“I don’t know the exact time and date I was saved. I’ve been told that I should know this if I’m truly saved. Is this true?”

Knowing your spiritual birthday is not required. What is required for your salvation is knowing in your heart that you’ve placed your faith in the gospel of grace: that Christ died for your sins personally, was buried, and rose again (Eph. 2:8-9; 1 Cor. 15:3-4).

In my own personal life, I have no idea of the exact time and date when I was saved. I grew up in a home where the gospel was constantly before me. In my father’s pulpit ministry, his hell-fire sermons scared me to death. I can vividly remember praying in the pew, telling the Lord that I believe. I did this many times. Eventually, I stopped, because I knew I was right with the Lord and saved from my sins.

The idea that you must know an exact time you were saved doesn’t come from the Bible; it comes from man. Our confidence in our salvation should not be in a date. Our confidence is in Christ, His finished work, and the Word of God. “The Lord knoweth them that are His” (2 Tim. 2:19), and if you’ve trusted that Christ died for you and rose again, you are His.

Two Minutes with the Bible is now available on Alexa devices. Full instructions here.