Video 2. Assurance of Salvation

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This is video 2: Having Total, Absolute Assurance of Your Salvation

The TEXT follows with scripture references.

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How we see ourselves in relationship with God, and being born again, determines how we view our salvation. Most born again folks see themselves as a servant of God, which is how we most often see ourselves if we are tuned into the law – Moses and his 10 commands.

People working for God

This gives us a wrong view of salvation because it’s a servant’s job to work and serve God, and live by rules and standards.

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He doesn’t see himself as a loved child. A servant is not given the inheritance and the rights of a child. He’s like a hired employee.

Employees need supervision

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A servant doesn’t just hang out, fellowship, and relate with his boss.

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He lives by law, not in love.

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This is why knowing our identity, or who we are in God’s family Kingdom is so very important. If we have a wrong perception, we only relate to God as GOD, and not as a child, or a son or daughter.

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This is why knowing God’s love for us is so important. We must truly know and experience the love of God. When we do, everything in life changes for the better. God’s revelation flows into us. This doesn’t happen for a servant. A servant living by law can’t know his identity in God.

We have freedom to relate to God because of his love for us and our salvation in Jesus

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If we truly know God’s love for us, salvation just becomes one of the gifts we’re given. We don’t work for it. We don’t have any doubt we are saved. Love and salvation become like inseparable Siamese twins.

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This is why it is said we must both BELIEVE and KNOW the truth (I Tim 4:3). This is what John means when he says we must LIVE the truth. Father’s gospel truth must become part of our life – our whole body, soul and spirit. It consumes us and drives us. When God’s love totally impacts us, then his gospel truth dominates us because as Paul says, we know WHOM we believe not just WHAT we believe (II Tim 1:12).

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Then salvation ceases to be an issue to us. It becomes absolute reality. This is what Paul means when he says the love of Christ passes knowledge and fills us with all the fullness of God, which includes knowing our salvation (Eph 3:19).

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We are to know the width, length, depth and height of God’s love (Eph 3:18). This means it consumes us and then drives us to believe and know and live all the gospel truth God gives us, that begins with our salvation.

God shows his love for us in many, many ways

Love and salvation cause our hearts to be consumed with gospel grace, as Hebrews says (Heb 13:9). This includes knowing more and more of God’s love for us, and when we know his love, we are absolutely, totally sure of our salvation.

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This is video 2: Having Total, Absolute Assurance of Your Salvation

The TEXT follows with scripture references.

How we see ourselves in relationship with God, and being born again, determines how we view our salvation. Most born again folks see themselves as a servant of God, which is how we most often see ourselves if we are tuned into the law – Moses and his 10 commands.

This gives us a wrong view of salvation because it’s a servant’s job to work and serve God, and live by rules and standards.

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He doesn’t see himself as a loved child. A servant is not given the inheritance and the rights of a child. He’s like a hired employee.

A servant doesn’t just hang out, fellowship, and relate with his boss.

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He lives by law, not in love.

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This is why knowing our identity, or who we are in God’s family Kingdom is so very important. If we have a wrong perception, we only relate to God as GOD, and not as a child, or a son or daughter.

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This is why knowing God’s love for us is so important. We must truly know and experience the love of God. When we do, everything in life changes for the better. God’s revelation flows into us. This doesn’t happen for a servant. A servant living by law can’t know his identity in God.

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If we truly know God’s love for us, salvation just becomes one of the gifts we’re given. We don’t work for it. We don’t have any doubt we are saved. Love and salvation become like inseparable Siamese twins.

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Then salvation ceases to be an issue to us. It becomes absolute reality. This is what Paul means when he says the love of Christ passes knowledge and fills us with all the fullness of God, which includes knowing our salvation (Eph 3:19).

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We are to know the width, length, depth and height of God’s love (Eph 3:18). This means it consumes us and then drives us to believe and know and live all the gospel truth God gives us, that begins with our salvation.

Love and salvation cause our hearts to be consumed with gospel grace, as Hebrews says (Heb 13:9). This includes knowing more and more of God’s love for us, and when we know his love, we are absolutely, totally sure of our salvation.

Go to Video 3 on Salvation