Theology
Critical Preposition Proposition
Is assurance inseparable from saving faith—or an added step afterward? This post explores why the tiny preposition “of” matters, and how Scripture presents belief and assurance as inherently linked.
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Is assurance inseparable from saving faith—or an added step afterward? This post explores why the tiny preposition “of” matters, and how Scripture presents belief and assurance as inherently linked.
Hebrews 6:4-8 stands as a sobering warning: those who have truly tasted the blessings of salvation and then decisively fall away cannot be restored by ordinary means. This is not the loss of eternal life, but the inevitability of severe divine discipline. Like unproductive land that yields thorns and is burned, the fruitless believer faces God’s chastening with the hope of eventual restoration. The passage calls believers to persevere in faith and fruitfulness, lest they share in the tragic consequences of renouncing the sufficiency of Christ.
Justification before God is not the gradual removal of sins through reform, but the immediate reception of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. Many accept biblical facts about Jesus yet miss His promise: the one who believes in Him has everlasting life. This post clarifies saving faith as simple belief in the Giver and the gift, explains why the gospel’s focus is eternal life, and shows how faith alone—apart from works—secures the believer’s destiny based on Christ’s promise, not personal performance.
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