ASSURANCE OF SALVATION AND FORGIVENESS


Speaking of this “assurance of salvation” and forgiveness, the church has no right to be trying to assure anyone of any such thing. This is the work of God. Nowhere in the Bible is the church given the job of assuring people that they are right with God. The church’s job is to bring men and women to Christ. Her work is to reveal Jesus in a powerful way through preaching and testifying so that people can “see” Him and meet Him.

It is Jesus’ business to forgive the sinner and then give him a confidence that he has been forgiven. This assurance of forgiveness comes from the presence of God. When anyone has a face to face interaction with Him, they are deeply convicted of their sin, yet they come away knowing, being fully assured in their hearts, that they have met Love and Forgiveness Himself. They have had a life changing transaction with God.

Oh, how the churches today are full of those who have never been convicted of sin. They have no right to assurance of forgiveness. Yet they are convinced by man that they have it. Instead of laboring to bring people to God, far too many Christians are working to bring people into their “church.” Their goal is different from the Lord’s.

Their objective is to fill their building and multiply their numbers. They are working to make people feel comfortable and welcome. In fact, they will fight against any preaching which might make someone feel troubled or uneasy. And so they take the place of God. They offer “easy” forgiveness to anyone who will agree with them and join them. This is an ungodly work.

God’s thought, on the other hand, is completely different. It is to bring men and women to a conviction of sin. This is the clearly stated work of the Holy Spirit (John 16:. Sinners need to be uncomfortable. The more uncomfortable the better. All the truly great revivals in Church history were characterized by this one thing: a deep agonizing conviction of sin on the part of the unbelievers.

It is right for the ungodly to be deeply convicted. It is good for them to agonize over their sinful condition. Profound sorrow is a wonderful sign of the work of the Spirit of God. When we find sinners in this state, let us not work to relieve them of this burden.

Our work, our only work, is to point them continually to the Savior until they themselves “do business” with Him, until they know for themselves that they have been forgiven and accepted. This will result in true, long-lasting conversion.

Stay blessed and remain rapturable

Hmm true word, many have been assurred of salvation to the detriment. Pitiful end for both d assurrer and the assurree.

Oluwason:
Hmm true word, many have been assurred of salvation to the detriment. Pitiful end for both d assurrer and the assurree.

So true, I sincerely fear for people cos of the kind of Christianity we practice these days.