assurance

Luke 11:13: If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! James 1:6-7: But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea...

If this has been discussed here before, direct me that way. I have wondered for some time, why do so many reformed believers struggle with assurance of their salvation? Is it such a knowledge of depravity that it is hard to conceive The Creator saving them?

I Am for You: God’s Power in Supporting His People by C. Matthew McMahon This volume is a spiritual journey through five important Scriptures: Jeremiah 3:1, Mark 5:25-34, Luke 16:4, 1 Samuel 17:34-35, and Ezekiel 36:9. It demonstrates the cultivation of true assurance that Christians can...

The Believer’s Marriage with Christ by Michael Harrison (1640-1729) Michael Harrison (1640-1729) was a faithful puritan minister of the Gospel and a powerful Reformed Presbyterian preacher. Everything we have published from Harrison is top notch. We have one final work to publish by him on the...

A couple of days ago I came across a video and article by Bob Wilkin of the Grace Evangelical Society where he says (in the article): "Dr. R. T. Kendall in his book Calvin and English Calvinism to 1649 reports that nearly to a man the great Puritan theologians lamented on their death beds that...

(If this thread needs to be moved, move it.) I am not sure if this is a spiritual battle I am fighting here, or if I am overthinking this whole thing. :( I am ashamed to admit that I love metal. I love the complex instrumentation, the composition, and the talent that is put into the works...

http://www.tms.edu/tmsj/tmsj5c.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T090WUROjHM Faith and Assurance by Joel Beeke | Reformed Theology Articles at Ligonier.org I sure would like some clarity on the subject of assurance. Joel Beeke seems to be arguing in circles. First, he says in the video that...

I was reading Rev. Chris Gordon's blog and found this here: ~THE GORDIAN KNOT~: WILLIAM PERKINS Versus WESTMINSTER CONFESSION on ASSURANCE "Perkins is adamant that assurance belongs to the essence of true faith. Read the following statements by Perkins and then compare them with the...

I have written an article entitled "Assurance and faith, a package deal?" in which I assert that modern zealots confuse the two and lump them together. Imagine my disappointment when last month I heard this statement in a sermon--"The Bible says that if you're saved you'll know it."...