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Three Ways to Know You Are a Christian

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  • Adriel Sanchez

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.   

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The gospel is the ground of the believer’s assurance, while the Holy Spirit is its cause. J. C. P. Cockerton
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Why Some Believers Lack Assurance of Faith

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  • Joel R. Beeke

Assurance of faith is the conviction that one belongs to Christ through faith and will enjoy everlasting salvation. However, assurance of salvation is not something enjoyed by every Christian. This article gives five reasons why this is the case.

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The Importance of Assurance of Faith

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  • Joel R. Beeke

Assurance of faith is the conviction that one belongs to Christ through faith and will enjoy everlasting salvation. Therefore, assurance of salvation is essential to every Christian, and this article gives five reasons why.

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Easy?

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  • Klaas Stam

Does covenant membership itself provide an assurance of salvation? This article reiterates that salvation is by faith alone. This article explains what implications this has for life in the covenant of grace.

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Justified Only by an Assured Faith?

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  • Jason P. Van Vliet

John Calvin understood faith in Christ as an assured faith. This article considers Calvin's definition of faith, showing its connection to the Reformation teachings of sola gratia and solus Christus. Such faith may have full assurance of salvation.

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Moving from Uncertainty toward Assurance

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  • Robert A. Peterson

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.

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Since the Human Heart Is Deceitful, How Can We Be Sure We Are Saved?

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  • Lawrence W. Bilkes

This article shows that assurance of salvation rests in the work of the Holy Spirit and the testimony of the conscience.

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The Assuring Spirit

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  • David J. Engelsma

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.

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Faith’s Assurance

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  • David J. Engelsma

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.

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Confessional Certainty

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  • David J. Engelsma

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.

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The Preservation of Saints

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  • Steven R. Key

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.

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Certain Assurance

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  • David J. Engelsma

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.

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Precious Assurance

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  • David J. Engelsma

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.

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The Doctrines of Grace in Calvin and Augustine

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  • Larry D. Sharp

This article wants to compare Augustine and Calvin on a number of aspects of the Christian faith.

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The Assurance of Salvation

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  • Sinclair B. Ferguson

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.

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The Quest for the Historical Calvin

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  • Tony Lane

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.

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Assurance and Perseverance in Hebrews 6:1-8

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  • Dave Jenkins

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.

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Assured by God – Our Sure Foundation

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  • Burk Parsons

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.

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Angels of Darkness

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  • Kent Heimbigner

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.

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Lift High the Cross

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  • M. Beates

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.

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True Assurance

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True assurance of salvation is rooted in the work of Christ, the experience of salvation, and the testimony of the Holy Spirit.

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Edwards on the Nature of True Religion

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  • Iain H. Murray

This article is about Jonathan Edwards' view on the affections of the true believer, assurance of salvation and the perseverance of the believer. 

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Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:2

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  • Philip G. Ryken

This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:2 is about assurance of salvation.

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Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:1

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  • Philip G. Ryken

This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:1 is about assurance of salvation.

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Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:4 (Part two)

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  • Philip G. Ryken

This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:4 is about assurance of salvation.

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Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:4 (part one)

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  • Philip G. Ryken

This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:4 is about assurance of salvation.

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Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:3

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  • Philip G. Ryken

This article on the Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter 18:3 is about assurance of salvation.

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Hebrews 6:19 - The Hope Anchored Soul

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  • John Blankespoor

This article on Hebrews 6:19 is about hope and the assurance of salvation we may have in Christ.

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"The greatest of all Protestant heresies?"

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  • Sinclair B. Ferguson

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).

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How do I know if I am elect?

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  • Stephen D. Doe
This article is about the question people sometimes struggle with: How do I know if I am elect? Except for the topic of election (predestination), this article is also about assurance of salvation. Election is discussed in relation to Jesus Christ and faith in Him.
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