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The Search for Assurance

The Search for Assurance. Assurance – 1 John 5:3 Warning – 1 Corinthians 10:12 Assurance Has Been Hotly Debated This Subject Deserves Study. Christians seem to vacillate. Wicked Can Turn and be Saved So Can the Righteous Fall and Be Lost – Ezekiel 18:21-26

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The Search for Assurance

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  1. The Search for Assurance

  2. Assurance – 1 John 5:3 • Warning – 1 Corinthians 10:12 • Assurance Has Been Hotly Debated • This Subject Deserves Study Christians seem to vacillate

  3. Wicked Can Turn and be Saved • So Can the Righteous Fall and Be Lost – Ezekiel 18:21-26 • A Christian's Fellowship With His Father – Romans 11:19-22; 1 Corinthians 15:1-2; Colossians 1:22-23; Hebrews 3:6, 14 Wicked and the righteous

  4. Emotional: Our Emotions / Feelings of CertaintyLuke 18: 9-14 and Matthew 7:15-23 • Purely Cognitive: Our Knowledge of Theology of the Bible • The Pharisees searched the Scriptures – John 5:38, 39 • The demons believe there is one God – James 2:19 • The Devil knows the Bible – Matthew 4:1-13 • Experiential: Intense Spiritual Experiences What Assurance Is NOT

  5. God Clearly Intends for His Children to Know Assurance – Romans 8:15 • The Essence of the Kingdom is “Righteousness, Peace and Joy" – Romans 14:17 • “Love, Joy and Peace" are the “Fruit of the Spirit“ – Galatians 5:22 • There Cannot be Peace Without Assurance, and no Joy Without Peace The evidence of Scripture

  6. “There is Laid Up for Me a Crown of Righteousness, Which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, Shall Give to Me at that Day“ – 2 Timothy 4:8 • As a Sinner, he was Saved by the Grace of God just as You and I Must Be – Philippians 3:9 • “Justified by Faith in Christ" – Galatians 2:16 Paul's confidence

  7. The One that Trusts in God Fights Sin – Romans 6:1-14 • True Faith Works the Will of God – Romans 1:5; Galatians 5:6; James 2:14-26 • True Love Keeps the Commandments of Christ – John 14:15 • Failure to Please our Savior Will Bring Grief – 2 Corinthians 7:10 God’s grace and assured promises

  8. Continue in His Goodness – Romans 11:19-22 • Hold Fast to the Word – 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 • Continue in the Grounded and Steadfast in the Faith – Colossians 1:22-23 • We Become Partakers of Christ if we Hold Steadfast – Hebrews 3:6; 14 spirit of obedient faith

  9. A Single-Minded Will to do God's Will – John 7:17 • A Genuine Love of His truth – 2 Thessalonians 2:10 • Trust in God With a Whole Hear His Way Will be Revealed – Philippians 3:13-15 • Our Task • Bring to our Father a true heart • Ask God through prayer – Ephesians 3:20 defense against deception

  10. The Holy Spirit – Acts 19:2; Romans 8:14, 16 • The Word of God – John 1:12; 1 John 1:9 • A Transformed Life – Luke 19:8-9 THREE KEY ASSURANCES

  11. If Our Heart Condemn Us, God is Greater than Our Heart and Knows All Things – 1 John 3:19-20 • Put Confidence in His Promises, Not Your Feelings • Peace Surpasses Understanding – Philippians 4:7 • Paul said that Nothing can Separate Us From the Love of God but he Also Said I Buffet My Body – 1 Corinthians 9:27 The assurance of God is a holy confidence together with our sober vigilance which results in assertion that by His grace, may never be lost! peace in Our heart

  12. Believe the Gospel of Christ John 8:24; 20:30-31; Rom 1:16; 10:10 • Repent or Turn From Your Sins Luke 24:46-47; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:30-31 • Confess Your Faith in Christ Matt 10:32-33; Rom 10:9-10 • Be Immersed in Water Matt 28:19; Mk 16:16; Acts 2:38; Rom 6:3-4; 1 Pet 3:21 • Live in Obedient Faith 1 Peter 1:14; Rev 2:10 What must I do?

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