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inely trusts in Christ alone for salvation ought to be assured of his salvation even if he does not see good works in himself yet -- because we are justified by faith alone apart from good works. To deny this is a return to Rome. To deny this is to return to the system of good works prevalent in the
Notice that Answer 86 does not say that “every one may be assured of his salvation by his works.” It does not say, “Your salvation and your assurance of your salvation rest on your good works, the number of them, and the quality of them.” It does not say, “The assurance of your salvation is strength
Assurance is not a special problem for the "Three Forms of Unity." Lack of assurance by many church members is not a major issue demanding careful attention by the creeds and virtually controlling the preaching and teaching of the church. Widespread and deep-seated doubt in the church does not deman
Therefore, the good works we perform are of His grace and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Through the performing of good works, we receive the assurance of faith, living in gratitude before Him. In addition, we confess that our good works, do not merit any reward with God, for even our best works
As if our good works themselves, looking at our good works, our good works can assure us that we are righteous before God. Because the fact is, congregation, we've covered this before, if you would look at your good works, you would see that all your good works are imperfect and defiled with si
When the Catechism teaches here that everyone may be assured by good works of his faith, we must not change this into the statement that good works assure faith. True and saving faith does not require any props, or external supports. It can and does indeed stand alone. For faith is itself assuranc
The elect in due time, though in various degrees and in different measures, attain the assurance of this their eternal and unchangeable election, not by inquisitively prying into the secret and deep things of God, but by observing in themselves…the infallible fruits of election pointed out in the Wo
The book by Mark Jones, purporting to be a tool to discover antinomianism in the preaching and teaching of ministers and in the faith of believers, turns out to be a full-blown attack on the doctrines of grace. This attack continues with his assault on the precious Reformed doctrine of assurance. B
Remember what the apostle has said about faith in the context. In verse 1 he writes “to them which have obtained like precious faith.” In verses 2-3 he writes about “the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord,” and “the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue.” In verse 4 he writes