faith and submission. If God did NOT promise in the Bible (His Word) that a sinner will be saved if he puts his trust in Christ, then to claim that you are saved is surely presumption and pride.
But God has promised in His Word that you can have eternal life right now while you are still alive if you just put your trust in Christ:
Joh 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes/trusts in Him should not perish but HAVE (present tense) everlasting life.
Joh 6:47 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes/trusts in Me HAS everlasting life.
1Jo 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you HAVE eternal life...
Therefore to claim that one can have eternal life right now while one is still alive is not pride. It is the result of believing God's promise and submitting to His Word. The proud person is the one who does not believe and submit to God's revealed Word.
He makes God a liar. He thinks he is better than God. God says: "You can have it right now." He, on the other hand, insists: "No we cannot!"
