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Assurance of salvation can fluctuate but does not determine a Christian's actual standing before God

How You Can Know and Show Christianity Is True (Understanding Apologetic Methodology) 00:39:42 – 00:40:49

Q&A: personal and pastoral reflections on assurance of salvation

Winger affirms he has assurance of salvation but acknowledges it has gone up and down over his life. He draws on 1 John: 'perfect love casts out fear' — fear involves torment. God knows our hearts and is greater than them (1 John 3), so a saved Christian can be doubting assurance and still be saved. Assurance matters for boldness in prayer and worship, but God's knowledge of one's standing exceeds one's own feelings.

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