Receiving Assurance of Salvation (Protestant and Evangelical Caucus and Devotional)

How, then, do we receive assurance? The Scripture declares that the Holy Spirit bears witness with our spirits that we are the children of God. This inner testimony of the Holy Spirit is as vital as it is complex. It can be subjected to severe distortions, being confused with subjectivism and self-delusion. The Spirit gives His testimony with the Word and through the Word, never against the Word or without the Word.

Since it is possible to have false assurance of salvation, it is all the more urgent that we seek the Spirit’s testimony in and through the Word. False assurance usually proceeds from a faulty understanding of salvation. If one fails to understand the necessary conditions for salvation, assurance would be at best a lucky guess.

Therefore, we insist that right doctrine is a crucial element in acquiring a sound basis for assurance. It may even be a necessary condition, though by no means a sufficient condition. Without sound doctrine we will have an inadequate understanding of salvation. However, having a sound understanding of salvation is no guarantee we have the salvation we so soundly understand.

Thank God for the testimony of His Spirit and His Word, which provide assurance of your salvation.

Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,

Romans 10:10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

To: Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; CynicalBear; daniel1212; Dutchboy88; ealgeone; ..

2 posted on 10/10/2017 7:43:46 AM PDT by Gamecock ("We always choose according to our greatest inclination at the moment." R.C. Sproul)

Thanks for posting the article bro. Assurance of salvation is a real blessing in our lives. 👍😇

3 posted on 10/10/2017 8:20:33 AM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)

Assurance of Salvation is one of the greatest gifts we have in this life!

4 posted on 10/10/2017 8:44:59 AM PDT by Gamecock ("We always choose according to our greatest inclination at the moment." R.C. Sproul)

1 John 5:13
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

5 posted on 10/10/2017 4:55:47 PM PDT by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus?)

I think that there are many things in the Bible, that are difficult to understand. However, when the Bible talks about Heaven, Hell, salvation, there is absolutely, totally, completely no way on God’s green earth that it can be misinterpreted. Assurance of salvation is an integral part of Biblical Christianity, and is truly a blessing from God.

6 posted on 10/10/2017 6:14:41 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)

Amen. See you in the clouds, Bro.

7 posted on 10/10/2017 7:28:49 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)

Amen. See you in the clouds, Bro.

Affirmative sir.

8 posted on 10/10/2017 8:26:29 PM PDT by Mark17 (Genesis chapter 1 verse 1. In the beginning GOD....And the rest, as they say, is HIS-story)

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