The Witness of the Spirit (Assurance of Salvation Series #3)

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Romans 8:16

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God…

In our last lesson we learned that saving faith assures us that our sins have been forgiven through Christ. If faith by its very nature brings us assurance, then why do we need anything else? It would seem that the evidence of faith is all we would ever need. But the world in which we live is more perilous, and our natural weaknesses much greater, than we sometimes realize. Our faith, and with it our assurance, can be battered from many directions. For this reason God graciously gives us other ways to be assured of our salvation. These added means of assurance confirm the evidence of our faith. Continue reading “The Witness of the Spirit (Assurance of Salvation Series #3)”