The Comfort of Assurance

Many of God’s people doubt their salvation at some point during their lives. In fact, article 11 in the fifth head of the Canons of Dordt states that God’s people will suffer from various carnal doubts in this life. However, the article does not stop right there; that would not be comforting for God’s people. Instead, the article keeps going and says that God will not leave his people in the misery of not knowing if they are his children. Therefore those who are at a time like this in their...