Assurance of Salvation

If you died right now do you know for sure you would go to heaven?

Let me give you a verse. "If God were to say to you, You have everlasting life, you are saved, would you be sure then? " They answer, "Yes."

He that believes on the son

John 3:36 is the best verse in the Bible to let you know for sure you have everlasting life. God says, "He who believes in the Son has eternal life." The whole world is divided into two groups of people. All the religions are divided into two groups. One group, they believe in what they are doing to get them to heaven. They believe in their good works, or baptism or church membership or whatever to get them to heaven. The other group believe in what the Lord Jesus did when He died for our sins, paid our debt in full and rose again. God says, he that believeth on the Son HAS everlasting life.

Not by works Do you believe what you do is going to get you to heaven? They answer, "No." "Do you believe on the Son as your Savior too? He that believes on the Son has everlasting life. Do you have every lasting life right now, like He said? They answer , "Yes." How do you know, "Because God said so?" Now that is Biblical faith, saving faith and the assurance is not based on feeling but on faith in the Lord Jesus and the Word of God.

Still not sure I always go back over the issue, Did the Lord Jesus pay your debt of sin or didn't He? That is the crucial question. When they answer, "Yes," Give them John 3:36 again and ask the question again, Do you believe on the Son or not. Often I have seen it takes a couple of times going over it like this for it to sink in.

Not by feelings but by faith God did not say, He that believes on the Son, will feel like he is saved. I don't feel like I am married. There is not some funny feeling going on inside that tells me I am married. I know I am married because that preacher, who had the authority said, "You are now married." How much more I can trust God when He said, I have everlasting life. "Doesn't that make sense?

Prayer:  Father, use us all to help people to have assurance of their salvation. In Jesus name

You are loved by God and me, all because of Calvary, sumner