Now that I'm saved! Now what?

What a wonderful thing it is to know for sure that you are saved! A young couple recently asked me, "But, how can I know that I am saved?" This is a good question and one that is asked often. Every believer needs to have the assurance that he or she is saved. I was always led to believe as young person that if I ever was saved I would get a feeling. Maybe a chill, lightning might strike, or maybe even a neon sign might light up saying, "You are saved." None of those things ever happened. The truth is that there is nowhere in the Scripture that tells us to look for a feeling to know that we are saved. In fact, each time the word "feel" is used in the New Testament, it is used in a negative sense. Never are we to gain our assurance of salvation through our feelings. So how do we know when we are saved? God has spoken and given us His word concerning the subject. God says in I John 5:13, "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life." Notice, God does not say, "hope", "guess", "perhaps", or "maybe". God says you can "Know that you have eternal life."