Blessed Assurance
1 John 5:13
Introduction
Do you know (have assurance) of your salvation?
Many are so convinced of the possibility – they live in the probability of being lost.
Most Christians don't KNOW – saved or lost
Many teach eternal security – we live with doubt and insecurity
There are two sets of scriptures
Some denominations teach eternal security – they preach from one list
Those who believe it is possible to fall away – teach from another list
Today – I combine those lists for balance and truth
WARNINGS / ASSURANCES
W 1 Corinthians 8:11 - And because of your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
A John 10:27-28 27My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
W 1 Corinthians 10:12
Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
A Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
W 2 Corinthians 9:27 But
I discipline my body and bring it into
subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become
disqualified.(kjv castaway)
A 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 12Now if anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13each one’s work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is. 14If anyone’s work which he has built on it endures, he will receive a reward. 15If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
W Galatians 5:4 You have become estranged from Christ, you who attempt to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.
A1 John 3:9 Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
W 1 John 1:7 But if we
walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
A 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
W 1 Timothy 1:19-20 19having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck, 20of whom are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered to Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme
A 1 John 2:25 And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life.
W John 15:6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
A 1 Peter 1:3-5 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, 5who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
W 2 Peter 1:10
Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure,
for if you do these things you will never stumble;
A Romans 8:24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?
W Matthew 13:41-42 41The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, 42and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
A Titus 2:13 looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
Conclusion
There are warnings about remaining faithful
There are promises to those who do
1 John 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life,and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
Are you headed for heaven?