Assurance and life of faith

Assurance and faith

Assurance and faith

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Hebrews 10:22 KJV 1900

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Deuteronomy 9:3 KJV 1900

Understand therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the Lord hath said unto thee.

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Assurance and hope

Hebrews 6:11 KJV 1900

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

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Assurance expressed by believers

Assurance in adversity

Hebrews 13:6 KJV 1900

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

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Assurance of God’s promises

Joshua 23:14 KJV 1900

And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

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Assurance in ministry

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Assurance in prayer

1 John 5:14 KJV 1900

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

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Assurance of God’s will

Romans 14:5 KJV 1900

One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.

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Assurance may be strengthened

Examples of believers asking for assurance

Abraham; Moses; Gideon; Zechariah

Assurance through understanding

Colossians 2:2 KJV 1900

That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;

Assurance through waiting on God

Psalm 46:10 KJV 1900

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

See also ; ; ; The revelation of God’s righteousness among his people results in true peace.

Assurance strengthened by others

by example; through teaching; through prayer; through encouragement amidst trials

False teaching weakens assurance

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The delusion of false assurance

The danger of self-assurance

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Such assurance proved false by conduct

1 John 1:6 KJV 1900

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

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