6. Is assurance based on feelings?
Answer:
No. Assurance is based on God’s truth and promises.
7. What evidence may be seen in a genuine believer?
Answer:
Love for Christ, desire for God’s Word, conviction of sin, obedience, and spiritual growth.
Life Application
Consider these questions:
- Am I trusting in Christ alone for salvation?
- Is my confidence based on God’s promises or my feelings?
- Do I believe what God says about eternal life?
- Am I growing in my relationship with Christ?
God does not want His children living in constant fear.
He invites believers to rest in His promises and the finished work of Jesus Christ.
Key Takeaways
- Believers can know they have eternal life.
- Assurance is based on God’s promises.
- Salvation is found in Jesus Christ alone.
- Christ’s work on the cross is complete.
- There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ.
- Nothing can separate believers from God’s love.
- Assurance is not based on feelings.
- True assurance produces humility, gratitude, and worship.
Memory Verse
1 John 5:13
“These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life…”
Looking Ahead
Session 6 — Baptism
The First Step of Obedience
In the next session, we will learn why believers are baptized, what baptism represents, and why Jesus commands His followers to publicly identify with Him through baptism.
We will discover:
- Why believers are baptized
- What baptism symbolizes
- Public identification with Christ
- Baptism and discipleship
“Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead… even so we also should walk in newness of life.” (Romans 6:4)
Baptism does not save us, but it is a joyful act of obedience that declares to the world that we belong to Jesus Christ.