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Robert Lightner writes: Those who think the sinner must make Christ Lord of his life, or at least promise to do so, before he can be saved make assurance rest on the evidence of a surrendered walk. MacArthur cites this as the only way a believer can be assured of his or her salvation.
1 John 3:14 ESV / 142 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful. We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death.
The transformed life can function as a sign and indirect form of assurance. For some examples: 1 John 2:3 points to the obedience of the commandments as testimony that one belongs to God. 1John 3:14 identifies love for the saints as evidence they have passed from death to life.
The way in which we persevere in faith and thereby maintain assurance of salvation is by taking seriously the glorious promises and the terrible threats found in Scripture (cf. Hebrews 10:19-31; also Deuteronomy 28). Pastor John & Pastor Tom. Series: Bethlehem Star. A digest from Desiring God.
26 Ιουλ 2024 · Who is it that has the Son? It is those who have believed in Him (John 1:12). If you have Jesus, you have life. Not temporary life, but eternal. And, according to 1 John 5:13, you can know that you have this eternal life. God wants us to have assurance of our salvation.
6 Δεκ 2021 · First John 3:14-15 says, We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.
The apostle John's purpose in writing the epistle of 1 John was to give true believers assurance of their salvation (1 John 5:13). In that small epistle John gives several marks to distinguish a true believer.
