Answer
This question is answered in our tract Assurance of Salvation? , which suggests the following reply:
As the Bible says, I am already saved (Rom. 8:24, Eph. 2:5-8), but I’m also being saved (1 Cor. 1:8, 2 Cor. 2:15, Phil. 2:12), and I have the hope that I will be saved (Rom. 5:9-10, 1 Cor. 3:12-15). Like the apostle Paul, I am working out my salvation in fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12), with hopeful confidence in the promises of Christ (Rom. 5:2, 2 Tim. 2:11-13).
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The Sacraments in the Bible
BAPTISM
Ezek 36:25; Mt 3:13-17; Mt 28:19; Jn 3:3-7; 1Cor.12:13; 1Pet.3:19-22
CONFIRMATION
Jn.14:16-17; Acts 2:4; Acts 8:14-17; Acts 10:44; Acts 19:6
HOLY EUCHARIST
Mt 26:26-30; Mk.14:22-25; Lk 22:14-20; Acts 2:42; 1Cor.11:20-34
PENANCE/CONFESSION
Mt.16:18-19; Mt.18:18; Lk.5:21-24; Jn.20:22-23; 2Cor.5:18
ANOINTING OF THE SICK
Mk.6:13; James 5:14-15
HOLY ORDERS
Lev 8; Lev 9:7; Ps 110:4; Jn 20:22; Act 6:6; 1 Tim 4:14; 2 Tim 1:6; Titus 1:5-9; Heb 5:1-6; Heb.7:26-28
MATRIMONY
Gen.2:18-24; Matt.19:4-6; Rom.7:2; 1 Cor 7:2-5; Eph.5:21-31
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