Many believers experience doubt concerning their relationship with God because of 'feelings' (or the lack thereof). Scripture has much to say about 'being' saved ... but nothing about 'feeling' saved.
Allowing human emotion to dictate what's real and what's not is nothing but an 'egocentric' exercise. When this world's 'feeling-oriented' culture gains a foothold in the life of a Christian, the ground becomes unstable.
Confidence in the gift of salvation comes from the Lord ... For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7)
If Christ's sufficiency for every aspect of your walk of faith is not relied upon, inner 'feelings' become self-centered aberrations that distort the truth of God's Word.
You are to ... trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6)
A preoccupation with 'self' comes from out-of-control introspection of 'self' ... which is the opposite of dying to 'self'.
You are essentially obsessing over the feelings of a corpse ... I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)
Assurance of salvation and rest for your soul springs from the words, "IT IS FINISHED" ... not whether you 'feel' saved.
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