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Are You 100% Sure?

September 4, 2024 by Kathryn Wright in Blog - Assurance, essence of saving faith, John 11:25-26

Assurance of salvation is the cornerstone of Free Grace theology. Because GES and Focused Free Grace proponents strive to reflect the teachings of the NT, we teach that at the moment of faith, the believer has eternal life–life that can never be lost. At the moment a person believes in Jesus for the gift of

Did John’s Readers Lack Assurance? Re-Examining 1 John 5:13

January 21, 2021 by Shawn Lazar in Blog - 1 John, Assurance, belief, essence of saving faith

Someone recently challenged the idea that assurance is of the essence of saving faith by quoting 1 John 5:13. That question has been answered before (see here and here). But I’d like to put an answer in my own words. The verse in question reads: These things I have written to you who believe in