Love Jesus 13

Excerpt from “Do You Love the Biblical Jesus?” By R.C. Sproul addresses the question of how Christians can have assurance of their salvation.

“Some Christians that I know struggle with assurance and knowing that they are saved. So how can a Christian know that he is saved?”
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When people ask me how can I know if I’m saved, I ask them, “Do you love the biblical Christ perfectly?”

And almost every time—I’ve only had one practicing perfectionist answer it differently, but almost every time—people will look at me and say, “No, I don’t love him perfectly.”

2.
I said, “Okay.” Well, the second question is this, “Do you love Him as much as you should love Him?”

Obviously, if they answered yes to the first question, they have to answer yes again. I said, “Okay.”

So now, whatever assurance they maybe had has started to dissolve away just by this question.

3.

I said, “Let me ask a third question, this is a critical question, Do you love the biblical Jesus at all? Do you have any affection in your heart for the Christ of the New Testament?”

And if they say yes to that, then I can say, “Okay, how can you possibly have any affection for Jesus unless you’re born of the Holy Spirit?

Full series:
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