How do you know that you are truly saved? Many people lack assurance of salvation, resulting in constant fear and restlessness in their life. The Bible teaches at least three ways that you can know you are a Christian: you can know because you bear fruit, because the Spirit testifies to you that you are a Christian, and because the promises of God affirm this.
The gospel is the ground of the believer’s assurance, while the Holy Spirit is its cause.
What are the grounds for assurance of salvation? Is it possible to have the assurance of salvation? God gives his children assurance through the promise of adoption, the work of the Spirit, and through sanctification.
Assurance is the certainty that belongs to faith. This article proves this claim by looking at the work of the Holy Spirit in relation to the assurance of faith. It shows that assurance of salvation is the work of the Holy Spirit.
Assurance of salvation is an aspect of true faith. This article shows how this is so by looking at faith as union with Christ, as knowledge, and as certainty. Then it discusses the relationship between faith and assurance of salvation.
Assurance of salvation is what God wills for his children. This article examines the Heidelberg Catechism, Belgic Confession and Canons of Dort to show what they teach on the assurance of salvation.
The doctrine of the preservation of the saints looks at assurance of salvation from God’s perspective. This biblical truth is given to the believers for their comfort, so that they may know that they will not be lost forever.
It is God’s will that his children should be assured of their salvation. This article argues that assurance of salvation is a certain thing.
It is God’s will that his children should be assured of their salvation. On the other hand, assurance of salvation is not experienced by all believers. This article looks at how the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church and Arminianism, as well as some teachings of the Puritans, rob believers of their assurance of salvation.
What is assurance of salvation? This article deals with this cardinal teaching, which can also be related to the perseverance of the saints. The author discusses such aspects as the foundation of assurance, hindrances to assurance, and the experience of assurance.
Did the Calvinists really understand well the teaching of John Calvin, or did they distort it? This article compares Calvin with his successors, especially the Reformed Orthodox of the seventeenth century, on the area of soteriology.
Is Hebrews 6:1-8 contrary to the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints? After studying some keywords from this text, the article argues that the passage meets the people of God at their greatest need by wooing them to draw not away from, but deeper into the gospel for greater assurance of salvation and confidence in their salvation.
This book and essay are about assurance of salvation and perseverance in the faith. This assurance of God’s gracious fatherly love to us in Christ is vital to Christian life and witness. Many Christians lack this assurance. Chapter 1 reflects on the one sure foundation of Christians’ assurance—Jesus Christ—and the purpose of salvation.
The article handles the important issue of being able to identify false teachings and false religions that lure people from salvation in Christ. Knowledge of Scripture is one good tool and defence weapon against these false teachings. The other is the testimony of the assurance of salvation in the redemptive work of Christ.
What does it mean to have assurance of salvation in the atoning work of Christ? This is the critical question that the article deals with, as a reminder of the sure and unwavering hope that believers have in the finished work on the cross of Christ.
True assurance of salvation is rooted in the work of Christ, the experience of salvation, and the testimony of the Holy Spirit.
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:2 is about assurance of salvation.
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:1 is about assurance of salvation.
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:4 is about assurance of salvation.
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:4 is about assurance of salvation.
This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:3 is about assurance of salvation.
Cardinal Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621), Pope Clement VIII’s personal theologian and one of the most able figures in the Counter-Reformation movement within sixteenth-century Roman Catholicism, once wrote: “The greatest of all Protestant heresies is _______ .” What do you think he said? This article is about assurance of faith (assurance of salvation).
