Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 2:9-14
2. The Bible Is the Only Book That Gives Assurance of Salvation
Not only is the Bible the only Book that is able to make us “wise for salvation,” it is also the only Book that can let us know we are saved.
I have asked people before in conversation, “Are you sure you’re going to Heaven when you die?”
The answer is often, “Yes.”
I often then ask, “How do you know?”
“I saw a vision; I saw three crosses, God Himself told me I was good,” or something just as weird.
Someone said, “I know I’m going to Heaven because I had a certain feeling. I went to church one night and while they were singing “I’ll Fly Away,” chills ran up my spine and my hair stood on end.” Sadly, if you are a Christian already, you know that none of these things have anything to do with getting saved or getting to Heaven!
Many people in the world want their feelings, their experiences, their visions, and even their philosophy and everything else to prove to them that they are saved. Sadly though, that is not the proof of salvation. The proof is the written Word of God: “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:13). It doesn’t say, “These visions have I given unto you.”
Someone might ask, “Preacher, do you know that you’re going to Heaven?”
“Yes, I do.”
“But you can’t know that. It’s presumptuous to say that you’re going to Heaven.”
“Thankfully, no, it’s not!”
“You must think you’re awfully good.”
“No, I know I’m not good. The Bible tells us that no one is good, not even one person. Therefore, I’m awfully bad.”
“Then how do you know that you’re going to Heaven?”
“I’m taking the promise that Jesus Christ, who died for all us, gave me in 1 John 5:13.”
Most people who know that they’re going to Heaven know that they’re not good, and they know that you don’t go to Heaven through goodness which is dependent on your own works and ability. They know they are going to Heaven because they have trusted Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross and that He already did all that was necessary for us to get to Heaven and God, the Father.
I know I’m going to Heaven because I have something better for the assurance of my salvation than I do for the assurance for instance, that I’m married. I don’t say, “I think I’m married; I hope I’m married; I’m working on it; I presume I’m married. I stood before someone who said I was.” I know I’m married because I have ears which heard my wife say, “I do”; I have my memory that remembers when my wife said, “I do”; and if I lose my memory, I have the preacher’s written signature on a marriage certificate, and that marriage certificate will remind me that I’m married. I have written proof and the words of my spouse that says, “I’m married.”
I’ve never met anyone who ever doubted they were married. I’ve never filled out a form that gave the choices for marital status as:
□ Married □ Separated □ Divorced □ Don’t Know
That’s how I know I have salvation, because I’ve got God’s written word in a Book called the Bible. Once again, He said, “Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life” (John 3:36). If God lied about it, then there is no Heaven, no Hell, and the Bible is a lie all the way through. All those through the centuries then have been deceived with no hope. But God didn’t lie about it because He can’t lie! It’s not within His character. Therefore, I have better assurance of my salvation than I do of anything and everything else under Heaven.
To Be Continued
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 
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