Am I Really Saved

Matthew 15:8–9 (NASB95) This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me. But in vain do they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.

Can someone think they are saved when, in truth, they are not?

Deceived by Others.

2 Timothy 3:13(NASB95) But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.

Revelation 20:10(NASB95) And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

Self-Deception

2 Timothy 4:3(NASB95) For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,

Living a Lie

1 John 1:6(NASB95) If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

Close Lips with Distant Hearts: Isaiah 29:13-16

Matthew 15:8–9(NASB95) This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far away from Me.

Isaiah 29:13(NASB95)

Then the Lord said, “Because this people draw near with their words And honor Me with their lip service, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote.

rote noun > mechanical or unthinking routine or repetition

Application:

2 Corinthians 13:5 (NASB95) Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you—unless indeed you fail the test?

2 Peter 1:10 Make your call and election sure