31 Bible Verses about Assurance in the life of faith
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let us draw near with sincerity, in full assurance of faith, having our consciences purified from guilt, and our bodies washed with pure water.
for I have given to them the instructions which you gave me; and they have received them; and have sincerely believ'd that I came from thee, and are persuaded that thou didst send me.
Now faith is the foundation of our hopes of happiness, and the persuasion we have about things not evident to our senses.
have you forgot the exhortation which is address'd to you, as to children? "my son, despise not thou the chastning of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.
but we desire that every one of you may shew the same concern, continuing to discharge the condition upon which your hopes are founded: that ye be not unactive,
might have strong consolation to serve as a sure and stedfast anchor to the soul: till it arrives within the veil,
so that we may boldly say, " the Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me."
for I am fully persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, neither the high, nor the low, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God by Christ Jesus our Lord.
for which cause I am not discouraged, but tho' my body decays, yet my mind is daily renewed.
he was not incredulously diffident of the divine promise; but was strong in faith, and did honour to God, by the full persuasion he had, that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
for all the promises of God do center in him, and are verifyed by him to the glory of God by our preaching.
for I am not ashamed of the gospel, since it is divinely effectual to salvation, to everyone that believes, to the Jew first, and then to the Gentile.
for they who duly discharge that office, prepare their way to a higher degree, and may promote the christian faith with the greater freedom.
to this I am urg'd by the love I bear to Christ, persuaded as I am, that if one died for all, then were all in a dying state: and that he died for all,
since the gospel we preach'd, did not consist only of words, but was fully confirm'd by miracles and gifts of the holy spirit, you yourselves being witnesses, what we did among you and for you.
for this reason I shall never omit to put you in mind of these things, however knowing you are already, and settled in the truth.
Besides, we have this confidence in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he will hear us.
beloved, if our heart condemn us not, we may securely confide in God. whatever we ask, we shall receive it of him, because we keep his commandments, and do what is agreeable to him.
one man thinks one day fitter for religious worship than another: another thinks every day alike. let every man follow the persuasion of his own mind.
I know, being fully assured by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: it is only so to him that thinks it is unclean.
but take care that this liberty of yours does not prove a scandal to the weak. for if any man see you who have a just notion of idols, sitting at table in their temple, will not the person who is wrong in his notions be incouraged to eat what is offered to idols, tho' contrary to his own opinion? so that your notions may endanger the life of thy weak brother, for whom Christ died.
But Zacharias said to the angel, by what sign shall I know this? for I am old, and my wife is of a great age.
that their hearts might be comforted, and that being firmly united in love, they might possess the highest and fullest persuasion of the truth of this doctrine, by entring into this mystery, even of God the father, and of Christ,
But be you attach'd to the doctrine you have learnt, with which you are intrusted, considering by whom you have been instructed:
have cordially reliev'd me. Epaphras a servant of Christ, and your countryman, salutes you, who is always very earnest in his prayers, that you may be perfectly acquainted with, and constantly observe,
a minister of God, and our collegue in preaching the gospel of Christ, that by establishing you in the faith, and by his exhortations, none of you might be stagger'd by these persecutions: for you know that we are destin'd to suffer.
you would not by any pretended revelation, by any discourse or epistle ascrib'd to us, be immediately perplex'd in your minds, or under any concern for the approach of the day of the Lord.
they have deserted the faith themselves, and debauch'd the faith of others, by maintaining, "the resurrection is already past."
Then he propos'd this parable, concerning those who had a great opinion of their own justice, and look'd with contempt upon others. two men went to the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, the other a Publican. the Pharisee in a standing posture pray'd thus by himself, O God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men, a robber, a cheat, an adulterer, or like that Publican.read more.
I fast twice a week, and I pay the tythe of all I possess. but the Publican, who stood a good way lower, not daring to lift up even his eyes to heaven, only smote his breast, and said, O God, be merciful to me, who am a sinner. I tell you this man went home approv'd as just, and not the other. for whoever exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
