FULL ASSURANCE

FULL ASSURANCE

By Cornelius R. Stam

It is wonderful to have the full assurance of salvation,
and it is Gods will that every one of us enjoy this assur-
ance. Toward the close of his life the Apostle John wrote by
divine inspiration:

"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, THAT YE MAY KNOW that ye have eternal life..." (I John 5:13).

There are three bases upon which believers in Christ may
enjoy the full assurance of salvation:

First, God urges every true believer: "Let us draw near,
with a sincere heart, in FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH..."
(Heb. 10:22). This is the full assurance that results from
simply believing God; much as a child implicitly believes
what his father has said and is absolutely sure that it is
true. God says: "He that believeth on the Son hath ever-
lasting life" (John 3:36). We may simply -- and with good
reason -- believe His Word and enjoy the full assurance of
faith.

Second, we may enjoy what Heb. 6:11 calls "THE FULL
ASSURANCE OF HOPE." The hope of the Bible, however,
must not be confused with wishing. The Christians "hope"
is "an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast" (Ver. 19).
It comes from having proved God. Thus the full assurance
of hope is the confidence that results from having accepted
Gods Word.

But third, and best of all, is what Col. 2:2 calls "riches of
THE FULL ASSURANCE OF UNDERSTANDING." This
full assurance is Gods reward to Christians who study His
Word and His purposes, beginning with His plan of salva-
tion as revealed in "the gospel of the grace of God." When
one not only believes Gods Word, but begins to understand
it he cannot but be gripped by its sublime reasonableness,
its powerful logic, and its provision for his deepest needs,
and thus he comes to enjoy "all [the] riches of THE FULL
ASSURANCE OF UNDERSTANDING."

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