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ASSURANCE OF SALVATION

Introduction:

                        Why uncertainty?

                        How to be sure of our Salvation?  

                        It is possible to be sure? …. YES.  

Uncertainty…..due to misinformation regarding who God is, lack of understanding of the true meaning of the works of Jesus.

1.0   What is Assurance of Salvation

Assurance of Salvation means that a person is absolutely confident that he/she is saved.

1. is being assured of deliverance from sin and united to Christ

2. is being sure of our relationship with God.

        Some references: John 1:12; 3:16; 2Cor. 5:17

2.0   How to be sure?  

2.1 Receiving Jesus Christ as Saviour and following Him as Lord involves one’s intellect, emotions and.

2.1.1 FACT:  

    Claims of Christ

        - The Lordship

        - His divinity

        - His works & its sufficiency for your salvation

2.1.2 FAITH: Need of faith – Acts: 16:31

2.1.3 FEELING: Response to a specific act, event or experience.

2.2   Steps: 

    2.2.1  Intellectual understanding: MIND

    Receiving Christ is to honestly face the claims of Christ and    believe intellectually.

    2.2.2  Volitional Commitment: WILL

    You need to make a willful commitment to a person. Faith is   required for this. – Acts: 16:31. (Faith means unquestioning confidence).

    2.2.3  Emotional Involvement: EMOTION

    (Reaction to a specific act)  excited state of mind.

Being sure that you’re saved, also involves the emotions. Each one of us, when we receive Jesus Christ will have different kind of emotional experience.

3.0   Basics of Assurance:  

3.1   Witness of the Holy Spirit: Rom: 8:16; 1John. 5:10; Gal. 4:6

3.2   Word of God: 1 John 5:10, 13; John 5:24; Rom. 10:13; John 1:12; Eph. 2:18

3.3   Witnessing Life: II Cor. 5:17;  1 Jn. 3:14

4.0   Hindrances:  

4.1    Failure to trust the Word of God  

4.2    Spiritual drowsiness  

4.3    Worldliness  

4.4    Lack of full surrender  

4.5    Over-emphasis on particular teaching  

4.6    Secret sin  

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