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- First, note that eternal security is objective; assurance of salvation is subjective. Secondly, eternal security is one’s personal salvation viewed from God’s perspective; assurance of salvation is one’s personal salvation viewed from their perspective.
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When discussing the Biblical doctrine of eternal security, it is important to understand its distinction from one’s assurance of salvation. Eternal security is addressed in Romans 8:28-39. The assurance of one’s salvation is addressed in the book of I John (see 5:13 for example).
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Security
When we trust in Jesus Christ, our eternal security in Christ becomes a spiritual reality whether we understand it or believe it. Ones belief in security in Christ does not make it true or false. If we have trusted in the person and work of Christ for personal salvation, security is a fact.
Assurance
Assurance is the confident realization of that security. It is the realization of what we have in Christ such as eternal life, forgiveness of sin, and being the object of God’s personal care as his children. Assurance has to do with our comprehension of the facts and provisions of salvation through faith in Christ. This is a crucial doctrine because, properly understood, it will touch the believer’s life in several areas. Not only does it give assurance of salvation, but with that also comes...
(1) People often lack assurance because they cannot remember or point to a specific time when they received Christ. Some doubt or wonder if they were ever really saved. There is a specific point in time when salvation occurs—the point when regeneration takes place. The issue for people is to know if they nowreally trust in the person and work of Ch...
The Word of God
The Word of God is God’s witness to the believer (1 John 5:11-13). The Greek text includes the article with the word “life.” Salvation in Christ is not just the gift of life, but of “the life,” the one which comes only through faith in God’s unique Son. The clear declaration of Scripture is that the one who believes in Christ’s person and work on the cross as God’s provision for his sins has: (1) Eternal life. John 3:36The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the...
The Work of Christ
To properly understand the work of Christ (Christ’s substitutionary death, dying in our place and bearing our sins on the cross) is another vital need tremendously important to assurance. This too, of course, is based on the statements of Scripture, but the emphasis is on understanding the sufficiency, finished nature, and accomplishments of the death of Christ. There are two prominent aspects here which Scripture emphatically teaches: (1) Salvation is not by our works or merit (cf. Rom. 4:1-...
The Witness of the Holy Spirit
(1) The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of Truth. John 14:17the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you. John 15:26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me, John 16:8-13And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment— 9 concerning sin, becau...
Principle 1: We need to draw our assurance from faith in the facts of Scripture and not from our feelings. Our faith and thus our assurance must stand on the sure promises of the Bible rather than on our feelings. The biblical order is: FACTS ——>FAITH ——>FEELINGS. Feelings are the responders of the soul or heart. They are to follow and respond to o...
Does the fact that we are confident of our salvation because of the finished work of Christ mean we can be indifferent about our lifestyle? Does assurance of salvation promote promiscuous Christian living and faulty stewardship? No, not if one understands the whole counsel of the Word. Every believer as a child of God is a steward to whom God has e...
May 6, 2014 · The three different terms (eternal security, once saved always saved, and perseverance of the saints) are often used interchangeably. However, there are subtle differences between them even though they basically mean the same thing – that a person cannot lose his salvation.
The goal of understanding our security is an assurance that motivates to godly living, never careless living or taking the Lord for granted. Remember, God is our heavenly Father who, in love will discipline His children to draw them back to himself.
Jan 4, 2022 · Our eternal security is based on God’s love for those whom He has redeemed. Our eternal security is purchased by Christ, promised by the Father, and sealed by the Holy Spirit.
Aug 16, 2020 · There is a distinction to be recognized between 'Eternal Security', which rests its hope in what God has promised to do for us in Christ, and 'Assurance of Salvation', which is personally realized as the life mirrors the confession.
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Mar 16, 2023 · Which is the first attribute of God that guarantees eternal security? Where are we held secure from any destroyer? We are safe even against what threat, according to Jude?
