Misconceptions About Salvation
# 10 "Believe and have faith that you are saved, never doubt about it, and you will be saved. "
The cause of this misconception is the failure to realize the object of faith.
Saving faith's object is the Savior. Sinners are not called to believe that they are saved in order to be saved. They are called to put their faith in Christ so that they will be saved.
Sick people only get well when they take the medicine. They don't become well by believing and saying to themselves: "I am well! I am well!! I am well now!!! I will never doubt it!!!!" That is positive verbalization and thinking, not saving faith.
Ac 16:30 And he brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
31 So they said, "Believe/trust on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved..."
Notice it is not "believe/trust that you are saved and you will be saved." Rather it is "believe/trust on the Lord Jesus Christ" (and the result?) "you will be saved." You are not called to trust in the result in order to get the result. You are called to trust in the Savior and you will get the result---salvation.
