Election and Grace
Election and Assurance
Grace · 3 verses
Far from breeding uncertainty, the doctrine of election provides believers their firmest ground of assurance, for salvation rests upon God's unchangeable decree rather than human constancy. The evidences of election—effectual calling, faith, repentance, sanctification—confirm one's membership among the chosen and afford confidence in final perseverance.
Scripture References
“Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.”
“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.”
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”