Insight

Recently I (Tonya) read a book that had a lot of reminders and "a-ha" moments for me. One part was the reminder that The Christian's proper assurance of salvation is God's gift, a gift given to the believer by the very God who has accomplished our salvation. True believers are those who have genuinely responded to the call of the gospel, whose belief is evident in a life transformed by God's grace, and whose profession of faith in Christ is accompanied by repentance from sin and an eagerness to follow Christ. Believers DO sin, and may sin grievously, but they can never finally remain in sin. Peter promised that God will guard His own through faith, even as salvation will be revealed "in the last time." In the end, the gift of assurance and the doctrine of perseverance take us back to the very essence of the gospel - we are saved by grace through faith.

Grace alone...

nothing more

and nothing less.