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Finding Assurance of Salvation
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INTRODUCTION: Define salvation, assurance of salvation, eternal security
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Pastor David Reagan
Antioch Baptist Church
01/11/2004
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Sermon Notes:
- The Problem of Assurance
- Doubting Saints (Hebrews 11:6; Romans 14:1)
- Their personal agony
- Their hindered service
- False Professors (Titus 1:16; Matthew 7:21-23)
- Their false hope
- Their false life
- The Possibility of Assurance
- By the Word of God (1 John 5:13)
- By the Person of Christ
(2 Timothy 1:12)
- By the Examination of Self (2 Corinthians 13:5)
- The Practical Proofs of Assurance
- Inward â?? The Witness of the Spirit (Romans 8:16; 1 John
3:24; 4:13; 5:10)
- Outward â?? The Love of the Brethren (1 John 3:14; John
13:34-35)
- Upward â?? The Keeping of Godâ??s Commandments (1 John 2:3-5;
3:7,10)
- The Final Proof of Assurance
- Examine the Word of Salvation (Romans 10:8-10, 13)
- Examine Your Time of Salvation (2 Corinthians 13:5)
CONCLUSION: The Sword of the Spirit cuts both ways: *Doubting Saints Will
Be Assured *False Professors Will Be Convicted
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