I am talking here about ASSURANCE OF SALVATION!

This is what a pastor of a church said long ago:

“IN MY CHURCH

SOME THINK THAT THEY ARE CHRISTIANS,

MOST OF THEM HOPE SO,

SOME SAY SO, AND

A FEW KNOW THAT THEY ARE SAVED.” – Rev. H. Hildebrand

I belong to those who know that they are saved.

Why? I read in First John 5:13 that I can know that I have eternal life. Just as I know that I am married, I know that I am saved. There is no halfway place, we are either saved or we are lost.  Salvation is a miracle change and I know that that change has taken place in  my life. If you don’t have assurance of salvation, you have a fickle life and you are not able to help others spiritually.

Do you belong to those church people who think that I have made a sacrilegious statement? Please let me know!

I possess eternal life and I am saved for time and eternity. When I die, I go straight to heaven. John 10:28,29

How does assurance come to us?

There are three main ways:

— There is the Bible.

We believe it.

— Certain tests of spiritual life in the first letter of John.

“We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren.” We are aware of the Spirit working in us. The commandments of the Lord are a delight to us.

— The witness of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:15-17 :  “The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God…”