Assurance and good works (5)

This article, part of an ongoing series by Ronald Cammenga, explores the proper relationship between assurance of salvation and good works according to Reformed theology and confessions. Cammenga argues that while good works are not the cause of assurance (which rests solely on Christ's finished work appropriated by faith), they serve a confirmatory role in strengthening the believer's assurance, supported by scriptural passages such as 1 John 2:3 and 1 John 3:18-19. The resource provides careful confessional and biblical analysis for understanding how sanctification relates to the believer's subjective experience of salvation.