Bible Lesson 20
How do we know if we are saved?
Because we look more and more like Jesus
It has been said that we are saved by faith alone, but not by faith that is alone. In other words, if our faith is real and saving, it will be accompanied by holy living. Or as James says, “Faith without works is dead.”
Many people claim to love and follow Jesus, but how can we know (or at least have a pretty good idea) who has really been saved by Christ and given a new heart? “By their fruit you shall know them!”
Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. (1 John 2:6)
Jesus Summons Matthew to Leave the Tax Office, by Jan van Hemessen, 1536.
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El parecer a Jesús
Juan 14 (BLPH)
(15) Si me aman, cumplirán mis mandamientos; (16) yo, por mi parte, rogaré al Padre para que les envíe otro Abogado que esté siempre con ustedes: (17) el Espíritu de la verdad a quien los que son del mundo no pueden recibir porque no lo ven ni lo conocen; ustedes, en cambio, sí lo conocen, porque vive en ustedes y está en medio de ustedes.
(18) No los dejaré huérfanos; volveré a estar con ustedes.
1 Juan 3 (NTV)
(9) Los que han nacido en la familia de Dios no se caracterizan por practicar el pecado, porque la vida de Dios está en ellos. Así que no pueden seguir pecando, porque son hijos de Dios. (10) Por lo tanto, podemos identificar quiénes son hijos de Dios y quiénes son hijos del diablo. Todo el que no se conduce con rectitud y no ama a los creyentes no pertenece a Dios.
Resembling Jesus
John 14
If you love me, you will keep my commandments; I, for my part, will plead with the Father that he send you another Counselor who will be with you always: the Spirit of Truth whom those who are of the world cannot receive because they neither see him nor know him; you all, on the other hand, do know him, because he lives in you and is in the midst of you.
I will not leave you as orphans; I will return to be with you.
1 John 3
Those who have been born in the family of God are not characterized by practicing sin, because the life of God is in them. Therefore they can’t keep sinning, because they are sons of God. Therefore, we can identify who are sons of God and who are sons of the devil. All those who do not act with righteousness and does not love the believers does not belong to God.
1. Listen to the audio as you read along with the Spanish on the left.
2. Open the English translation, and read the two side-by-side, making sure you understand the Spanish.
3. Close the English, and listen to the audio again, reading along in Spanish.
4. Close the Spanish, and listen once more. Maybe shut your eyes, and just try to understand as much as you can.