How can we gain true assurance of our salvation? Today, R.C. Sproul explains that we must begin with a right understanding of biblical doctrine. Get R.C. Sproul’s book Can I Be Sure I’m Saved?, his teaching series The Assurance of Salvation on DVD, and lifetime digital access to the messages and study guide for your donation of any amount: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/3610/assurance Meet Today’s Teacher: R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine. Meet the Host: Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children. Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
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We need to understand the proper biblical doctrine of election, and we need to understand the proper biblical doctrine of salvation, because those two concepts are inseparably related.
Theology is not merely theoretical, as what you believe informs how you live. Right doctrine should lead to right living. And so when it comes to gaining assurance of our salvation, we need to ensure that we understand what the Bible teaches about salvation and why we can have assurance. Welcome to the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm your host, Nathan W. Bingham.
Our feelings can deceive us because our feelings change, but the promises of God, the Word of God, remain the same. And on today's edition, R.C. Sproul will consider the doctrines of election and salvation to help us grow in our assurance.
Before we get to today's message, don't forget that you can own this entire series, plus Dr. Sproul's title, Can I Be Sure I'm Saved?, when you give a donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org in support of the daily outreach of Renewing Your Mind. Well, here's Dr. Sproul on election and gaining true assurance.
We're going to continue now with our study of the question of the assurance of salvation. We've spent quite some time already examining false and counterfeit methods of assurance, and we've seen that one of the most critical problems that we face with respect to false assurance is the having a false understanding of salvation and its requirements.
And so now we're going to turn our attention to how can we actually gain a true and sound basis for our assurance of salvation. And I think the first place that we have to look, again, is at theology.
Again, in our day and age, people tend to downplay the importance of theology, but when we examine Peter's charge that we be diligent in making our election and our calling sure in order that we might grow and produce the fruit of our sanctification, we see there in his thinking the close relationship that exists between election and assurance.
Now, we need to understand the proper biblical doctrine of election, and we need to understand the proper biblical doctrine of salvation, because those two concepts are inseparably related. We can distinguish between election and salvation, but we can never tear them apart. Some people think that after we are saved, that becomes the grounds of our election.
So in a certain sense, salvation precedes election. Those who hold the view of election that we call a prescient view or a foreknowledge view of election are those who believe that God elects to salvation salvation. those people whom he knows from eternity from his perspective of foreknowledge.
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