Does it bother you when someone corners you on the street and asks you, "Are you saved?" Do you have an uncomfortable feeling when someone pointedly asks you if you're a Christian? How many times have you answered by saying, "Well, I try to be." Is there uncertainty in your heart about your salvation?

If so, you should realize that you are not alone. Many of the best Christians who have ever lived have gone through times when they doubted if their conversion was real. It happened to Martin Luther. It happened to John Wesley. It can happen to you, and it can happen to me. That is why we need to hear St. Paul's words:

"If you confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by faith that we are put right with God; it is by our confessio…