Question 81. Can all true believers always be assured that they are in a state of grace and that they will be saved?

 

Question 81. Can all true believers always be assured that they are in a state of grace and that they will be saved?

Answer. Since the assurance of grace and salvation is not an essential element of faith, true believers gain it after a long period of time. Even after enjoying this assurance, it may be weakened or interrupted by lust, sin, temptation, and betrayal, but the Spirit of God is with them and sustains them, so that they can never fall into complete despair.

 

Ephesians 1:13 "In him you also believed after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. In him, too, after you believed, you were sealed with that promised Holy Spirit." It is grace for a saint to hear the gospel and believe.

Since the assurance of the heart is based on the believer's personal knowledge of the Bible, experience, and thoughts, it is a grace to abandon the idea of ​​assurance of salvation and accept the words of the covenant that salvation is only through faith. If a believer is immersed in the assurance of salvation, even after having the assurance, he may doubt his salvation and be tempted when he sees his own fleshly appearance.

The doctrine speaks of the assurance of salvation, saying that the Spirit of God is with us and holds us, so we can never fall into despair, but it is unclear why the assurance of salvation for believers is necessary.

The covenant of Jesus Christ for salvation is expressed by taking the cup and breaking the bread. Pouring and drinking the cup means receiving forgiveness of sins through Jesus' blood and drinking the water of life, and breaking and stopping the bread symbolizes the body of sin being burned to death and receiving the resurrection life from heaven. This is expressed by baptism, which means believing that we died on the cross with Jesus and were resurrected together. Believing means unity, not the assurance of the heart.

When the saint is united with Jesus, Jesus enters the saint's heart and is present through the power of the Holy Spirit, and the saint spiritually hears and sees what Ho Logos says. However, the conviction of the heart is nothing more than self-satisfaction. Nothing happens in the heart of the believer who has the conviction of the heart.

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