Assurance
What
is assurance?
Dictionary-
being
certain in the mind the puritan's assurance of salvation.
confidence
of mind or manner.
easy
freedom from self-doubt or uncertainty.
excessive
self confidence.
something
that inspires or tends to inspire confidence.
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Faith brings assurance.
God's forgiveness brings assurance.
Assurance inspires confidence.
God's healing provides assurance.
Eternal life instills assurance.
Hope provides assurance.
God's instructions and protection provides assurance.
Faith is the assurance of things hoped for.
Hosea
6:1-3
Superficial
Repentance Breeds False Assurance of God’s Forgiveness
1
Come
on! Let’s return to the Lord.
He
himself has torn us to pieces,
but
he will heal us!
He
has injured us,
but
he will bandage our wounds!
2
He
will restore us in a very short time;
he
will heal us in a little while,
so
that we may live in his presence.
3
So
let us search for him!
Let
us seek to know the Lord!
He
will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn,
as
certainly as the winter rain comes,
as
certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.
Exodus
5:22
[ The
Assurance of Deliverance ] Moses returned to the Lord, and said,
“Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why did you ever send me?
Job
19;23
[ Job’s
Assurance of Vindication ] “O that my words were written down! O
that they were written on a scroll!
Jeremiah
40;9
Gedaliah,
the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, took an oath so as to give them and
their troops some assurance of safety. “Do not be afraid to submit to
the Babylonians. Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon.
Then things will go well for you.
Colossians
2;2
My
goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be
encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings
in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ.
Hebrews
10;22
let
us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings,
because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our
bodies washed in pure water.
1
John 5;13
[ Assurance
of Eternal Life ] I have written these things to you who believe in the
name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal.
Deuteronomy
28;66
your
life shall hang in doubt before you; night and day you shall be in dread, and
have no assurance of your life.
Psalm
41;1
[ Assurance
of God’s Help and a Plea for Healing ]
Blessed
is he who considers the poor! The Lord delivers him in the day of trouble.
Psalm
57;1
[ Praise
and Assurance under Persecution ]
Be
merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in thee my soul takes refuge; in
the shadow of thy wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass
by.
Psalm
61;1
[ Assurance
of God’s Protection ]
Hear
my cry, O God, listen to my prayer.
Psalm
63;1
[ Comfort
and Assurance in God’s Presence ]
O
God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints
for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.
Psalm
91;1
[ Assurance
of God’s Protection ] He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, who
abides in the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalm
110;1
[ Assurance
of Victory for God’s Priest-King ] The Lord
says to my lord; “Sit at my right hand, till I make your enemies your
footstool.”
Hosea
14;4
[ Assurance
of Forgiveness ] I will heal their faithlessness; I will love them freely,
for my anger has turned from them.
Acts
17;31
because
he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man
whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all men by
raising him from the dead.”
Hebrews
6;11
And
we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness in realizing the full assurance
of hope until the end.
Hebrews
10;22
let
us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our
hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure
water.
Hebrews
11;1
[ The
Meaning of Faith ] Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for,
the conviction of things not seen.
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