This lesson comes from Dr. Timothy Beougher's lecture from Personal Evangelism Class at SBTS, entitled, "How Can I Know I Am Forgiven By God?" 1 John give us five tests to see if we are saved. Question 1, "Do you enjoy fellowship/worshipping God" (1 John 1:3)? Question 2, "Do you have an awareness of your sin" (1 John 1:8)? Question 3, "Do you seek to be obedient to the Word of God (1 John 2:3-5)? Question 4, "Do you love other Christians and want to be with them" (1 John 3:14)? Question 5, "Do you display the fruit of the Spirit" (1 John 4:13)? Dr. Beougher also mentioned Galatians 5:22-23, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control. Now with these tests, as Dr. Beougher pointed out, "Scripture mandates the presence of these 'tests' not the perfection of these things." The other caution is a reminder that these tests show us the fruit of our faith, but that our faith is rooted in Jesus Christ. Beougher ended his lecture with, "What to do if you are not sure." He called 1 John 1:9, "God's bar of Soap." "If we confess our sin, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Have you passed the test?
