sotzo
Puritan Board Sophomore
How would you counsel a person who said they had experiences in which they thought God was giving them opportunities to "make their calling and election sure"...but this person said they did not "make good" on these opportunities and it is causing them to doubt their salvation?
For example, this person has experiences where they feel led to share Christ with someone, but they didn't...and then they think they would have if they were genuinely a believer. Or if, while in prayer, the person says he wants Christ to rule his whole life, yet wonders if he genuinely meant that he wants Christ to rule his whole life because he knows that this could mean extreme suffering. So he doubts whether he has truly entered through the narrow door, since surely a man with saving faith would act fully and rightly on these "urges".
What would be your counsel in this instance?
For example, this person has experiences where they feel led to share Christ with someone, but they didn't...and then they think they would have if they were genuinely a believer. Or if, while in prayer, the person says he wants Christ to rule his whole life, yet wonders if he genuinely meant that he wants Christ to rule his whole life because he knows that this could mean extreme suffering. So he doubts whether he has truly entered through the narrow door, since surely a man with saving faith would act fully and rightly on these "urges".
What would be your counsel in this instance?