Episode 442 - Show Notes
- When it comes to having assurance of our salvation, there are many who struggling believing they are saved. Many live without the assurance of an eternity with God.
- I’m so thankful we have the promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord. If you have placed your faith in Jesus’ death and resurrection on your behalf, and if you have confessed him as your savior and Lord, the Bible says you are saved.
- Here’s an important truth to remember. The assurance of our salvation and forgiveness of sins is based on what God has said in his word, not on how we may or may not feel. I’m quite confident that the enemy of our soul wants us to struggle with doubt about our salvation. He doesn’t want you to believe or feel that you are forgiven of your sins.
- Feelings come and feelings go. Some days you’ll feel more spiritual than others. Some days you’ll feel closer to God than other days. But the assurance of our salvation is not based on any particular feelings. We stand on the authority of God’s Word.
- So the question is: “Do you believe? Do you believe Jesus Christ is the son of God? Do you believe he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins? Do you believe he rose again on the third day? If so, you are a believer.
- God wants us to have assurance of our salvation. We should not live our Christian lives wondering and worrying each day whether we are truly saved. By taking God’s Word to heart, you can have no doubt about the reality of your eternal salvation.
1 John 5:11-13 - “And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.”
In John 3:36, Jesus says, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life…”
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