"So they took Joseph's tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood. Then they sent the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, 'We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son's tunic or not?' And he recognized it and said, 'It is my son's tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.' Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, 'For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.' Thus his father wept for him." (Gen. 37:31-35)

A lady, in trying to prove her salvation by her feelings, said, "I knew I was saved because I felt so light I thought I could have flown like a bird." A gospel preacher asked her, "Could you have flown like a bird?" She said, "No, but I felt like I could have." He answered, "If your feelings deceived you into thinking you could fly when you couldn't, perhaps your feelings deceived you into thinking you were saved when you weren't!"

We cannot prove our salvation by our feelings. Jacob concluded that a wild beast had devoured his son Joseph, and he had the same feelings as if Joseph had been truly dead. Only by complying with the things written in the word of God can we be certain of our salvation. John said, "These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life..." (1 John 5:13)