Shepherding the Flock: Lesson 12 Assurance of Salvation
(Cloze test 108)

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What if one of your flock has doubts about whether he is really saved?

is necessary if a believer is to . To have that assurance is to be that we are saved and that if we died suddenly we would go immediately to heaven - .

1. Basis of assurance of salvation

1. - ; Gal. 4:6.

2. The - 1 John 5:10, 13; John 5:24; Rom.10:13. Say to Satan: “The Word of God says that if I I have eternal life. On __________ (give the date) I believed on Jesus, therefore I have eternal life. I am saved. My sins are forgiven. I am on my way to heaven!”

3. The - 1 John 3:14; 2 Cor. 5:17.


2. to an assurance of salvation

1. to trust the Word of God.

2. .

3. Lack of the fullness of the Holy Spirit - .

4. Sin and backsliding - .


Caution: Be careful in persuading people that . This is the who knows and searches the heart.

Assignment - The students may pair off and dialogue with each other, one of them playing the role of an uncertain believer and the other leading him to assurance in the Word of God.


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