Faith is Assurance (1): Scripture

True faith is assurance of personal salvation. Because assurance is certainty -- absolute certainty (to be redundant) -- true faith is certainty of one's own salvation. It is certainty of deliverance from sin, death, and hell. It is certainty of acceptance into the fellowship of God, which is life eternal. Faith is assurance of salvation by the blood and Spirit of Jesus Christ according to the electing love of God in eternity. True faith is assurance. Assurance is not the fruit of faith....