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Jesus said in John 3:3 "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” You can know (2 Peter 1:10) if you have received salvation (been truly born again) by testing your faith. John says in 1 John 5:13 "I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life."

To be born again is to be "sealed with the promised Holy Spirit" (Ephesians 1:13). Galatians 5:22-23 says that "the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control." Look for the evidence of the Holy Spirit in you. Titus 2:12-14 says the Holy Spirit will be "training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works."

According to 1 John 3:9 "No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God." Does that mean that we will stop sinning completely? No, it does not. In 1 John 2:1 it says "My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One." If a Christian does stumble into sin then we are to confess our sin to God (1 John 1:9) and continue to depend on Jesus Christ alone for our righteousness. Look at what Philippians 3:8-11 says:

"I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead."

If you have truly put your faith in Jesus Christ as the only suitable payment for your sins, then you will see the fruit of repentance. You will see the Holy Spirit at work in your life through a desire to do the things that please God. >>