SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/23/2024 10:13 AM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-2 “The
Certainty of Christian Assurance”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: 1 John 2:3-6
Message of the verses: “3 By this we know that
we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 The one who says,
"I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a
liar, and the truth is not in him; 5 but
whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By
this we know that we are in Him: 6 the one who says he abides in Him ought
himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.”
I want to continue to talk about assurance as it is
not only a privilege; it is also a birthright that Christians posses as members
of the body of Christ. Let’s look at
some verses that go along with that statement.
First Romans 5:1 “Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,” Romans 8:16 “The Spirit Himself
testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,” Now we can compare with these verses Psalm
3:3 “But know that the LORD has set apart the godly man for Himself; The LORD
hears when I call to Him.” Next John
10:27-29 “27 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will
snatch them out of My hand. 29 "My Father, who has given them to
Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the
Father’s hand” (John 10:27-29). Next
Phil. 1:6 “For I am confident of this very thing, that He who
began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.” Next and
last 1 Thess. 1:4 “knowing, brethren
beloved by God, His choice of you” (1 Thess. 1:4).
John MacArthur writes “Though the assurance of
salvation is part of redemption and vital to joy and comfort, God’s Word
teaches that it is possible to forfeits it, unless one pursues it. The apostle
Peter wrote, “therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain
about His calling and choosing you” (2 Peter 1:10a; cf. Hebrews 10:22 “let us
draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts
sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure
water.’’ Peter revealed that this
certainty comes to those who pursue all the features of holiness with
increasing diligence (vv. 5-8)” “5 Now
for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral
excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-control,
and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance,
godliness, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your
brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are
increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true
knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
9/23/2024 10:30 PM
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