If you confess Jesus as the Son of God, the Savior of the world, committing your life to Him,

that was the work of the Spirit of God in you.

And that was evidence number one that you possessed the Holy Spirit,

because apart from the Holy Spirit, you're not going to know who Christ is,

and you're certainly not going to confess him as Lord and Savior.

Welcome to Grace to You, the Bible teaching ministry of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

There's probably never been a more difficult time for counterfeiters to pass off a forged painting as genuine. With the help of ultraviolet light and infrared technology and modern dating methods, it doesn't take long for

experts to spot the fakes. Along that line, there are tests you can take that can show if the

salvation you claim is the real thing,

or if it's a fake. You'll see a couple of those tests today. Stick around as we continue

John MacArthur's study myths about salvation. Well, we're more than three weeks into this series,

and an overarching point is this. When a person is saved, his or her life will be

transformed in obvious ways. And along that line, when we asked John whether salvation will

always change the way a person lives, here's what he said. The answer to the question,

of course, is absolutely yes.

Salvation changes a person, and it changes the person foundationally, not superficially. But that foundational change is an entire new life.

The Bible talks about it as regeneration, new birth, being born again, being converted.

Those are all things that talk about a complete alteration of a person on the inside.

Now, what does that come down to?

It comes down to how you think, how you perceive reality, how you view issues in life. All of your priorities are dramatically altered. All of your affections are dramatically altered. All of your desires are dramatically altered. All of your desires are dramatically altered. There is a new creation with holy longings,

aspirations toward things pure and divine. Obviously, sin is still present in our unredeemed flesh,

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