Bible Verse of the Day Sunday March 6th ,2022

1 John 5:13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 

Assurance of Salvation is one of the most debated issues in the gospel of Christ Jesus. Some say there is no such thing, furthermore, contending that one can somehow lose their salvation. Our salvation rests completely on the testimony of God and the promises He made in His Holy Word, not on any good works we might see ourselves doing. Believing that somehow, we might do something or fail to do something that would warrant God removing our salvation has to be a miserable and frightening way of life. If I could lose my salvation the question is what sin I have to commit, or does it boil down to how many sins I committed today. It would be hard to go to sleep at night wondering if I did something or failed to do something today and my salvation is gone. This means that if I die in my sleep I will not be going home to be with my savior.

Placing our faith and trust in Christ Jesus and believing that his sacrifice on the Cross of Calvary paid our sin debt is the only way to salvation, and assurance that we will be with God for eternity. Eternal life is a free gift from God, we can not earn it and we certainly do not deserve it (Romans 6:23). We cannot receive a gift unless we extend our hands and accept it. To be assured of salvation we must extend our hands to God and receive the gift of salvation. We belittle and demean God if we attempt to offer Him religion or morality for salvation (Acts 13:38-39; Acts 16:30-31; Romans 4:5; Galatians 3:22).

Losing our salvation and regaining it multiple times in our lives would be symbolically crucifying our Lord and Savior over and over again. If we lack the assurance of our salvation, we will certainly not experience the joy of our salvation. The last words Jesus spoke before returning to His glory in Heaven was that we should spread the good news of the Gospel to the world (Acts 1:8). How can we project the joy of our salvation to the lost souls we are witnessing to when we are not even sure of our own salvation?

Some might say “I gave my life to Christ” or “I asked Jesus into my heart.” These are two very important things that we must do, however, the only path to salvation is placing our faith and trust in the substitutionary work of Christ Jesus on the Cross of Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins.

If you are reading this and do not know Christ Jesus as your Lord and Savior, please contact us and we will show you from the Bible how you can know and be assured that you have eternal life with Christ Jesus.