Doubt is a satanic strategy that dates back to man's original sin. Satan's first temptation centered on creating uncertainty when he said to Eve three things:
-"Has God indeed said?"
-You will not surely die."
-"If you eat of this fruit, you will be like God."
Eve should have said to Satan, "I am already like God. I am created in His image." But the accuser sowed seeds of doubt and all of mankind reaped a bitter harvest.
Satan employed a similar strategy in the temptation of Christ. Immediately after His baptism with its powerful manifestations of the Holy Spirit and God's audible voice, Jesus faced the wilderness temptation. Each of Satan's attacks centered on doubt as he questioned three times, "If you are the Son of God." Right up to the time when Jesus died the accuser continued this strategy through those observing His agony who said:
Matthew 27:40 "If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross."
Satan will also bring similar accusations against you:
-"If you are a child of God, then why doesn't He help you?"
-"If God loves you, then you wouldn't have this problem."
-"There is no way you will make Heaven. You just aren't good enough."
Jesus stands against every accusation of doubt and proclaims, "You are my child. I am a present help in time of need. You are loved. If you serve Me, then your eternal destiny is assured!" God looks at you through the shed blood of Jesus Christ and says, "You have all the rights to the inheritance of My Son. You are My child and Heaven is your eternal home."
The Bible declares you are assured acceptance by God through the blood of Jesus:
Hebrew 10"22, 23 "Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful."
When the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses your conscience, your acceptance by God is assured.
The Apostle John repeatedly uses the phrase "that you may know" in his epistles, finally concluding with this explanation:
1 John 5:13 "These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God."
The accuser uses your past life to perpetuate doubt. When you break the shackles of sins, you will no longer be defeated by them because their power will be rendered impotent in your life. You will be assured of your salvation, your acceptance by God, and your eternal future.
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