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Friday, June 29, 2007

Assurance

Can one have assurance of being a child of God?

Can one know for sure heaven will be their eternal home?

Do you know beyond a doubt, that when you die, you will be welcomed into the presence of God and not have to face hell as your eternal abode?

Some say “That’s absurd! No one will know absolutely until they die…”

Others have said, “I hope so.”

Some very pompous religionists will tell us “If we continue in good works (defined by various criteria) we have a good chance, if we endure to the end.”

Romans 10:17; says, “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

I cannot make you, dear reader, believe what I am about to layout here. Nor is it my intention to do so, but the Bible is God’s Word and it loudly says that you can know for sure without doubt that you are a child of God, heaven will be your eternal home, you will be welcomed into the presence of God and not have to face hell. Don't take my word for it see what God has said.

This promise is not made for everyone, but only to those who believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead. Here are a few Scriptures to read, ask God to help you understand them. If you have questions about them let me know in the comment section or by my email link in the profile section.

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.. (John 1:12-14)

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. (John. 3:16-18)

I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. (John. 5:24)

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. (Ro. 8:1-2)

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast. (Eph. 2:8-9)

And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of his glory. (Eph. 1:13-14)

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Ro. 6:23)

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. (1Jo. 5:13)

Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? (Heb 9:12-14)

In His fellowship,
Brother John

4 Comments:

  • And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of his glory. (Eph. 1:13-14)
    Look at what you have wrote here on eph 1:13-14..
    i wrote this on july 6 2006 in john part 3..
    by the grace of God John 3:16-18 ..is awesome it tells it all..... its almost has been a year on my testmony so i'll make you suffer though this again...so God in different ways he makes us understand that we know He is God and to believe in Him...Assurance yes ...so i know this is my Assurance!! Christ!!!

    "Part 3 All He Has for Me (Discovering my Spiritual Gift/s) All Believers Have All of God."
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    pgadreamer said...
    Well you all you talk about the time of salvation and when the Holy spirit come's along side you i can truly testify to what happen in my testimony..Wow God wanted me to really know He was there,,,it started as when i was a young lad ,my brother jeff g ask me to start going to church with his friend dave c at Liberty Baptist so i told him yes... so i was going evey now and then but i know now that i was not fully saved... i wanted to tell you this because God has been with all of us all our lives and He never give's up on us, ..because He loves us so much!!! well it started when my wife stacey ask if i would read this book called the Promise Keepers i said ok ,, but wouldn't promise i would read the whole book..It ended up that i hit the nail on the head the only thing i read was the Introduction..Thats all that became of that, but what I didn't know was Stacey began reading it on her own so she read the whole book that i was not a-ware of..then she ended up talking to whom now would turn up to be one of my best friends Chuck H .. Stacey and Chuck talked about how they were going to get me to a live Promise keepers program..Well it ended up that all chuck did was ask this now mid-age lad to Promise Keepers i said yes and you know the rest of the story..(not yet).. Well it was a fri, sat.. thing so as of fri as we went into the stadium i knew something different was going on and there was something i could feel but i didn't know what it was..it was surely powerful..All the music the photo's and all the men singing 25,000 plus men singing you will never know until you witness it yourself..AWESOME is the only thing that come to mind.. ( Holy Spirit was there) as the night came to end on fri i still wasn't saved... but then sat. came and that day would change the rest of my life.. It was at the end of the program when Chuck tap me on my shoulder and ask me if i wanted to go foward and ask the Lord into my heart so as we started to go foward the Pastor said to all who were there to tap a friend on the shoulder and to bring them foward to the front and to see if the would except Christ as there savor..wow !!! When i excepted Christ it was though i was in la la land !! I know i was for a week..i hug chuck so hard he thought i broke one of his ribs...i remember when we went back to our seats there were alot of tears.. this was just the beginning..It was the start of being on fire for Christ.. it seemed everything i did nothing went wrong .. When we went to go home we walked out of the stadium and the sky was so clear it was so blue i know i was on cloud 9 God showed me His beauty in all of this... while we where doing this our Church was celebrating there 100th anniversary and pastor Fuller came back from wisconsin to speak in sunday school class so i sat there in class as i did he told us to turn to places in the Bible as you know i didn't know and of this but as He told us the verses it was though another hand was guiding me along turning right to the pages ( verses) i needed to go (i'm still on cloud 9!!) as the day went on i told stacey i wanted to get baptized so in evening service they told everyone that i excepted Christ ant wanted to get baptize everyone applauded.. it was so awesome ..so came the next morning monday.. like 2am i was so on fire ..i wanted to e-mail Marty J to tell him all that had happen and tell him thanx for helping me on the things he has done for me ..so i came down stairs and as i was coming over to the computer i saw the Bible on the ground it was face down right next to the kids desk so open it and at that moment i could not believe what i was reading ( this was the first time i knew God was talking to me and you know it was 2am) the verse was Ephesians 1:15-22 it starts like this but i will let you read the rest..15..for this reason ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your Love for all the saints 16.. I have not giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prays ..and you can read the rest!!! I then woke stacey up (again 2am) told her God was talking to me..it was so great to feel the Holy Spirit there along side of me...as the week went on things were so strange the way things happen i saw shadows of Christ image as i look out the bath room window on the side of the house .. I know it will never get that way that week had went til i see God again.. the last thing that happen to me was thurs.. at 2pm i was on my break in the truck on exit 11 off 75 and the evening before stacey wrote down the verses Pastor Fuller told the night before (wed eve service) i had my promise keepers bible and greg laure was talking on the radio on yes fm 89.3 what i was hearing and looking at was the same three things they all talk about it was on may 21st 1998 Luke chapter 5:4 you can read that.. wow three things that happen at the same time thats when i started to cry and told God what ever you want with my life its yours... Just help me see what you want... what a week it was God just had to open my eyes to see Him.. I hope this has happen to all of you to see the awe in Christ.. this will only happen once in a life time but i'm glad God showed me His love...May 16 1998 i was recommited..Chris

    By Blogger senior pgadreamer, at 30/6/07 2:49 PM  

  • Hi Chris,
    Thank you for making reference to All He has for Me and for reposting this dramatic testimony of God's goodness and grace that assures us of our eternal destiny.

    By Blogger J. Wendell, at 1/7/07 7:39 AM  

  • http://earnestcontender.blogspot.com/2006/07/part-3-all-he-has-for-me-discovering.html

    By Blogger J. Wendell, at 1/7/07 7:40 AM  

  • Assurance is essential. Thanks for these insights!

    Antonio

    By Blogger Antonio, at 1/7/07 8:09 PM  

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