As to our good works (8): Relating good works and justification (4)
Huizinga explores the relationship between justification and the believer's walk of obedience, with particular focus on assurance of salvation as a gift of God the Father through Christ and the Holy Spirit. The article examines how assurance—the conscious certainty that God loves and saves the believer—is central to saving faith and contrasts it with the spiritual misery of doubt, offering comfort to those struggling with doubts about their standing before God.
We have been observing the publican of Jesus' parable in Luke 18:14 who went down to his house justified. This man represents every justified believer. The justified believer walks home in the way of or on the path of obedience, and on this path of obedience he enjoys walking in communion with God his Friend. We now turn our focus to another closely related element of the justified believer's walk: his assurance of salvation. Assurance of salvation Assurance is the believer's conscious...
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