Sentences with phrase «sure of eternal salvation»
It is not surprising that it was through a study of Paul that Martin Luther, who had plagued his body in order to be sure of eternal salvation by the statutory methods of medieval religion, found a great burden fall from his shoulders, when he rediscovered the role of faith in bringing freedom to men.
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Assurance of salvation is the sure knowledge that I have eternal life because Jesus guarantees it to everyone who simply believes in Him for it.
Sure, God's salvation is unspeakably powerful and it is eternal (meaning that it never ends for the faithful) but God does not force it upon us if we decide we don't want it for whatever reason such as the cost of maintaining it is too high.
But if there is indeed a God and He has revealed to us the crucial truth necessary for eternal salvation, then it is much more likely we could know this and even be properly sure of it.