READ: MATTHEW
5:13-16
Assurance
of salvation is a Biblical teaching needed by all newborn babes in Christ.
Since the process of getting saved is so simple, new converts need to e given
assurance to enable them know that it is not feelings but facts and faith that
matter. The price paid by our Saviour is so great that we can now obtain the
benefits of Calvary with ease. By declaring, “It is finished,” the Lord is
telling us that all we have to do to receive Christian graces is ask. Whenever
you are ready to become a child of God and receive His purity and holiness, God
is ready, too, to supply the needed grace. All you have to do is ask God for
the free gift of His Son. His righteousness and life will become yours. If you
would like to receive the righteousness, salvation and eternal life of Christ,
say this prayer aloud: “Jesus, I believe that you are the Son of God. I believe
that God raised You from the dead. I accept You as my personal Saviour and the
Lord of my life. Come into my heart and cleanse me of all my unrighteousness.
Grant me your purity and holiness that I may live for you in this world and
with you in the world to come. Thank you for saving me and making me pure.” Did
you say that prayer with all seriousness in your heart? I congratulate and
welcome you into the family of God. Let me give you this scriptural assurance:
“Behold
what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called
children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know
Him. Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what
we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we
shall see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself,
just as He is pure.” (1 John 3:1-3). Do not think about your feeling;
focus your attention on the facts of Scripture. Look away from the impossible
situation and concentrate your focus on the assurance given you in the word of
God.
MEMORIZE:
MATTHEW 5:48 –Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is
perfect.
