Revelation Assurance

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Ladies, when a man says he’ll fix something, he will. There’s no need to nag him about it every six months.

OK, well, maybe some promises should be met with a healthy dose of skepticism. But what about God’s promises?

If God says that as a believer, you have everlasting life, do you believe Him or doubt Him?

If you doubt His promise, then what are you basing your assurance on? Broadly speaking: on your performance, or on God’s promises. The Free Grace position, which is the Biblical position, is that assurance is based on God’s faithfulness to His promises. Assurance is a matter of revelation:

“The evidence underlying a positive conviction, or assurance as to personal salvation, is primarily the fact of the faithfulness of God as revealed in His Word” (Lewis Sperry Chafer, Salvation, chap. 8, p. 58).

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Shawn Lazar

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Shawn Lazar is the Editor of Grace in Focus magazine. He is the author of Beyond Doubt: How to Be Sure of Your Salvation and Chosen to Serve: Why Divine Election Is to Service, Not to Eternal Life. He is married to Abby, and they have three feral children. He is the associate pastor of Gateway Baptist's Faith Fellowship in Denton, TX (www.faithfellowshipdenton.org).

3 Responses

  1. Diane

    The first two paragraphs made me laugh. 🙂 But a wonderful truth that everyone needs to know~!!! Posting this to my facebook page. 🙂

    November 9, 2017 /
  2. Ken Tamashiro

    Thanks Shawn,
    I’m a person who likes simple and obvious and to the point. I believe by doing that it will usuallly remove all doubt from a persons mind, just as Attorney would in court.
    Blessing to you, Ken

    November 9, 2017 /
  3. Derek Renfro

    I have that book on my Kindle. I think I need to read it again… and again.

    November 14, 2017 /

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