Assured: Discover Grace, Let Go of Guilt, and Rest in Your Salvation

by Greg Gilbert

Overview

Despite our professions of belief, our baptisms, and our membership in the church, many of us secretly wonder, Am I truly saved? We worry that our love for Jesus isn't fervent enough (or isn't as fervent as someone else's). We worry that our faith isn't strong enough. We struggle through the continuing presence of sin in our lives. All this steals the joy of our salvation and can lead us into a life characterized by legalism, perfectionism, and works righteousness—the very life Jesus freed us from at the cross!

But Greg Gilbert has a message for the anxious believer—be assured. Assured that your salvation experience was real. Assured that your sins—past, present, and future—are forgiven. Assured that everyone stumbles. Assured that Jesus is not your judge but your advocate. With deep compassion, Gilbert comforts readers, encouraging them to release their guilt, shame, and anxiety to rejoice in and follow hard after the One who set them free.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801093227
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/19/2019
Pages:	154
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Greg Gilbert (MDiv, Southern Seminary) is the author of Favor and What Is the Gospel? The senior pastor of Third Avenue Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, he lives with his wife, Moriah, and their three children in Kentucky, where he enjoys basketball, coffee, and Thai food.

Table of Contents

1 The Problem of Assurance 11

2 The Driving Sources of Assurance: The Gospel of Jesus Christ 27

3 The Driving Sources of Assurance: The Promises of God 47

4 The Supernatural Source of Assurance: The Witness of the Spirit 63

5 The Undermining of Assurance: The Lies We Believe 75

6 The Confirming Source of Assurance: The Fruits of Obedience 93

7 Misusing a Good Tool: Mistakes We Make in Considering Our Good Works 109

8 What about Besetting Sins? 127

9 Striving for Assurance 139

Notes 151