Can I be assured of my salvation? Can I be assured of my salvation?
Below is an extract of scriptures and questions taken from a great study on Assurance of Salvation from Intouch.org. Scripture #9 John 10:27-29 captures assurance in a nutshell for me!
Assurance of Salvation
These verses will help equip you for your encounters with the enemy. His first approach is often to cast doubt on the work God has done in your heart. Although you won't hear his audible voice, he will whisper this in your mind:
"You don't think you are saved and your sins forgiven just by believing and receiving Christ? Surely that is not enough!"
What will your answer be? Your only hope of successfully resisting such an attack is to resort to God's word. What does God say about the matter? That is the important thing for you to know.
On the basis of this "testimony"–God's written word —you can be convinced you have the Lord Jesus Christ, and with him eternal life. You can thus overcome in this test of your faith. The attack may recur, but now you can meet it with the word of God in your heart.
Scripture #1: 1 John 5:11-12
1 John 5:11-12 - And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
From this scripture answer the following questions:
- Who gives eternal life? God.
- Where is eternal life found? In His Son.
- Who has eternal life? He who has the Son.
- Who does not have eternal life? He who does not have the Son.
John 20:31: 31But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
What does God say in this verse about why he wrote this book? He wrote it so that we may believe in Jesus and have life from that belief.
Scripture #3 Romans 5:8
Romans 5:8 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
According to this scripture how has God shown that he loves you? He died for us when we were yet sinners.
Scripture #4 Isaiah 59:2
Isaiah 59:2 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
What results of man's sinfulness are listed in scripture? We are separated from God and he cannot hear us.
Scripture #5 Ephesians 2:8-9
Ephesians 2: 8-9 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-- 9not by works, so that no one can boast.
Why do human efforts always fail to reach God? Because it is only through God's gift of grace that we can please God.
Scripture #6 1 Peter 3:18
1 Peter 3:18 18For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit.
How did Peter explain what God has done to bring men to himself? Sent Christ who died for our sins.
Scripture #7 John 1:12
John 1:12 12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God--
How did John say a person receives the gift of salvation? Belief in Jesus.
Scripture #9 John 10:27-29
John 10:27-29 27My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. 29My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand.
What did Jesus promise his followers in these verses? Eternal life, they shall never parish, no one can take this eternal life away.
What takes place when a person becomes a Christian according to this verse? He becomes a new creation!
Scripture And Questions Taken From Assurance of Salvation / Copyright Intouch Ministries.
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