Tim Maas Supporter Retired Quality Assurance Specialist with the U.S. Army

God does not want Christians to be uncertain about their eternal state.

Romans 10:9 says, "If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."

1 John 5:13 says, "I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life."

Do I believe in and confess Jesus as Savior, Lord, and the Son of God? Yes (as I have done numerous times, including (explicitly or implicitly) with every post that I make on this site).

Do I believe in my heart that God raised Him from the dead? Yes

Apart from faith in Christ, to what extent am I depending on my own works or merit for my salvation? 0% (Ephesians 2:8-9)("For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast.")

Therefore, I am 100% certain that I am saved and will have eternal life in His presence (in heaven or on the "new earth" mentioned in Revelation 21) after my earthly life ends.

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Anand Mishra Supporter trying to be humane

Josh 1:9: Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.”

Phil 4:6: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

I have no whatsoever problems with my life on the planet earth. I have helped people, empowered them and I am very much satisfied with the direction my life is going.

As for after death,I am very much confident that my master is present there to receive me in person.

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Karen Czadzeck Supporter

John 3: 16. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

I believe everlasting life. It means eternal life in paradise. When on the cross the man next to Jesus asked to remember him to His Father, Jesus responded that today he would be in paradise (paraphrasing).

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Mark Vestal Supporter Proud of nothing of myself. Freed by Christ who did it all!

The short answer is because Christ rose from the grave. His resurrection is the assurance believers have in knowing they too will go to heaven some day. In other words, The atonement that Christ alone could and did pay at the cross (...for us) was acceptable to God, meaning Christ was successful in dying for our sins. Amen!

A saved believer 100% believes that Jesus Christ died for their sins on the cross. God forgave them through His shed blood...on that day (Rom 3:25, 1 Cor 15:1-4)! They can be 100% comforted in knowing how well that they perform in their lifetime will have ZERO bearing on their salvation. They 100% recognize that it was Christ's performance, death, and victory for them (seen in His resurrection), that alone qualifies them for justification before God.

Placing our faith (belief) in His salvific work for us, completed on our behalf, IS the 100% assurance the believer has. We can 100% beyond a shadow of a doubt know that we have been "sealed unto the day of redemption" saved upon belief! It is the literal (and true) meaning of having a Savior in Jesus Christ.

Eph 1:12-13
"That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,"

Eph 4:30
"And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption."

They have zero doubt because they now fully trust in Him for them rather than them for Him, believing in what He alone could and did do for us, rather than what we believe we can do...for Him.

We either have a Savior in Jesus Christ or we do not. If we're of the belief that our own "filthy rags" efforts will contribute to our salvation then we have not placed 100% of our faith alone in Jesus Christ alone...for us.

Gal 5:1-5
"Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith."

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Danny Hickman Supporter Believer in The Gospel Of Jesus Christ

What happens after I take my last breath here hasn't bothered me since I was around 5 years old. That was when I became acquainted with a basic knowledge of life and death. When one of my grandmother's sisters passed away, I and my two brothers were presented with the specter of death. I was terrified! Or maybe petrified! I ain't sure. I wanted nothing to do with it!

I don't know from where the relief came; it was, in a word, uncanny. It seemed to come out of nowhere. One minute, I was lying awake at night afraid to go to sleep; and then it occurred to me that there wasn't a thing I could do about the inevitable, so it didn't make sense to keep worrying about it. I was five. We lived in a 3 room "shotgun house" (until I was 9) with no running water. (At that time I couldn't imagine there was a way out of that kind of poverty. IOW, it is what it is so why sweat about it? It's widely known that poverty will "grow you up quick!")

What does any of this have to do with worrying about an afterlife? 
You asked; I'm only testifying!

Sixty-six years have now gone by, and about 36 years ago, God blessed me to be able to choose which of these three bathrooms I want to use. I learned many years ago that it was He who calmed my fears about dying, when I was only five years old. (He was blessing me LONG BEFORE I knew it!)

What happens when we die? Does it hurt? There are considerations that are more cerebral. For instance, we begin life in this realm as very dependent infants. Is life in the eternal sector, the spiritual realm, is it begun in dependent, spiritual infancy? After all, it's said that we must be born again (John 3). When the afterlife begins, after we shed this used flesh, is our new spiritual existence new, or is it more or less part of the same effigy? (I CAN HARDLY WAIT to find out!)

I haven't worried about death since I was five! There's a reason - here it is - 'You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You' (Isaiah 26:3). I was living Isaiah's truth before I even realized it! God was doing it then, and He's still doing it now. I haven't doubted my future with God since I was born again at 35 years old. He said, "follow Me." (Matthew 16) 

He ain't ever gonna leave me! (Hebrews 13:5) And I ain't ever gonna stop following Him! He'll make SURE!

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Daniel Veler Supporter

Your question: How can you be 100% sure you are going to heaven when you die?

This question can be answered by two scriptures given within the gospels.

First, you must come to know if you have obtained eternal life. Once you come to know that, then you will know that you will never hear the words from our Lord, “Depart from me; I never knew you.”

So what is eternal life? The definition is given to us in John chapter 17. Jesus defines it as the following. 

John 17:1: “These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.“

I would encourage you to read the complete chapter and ask the Lord to give you a heart of understanding that eternal life is personally knowing the Father and the Son.

Now one of his Apostles asked him, "How can this be that you will make yourself known unto us but not unto the world?"

This was Jesus’ answer.

John 14:22: “Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.”

So you see, eternal life, if you possess it, you will know the Father and Jesus, and they will know you. 

This is your assurance of the salvation within you. 

I pray the Lord has given you a heart of understanding.

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