Many times you have written that anyone who "proclaims" their own salvation is wrong or, even, sinful. You say you base this upon what Scripture says regarding the way our lives are lived and upon our obedience or not to the commandments of Jesus. You say you reject someone else's "interpretation" of Scripture when they claim assurance of their salvation. But you still state you DO believe God and what Scripture has to say. I would ask, then, how do you "interpret" the verses that say we CAN know we have eternal life? Such as:
1 John 5:13 may know
John 3:16 believes - when? One time deal? Or the whole way?
John 3:36. Ditto
Acts 15:11 believe
One last question, how different would your life be if you accepted the assurance of your salvation? Would it change anything that you are doing? Would you lose anything that you currently have? What would you lose?
Well, aside from violating what I believe Scripture and the Church says (and jeopardizing my soul), why not ask me why I don't believe in the two gods of the LDS, or the one god of the JWs?
Of course I wasn't asking you to believe in the two gods of Mormons or the one of JWs, was I? I was asking you to read for yourself what Scripture actually says rather than what someone tells you it says. Maybe you SHOULD examine why your Church would anathematize you for believing what Scripture says. What you can read for yourself. Ask why they would have you believe THEM over what God clearly says in Scripture.