Assurance of Salvation (3)

Greetings Brethren,

Several weeks ago we gave attention to 1 John 5:13, in which the Apostle John gave the reason for having written his epistle. It reads, "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, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God." We had expressed then that by "these things" John was referring to his entire epistle of 1 John, not just the immediate, local context of this verse. The purpose for which John wrote was so that his readers may be assured of their salvation, they had legitimate claim to know God through Jesus Christ and that they possessed eternal life through Him. We may thank God that He would have us enjoy a sound and settled assurance of our salvation, that we have eternal life through Jesus Christ. Today I would like us to consider in some detail the various "things" that John wrote by which true Christians may be assured of their salvation.