Assurance in Christ

And having a great priest over the house of God; let us draw near with a true heart in fulness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience: and having our body washed with pure water, let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

Hebrews 10:21‭-‬23

Assurance is Important

In recent weeks we have talked a great deal about assurance in our evening sermons through the book of 1 Peter. Assurance is such an important thing to us. It is important to God, too. God wants you to be assured, for the assured Christian is a productive Christian. One who worries all day long about their salvation cannot teach anyone the Gospel of Christ. The Gospel of Christ is one that is full of assurance for the faithful.

How can we be Assured?

How can a Christian live assuredly? The Hebrew writer instructs us to draw near to God with a true heart. This is a heart that is characterized as one having full assurance of faith. We can have that confidence when we faithfully check our lives according to the Scripture. Paul wrote in 2 Cor 13:5, “Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.” The Christian with a clear heart and authentic faith will look at themselves in the mirror of the perfect law of liberty (Jam. 1:25) and choose to continue in that law to be an effectual doer of it.

Assurance Leads Us Confidently into Eternity

Assurance is the state of the believer when they obey the Gospel. He is the author of eternal salvation to all who obey him (cf.Heb. 5:9). He will award those who are faithful even unto death with a crown of life (cf. Rev. 2:10). So may we all obey and keep obeying, rejoicing in the assurance that Christ is the perfect High Priest always.

Grace and Peace,

R.D. Beavers

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