The concerns of many posters in recent months seem to be addressed in this Q/A by Jack Kelley. Thought ya'll might like it.

Where’s My Blessed Assurance?
Q. Although I grew up in the church and my family members were all Christians, I am totally unable to remember any time when I “went forward” to an altar to be “saved.” Despite praying all my life for strength of faith, for “blessed assurance,” I often ask myself whether I’m one of those vessels destined for destruction. Can you help?

A. Like you, I never responded to an altar call while I was growing up because the church my family attended didn’t do such things. I was born again at age 40 after being in church all my life, but for me it was a rush of logic, not emotion. As I studied the remarkable record of fulfilled prophecy in the Bible, I became convinced that there could only be one logical explanation. Someone from outside the time domain had been promising things in advance and then keeping those promises to prove to us that He exists.

As for vessels destined for destruction, that’s a misinterpretation of Scripture that has caused far too many people to worry like you are. The Author of Life did not create anyone destined for destruction, but wants everyone to be saved (2 Peter 3:9, 1 Tim 2:1-4), The assurance you seek is found through out the New Testament. The Lord’s own words confirm this.

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened” (Matt. 7:7-8).

I could go on and site John 3:16, John 6:38-40. Romans 10:9, Romans 10:13 and a number of other places where it’s clear the we have the choice to accept the pardon the Lord purchased for us on the cross. God has given you what He knows you need. The rest is up to you. Commit these promises to memory and repeat them when you feel uncertain, adding prayers of thanksgiving. The Lord who saved you is trying to give you peace but you have to do your part, too (Phil. 4:4-7).

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Yeah, sometimes I think of the Lord, Lord bit and a little part wonders "Will that be me?". I'm pretty sure that if we weren't in a very real loving relationship with Christ we wouldn't be so eager for Him to return.

The corollary of this is that if someone isn't particularly eager for Him to return, how much do they love Him? And if they've met Him, how can they not love Him more than that? Yet in the Book of Revelation we know the Yeshua counsels the once Church that they return to their first love. Perhaps the better question is have they ever loved the Lord enough that they wanted Him to return so they could be with Him forever. And if not, they need to make sure they've had a heart to heart encounter with Love incarnate.

I signed up for his daily emails and I've really enjoyed them. His main note today, however, started off with so we're at the point where the abomination enters the temple and it's time for the Jews to run to the hills. And I'm going WHAT?? Did I miss a few years or something? The situation with Syria means it really might not be a bad time for an extended trip to the hillsides away from town, but what's he talking about??

I realized that he's going through Revelation verse by verse and today's topic happened to be at that point. I just never saw the earlier verses. Jack scared me for a bit.