1. Assurance & Security © John Stevenson, 2012

2. No one can know with a certainty of faith, which cannot be subject to error, that he has obtained the grace of God (Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, Chapter 9).

3. If anyone says that a man who is born again and justified is bound of faith to believe that his is assuredly in the number of the predestined, let him be anathema (Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, Chapter 15).

4. 1 John 5:12-13 He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. 13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

5. 1 John 5:14-15 This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.

6. John 6:37-39 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day.

7. John 6:40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.

8. John 10:27-30 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one."

9. Saved and knows it Saved and does not know it Not Saved and knows it Not Saved and does not know it

10. Eternal Security Once a person comes to faith in Jesus Christ, they will be saved no matter whether or not they continue to believe. Reformed Theology Loss of Salvation It is possible for one to experience a faith for a time that is not saving faith. Such a one often falls away after a time. A person might come to Christ and be saved and then, because of sin or unbelief, might lose that salvation and be lost.

11. Eternal Security Reads the parable of the sower and believes that only the first one is lost while the others merely suffer “loss of rewards.” Reformed Theology Loss of Salvation The sower pictures some who initially experience a measure of spiritual growth, but who ultimately fall away and are not saved. The parable of the sower tells of some who were initially saved but who lost their salvation because they did not endure.

12. Eternal Security Once saved, always saved; no matter what. Reformed Theology Loss of Salvation The perseverance of God’s elect is guaranteed by the work of the Holy Spirit. Salvation is a matter of enduring to the end.

13. 1 st John 2:18-19 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. 19 They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.

14. 2 nd Peter 1:5-7 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self- control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love.

15. 2 nd Peter 1:8-9 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins.

16. 2 nd Peter 1:10-11 Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; 11 for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.

17. Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.