Third, assurance comes through the inward witness of the Holy Spirit. … Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool. The Bible says, “Come now, and let us reason together. No matter how great your sin, God’s grace is greater still. As we trust in Christ’s perfect sacrifice for our sins, the certainty of eternal life floods our hearts. Just as salvation comes from believing in Christ alone, so does assurance. His work of redemption now completed, our entire sin debt is paid in full. When Jesus died on the cross, He bore our iniquities, enduring God’s wrath, and cried out, “It is finished!”(3) By this, He meant that the full atonement for all our sins-past, present and future-has been made. Second, assurance rests on the finished work of Jesus Christ. He will save all who call upon Jesus Christ. We can know Jesus has received us because, quite simply, He said so! When the Bible speaks, God speaks. Jesus said, “The one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.”(2) If you come to Jesus with genuine repentance and faith, He promises that He will save you. The Bible says, “Whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved.”(1) This is a promise! All who have committed their lives to Jesus Christ may have the firm confidence of salvation based upon the infallibility of God’s Word. Throughout the New Testament, we read God’s promises to save all who will believe upon His Son. How can we know where we stand with God? The Bible teaches that the assurance of salvation rests securely upon four unshakable pillars: Pillar 1: God Cannot Lie!įirst, assurance is based on the absolute trustworthiness of Scripture. But how can we be sure? Many people struggle with the certainty of their salvation, especially new believers. We can know with certainty that when we die, we will go to heaven. The truth is, we can be sure about where we will spend eternity. Realizing God had opened a door for me to tell her about Christ, I reinforced that we can know for certain our eternal destiny, saying, “We can afford to be wrong about going to Sisters, Oregon, but not about going to heaven.” According to the Bible, assurance of salvation rests on four unshakable pillars.Īfter I said I was writing a book about how we can be sure we are going to heaven, she marveled, “You mean you can know that you are going to heaven?”
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