Beloved,
There's no time like the presence to think about assurance of being Heaven bound when Jesus is truly one's personal Savior.
Many people are in works bondage about maintaining their salvation once they have accepted Christ as their Messiah/Savior. While on Earth, they may never rest in their walk with God and know that their rightful place is in HIM and there can be PEACE. Jesus did the work for us. He said IT IS FINISHED as he died on the cross. He is the Lamb of God that finished the work of making it possible to have a rightful relationship with Father God AND to be filled with God's HOLY SPIRIT. Jesus is the one that completed the work. Not us.
Some believe that Jesus is their Lord, but have no assurance that they are going to spend an eternity in Heaven in God's presence because they believe that they haven't been good enough, done enough works to earn their rightful place. In other words they don't know and believe that because Jesus is their personal Savior that they are now an heir to Salvation. A sure thing.
It's not by works that we earn salvation...
Jesus did the work, not us.
Assurance is CERTAINTY, CONFIDENCE.
Defined as 1. the act of assuring
2. the state of being assured; sureness; confidence; certainty
3. something said or done to inspire confidence, as a promise, positive statement;
guarantee
Fanny Cross (1820-1915) wrote the words to Blessed Assurance.
Music by Phoebe Knapp (1839-1908).
Blessed Assurance
1. Blessed Assurance,
Jesus is Mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation,
purchase of God,
born of His Spirit,
washed in His blood.
Refrain:
This is my story,
this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long;
this is my story,
this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long.
2. Perfect submission,
perfect delight,
visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
angels descending bring from above,
echoes of mercy,
whispers of love.
Refrain.
3. Perfect submission,
all is at rest;
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
watching and waiting,
looking above,
filled with His goodness,
lost in His love.
Refrain.
May you have the assurance above assuarances and be at peace IN the Lord Jesus, because He did the work.
~Deanna~
There's no time like the presence to think about assurance of being Heaven bound when Jesus is truly one's personal Savior.
Many people are in works bondage about maintaining their salvation once they have accepted Christ as their Messiah/Savior. While on Earth, they may never rest in their walk with God and know that their rightful place is in HIM and there can be PEACE. Jesus did the work for us. He said IT IS FINISHED as he died on the cross. He is the Lamb of God that finished the work of making it possible to have a rightful relationship with Father God AND to be filled with God's HOLY SPIRIT. Jesus is the one that completed the work. Not us.
Some believe that Jesus is their Lord, but have no assurance that they are going to spend an eternity in Heaven in God's presence because they believe that they haven't been good enough, done enough works to earn their rightful place. In other words they don't know and believe that because Jesus is their personal Savior that they are now an heir to Salvation. A sure thing.
It's not by works that we earn salvation...
Jesus did the work, not us.
Assurance is CERTAINTY, CONFIDENCE.
Defined as 1. the act of assuring
2. the state of being assured; sureness; confidence; certainty
3. something said or done to inspire confidence, as a promise, positive statement;
guarantee
Fanny Cross (1820-1915) wrote the words to Blessed Assurance.
Music by Phoebe Knapp (1839-1908).
Blessed Assurance
1. Blessed Assurance,
Jesus is Mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation,
purchase of God,
born of His Spirit,
washed in His blood.
Refrain:
This is my story,
this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long;
this is my story,
this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long.
2. Perfect submission,
perfect delight,
visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
angels descending bring from above,
echoes of mercy,
whispers of love.
Refrain.
3. Perfect submission,
all is at rest;
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
watching and waiting,
looking above,
filled with His goodness,
lost in His love.
Refrain.
May you have the assurance above assuarances and be at peace IN the Lord Jesus, because He did the work.
~Deanna~
