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Originally Posted by GrowingPains
So I've repented, confessed Christ, and have been baptized (in the name of Jesus). I am seeking the Holy Ghost. Does God see me as His?
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Nothing you can do will cause God to see you as his. Only what GOD can do TO YOU will cause you to be his. He chooses whomever he wills, we don't choose him unless he has chosen to drag us toward him, causing us to choose him.
John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
In fact, if you are his, it's because he determined it before time.
Romans 8:29
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Also, if you're his, your life will be filled with the pains of bearing the cross until the day you die, toward conforming you to the image of Christ. This is a true baptism which will straighten you (put you in dire straights) until it be accomplished (till the day you die).
Matthew 24:13
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
So, you wont even be 'saved' until you die. But if you are predestined, you are ordained to salvation. 'Salvation' is a life-long process. The english 'Saved' is the greek word 'Sozo', which means to be safely carried from one point to another, remaining preserved (in this case, spiritually).
Also, you say you've 'confessed' Christ. 'Confess' is the Greek 'homologeo' (homo - same, logos-word - To speak the same words as, or to be in the same words with (follow commandments, which are anything Christ said with an imperative mood (an order) - such as 'Follow me')). So, to confess Christ, you have to speak the same words as him and follow his commandments. That includes all the hard things like calling down false teachers when you know they're lying no matter how much it may hurt your life or your standard of living (as Christ did to the Pharisees), and having to bear your cross to be his disciple, etc., etc.... WHICH YOU WILL DO, IF YOU ARE HIS, because God will IMPOSE it upon you!