***If it is a fact, then I wonder what form of command that God received to let Him know of that fact.
Me too. The Protestants claim they “know” they are “saved” (guaranteed) but they can’t tell you how they know that except that they really believe it! Well, the idea that just because someone believes in something doesn’t make it true somehow exscapes them.
But they always make sure they mock the Catholic Church (they would mock the Orthodox Church too but most of them don’t know what it is) as regards sacraments and “lack of faith” in the Bible, but fail to see the big log in their own eye that all they did was say a few magic words (”adopting” Jesus), got dunked, and are now “saved.”***
The beliefs of the Protestants usually turn into claims of knowledge because they simply don’t know enough of the early Church and Scriptural genesis to understand otherwise. The beauty of the Reformation is that one does not require anything rigourous; one merely is swept away on a magic carpet ride.
“Me too. The Protestants claim they “know” they are “saved” (guaranteed) but they can’t tell you how they know that except that they really believe it! Well, the idea that just because someone believes in something doesn’t make it true somehow escapes them.”
Our claim is based on the promises in Scripture. If, as kosta50 has indicated, scripture is not trustworthy, then our ‘knowing’ may prove false. If scripture is what it claims to be, then we’ll be proven correct.