1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:03,880 If you've recently been asking yourself this question, Am I 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,720 truly saved? Am I truly a child of God? 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,960 Am I even a Christian? If you've been asking yourself 4 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:15,000 this question, this video has not found you by any accident 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,080 because I'm going to give you 5 things you need to remember 6 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:21,240 every time you start to doubt your own salvation. 7 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,160 Every time you start to think I don't have assurance that I'm 8 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,880 even saved, Here are 5 things you must remember. 9 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:30,800 But First off, if it's your first time I'm on the channel, 10 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:34,520 well I wonder. I wonder if anyone's noticed I'm 11 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,000 not actually. I'm a bit under the weather 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,600 today so I thought the most chilled channel out of my 4 13 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,520 YouTube channels is my cup of Joe family. 14 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,040 So I thought, do you know what I'll do? 15 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:47,240 Let's have a nice cup of Joe. Let's study the Bible. 16 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,640 And this will make me feel a lot better. 17 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,320 But yeah, if it's your first time on the channel, please do 18 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,320 subscribe. If you can see some faces up 19 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:57,200 here. These are friends who've bought 20 00:00:57,400 --> 00:00:59,800 one of the mugs that we that we sell on this channel. 21 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,000 Don't make any money from them. But if you if you do buy one of 22 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:06,240 these, well, then I'll send you an e-mail and then you can send 23 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:14,960 me your mug shot. That's medicine. 24 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:17,440 All right, before I give you these five things that you need 25 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,240 to remember, there's something that's absolutely crucial that I 26 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:22,040 need to check in with you, and it's this. 27 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,280 Are you genuinely a Christian? How do we check this? 28 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,080 Well, I want to ask you, are you born again? 29 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,480 Was there a point in your life, maybe it was gradual over a 30 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,480 period of time, or maybe it was in just one moment where you 31 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:39,800 realised you're a Sinner. You failed this holy God. 32 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,640 If if the books of your life or the records or the wrongdoing 33 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:46,560 that you've done, those books were opened, you stand before 34 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:50,520 this holy God condemned. But whilst remembering you're a 35 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:56,440 Sinner, you also realised God loves you, He cares about you. 36 00:01:56,760 --> 00:02:01,960 And so he sent his only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to 37 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:05,160 die upon. An old Roman cross, a rugged 38 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:08,639 cross there between two thieves there, the innocent one. 39 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:14,680 Jesus died in your place. He took all of your sins, past, 40 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,920 present and future, and he took the wrath of God in his own 41 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:20,800 body. He suffered that for all of our 42 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,400 sins in his own body, there on that tree. 43 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,680 He died so that we can be forgiven, so that this wrath 44 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:30,160 that was aimed at us, he's turned away from us and it was 45 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,520 turned towards Jesus. He absorbed it and took that, 46 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:36,960 paid the price, paid the punishment so that you and I, 47 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:42,000 because Jesus Christ shed his precious, righteous, holy blood 48 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:44,680 at Calvary. Because he shed his blood, we 49 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,880 can be washed white than snow. We can be forgiven and we can be 50 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,360 saved because we've we call on his name. 51 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,200 We call on the name of the one who after dying went into a tomb 52 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:58,720 and then rose from the dead. We put our faith in Him who is 53 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:01,640 risen from the grave and says I can give you eternal life. 54 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,440 Has there been a point where you've believed on his name, 55 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:09,560 where you've put your faith in him, where you've repented and 56 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,080 believed on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ? 57 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,840 If you have, if you have truly believed on his name, I'm just 58 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,320 going to say right from the offset, you're as safe as 59 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:21,760 houses. You're safe because the blood of 60 00:03:21,920 --> 00:03:25,840 Jesus has cleansed you and made you totally pure in God's eyes. 61 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:29,280 It's purified your soul. So you are safe. 62 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:31,600 If you're trusting in Jesus, it's just a wonderful thing 63 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,600 because it's all about him. You know, when you go to 64 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:37,920 someone's house, I don't know if it's the same in America or 65 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:41,320 where you're watching this from, but in in English and British 66 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:43,960 culture, if you go to someone's house, there's a sort of 67 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,360 unwritten rule. Take something, maybe bring some 68 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:52,400 flowers, maybe bring a dessert, maybe bring some salad, but 69 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,000 don't come empty handed. Make sure you bring something. 70 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:58,480 But with the Gospel, with the Lord Jesus Christ, it's the 71 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,560 complete opposite. You must come out empty handed. 72 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:04,480 You mustn't try to contribute any good works or anything of 73 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:06,600 yourself. You must just come as you are 74 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,080 and Jesus Christ will do the rest because he's done it all. 75 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:14,440 His finished work at the cross was more than enough for you and 76 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:17,040 I if we trust in Him. So that's the first thing. 77 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,399 If you have trusted in Him, I want to say you are, you're 78 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:22,480 already safe. But here are 5 things to 79 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,560 remember if you're struggling. The first one is this. 80 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,960 I want you to remember. I want you to remember your 81 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:33,920 location. OK, Turn in your Bibles to 82 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:40,400 Ephesians 2, verse 6. Ephesians 2, verse 6. 83 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,480 I'll start in verse 5. Actually, even when we were dead 84 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,960 in sins have quickened us together with Christ. 85 00:04:56,720 --> 00:05:02,600 By grace ye are saved and have raised us up together and made 86 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:07,480 us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. 87 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,240 Did you catch that last bit? If you have trusted in the Lord 88 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:15,880 Jesus Christ, if you have received the grace of God 89 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:20,440 through Christ Jesus, right now as a Christian, you are seated 90 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,320 in heavenly places. Just think about that right now. 91 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,480 You're in heaven right now because of what Jesus has done. 92 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,000 So if one day you know you believe you're saved, and then 93 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,800 the next day you're doubting your salvation, how does that 94 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,160 work? How can you be seated in 95 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:37,720 heavenly places and the next minute believe that you're 96 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:40,120 seated in hell? That's not how the Lord works. 97 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,240 Come on, let's think about this logically. 98 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:44,160 But here's the next one of your location. 99 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,320 Here's the next points. Remember, just turn in your 100 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:55,800 Bibles to Micah 7 verse 19. He will turn again, He will have 101 00:05:55,800 --> 00:06:00,680 compassion upon us, He will subdue our iniquities, and thou 102 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:05,600 wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 103 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,680 Now some of you will know I preach on this passage a lot, 104 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:14,080 that when you believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, He casts our 105 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:18,680 sins into the depths of the sea. So again, just consider this, 106 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,000 the day you got saved, the day you believed on the Lord Jesus 107 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,000 Christ, your sins were buried, all of them buried at the bottom 108 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:27,840 of the ocean as deep as the Mariana trenches. 109 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:30,960 They were down there. Do you honestly believe that the 110 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,680 same Lord God who buried your sins at the bottom of the sea is 111 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,680 going to take his his his large arm? 112 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,520 Because we know the Lord is his right arm is, is strong, it's 113 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:42,320 mighty to save. But do you think he's going to 114 00:06:42,320 --> 00:06:45,520 take his arm and he's going to reach right down to the bottom 115 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:49,320 of the sea, scoop them up and then throw them into your left 116 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,240 up again and say take them, you dirty, rotten Sinner. 117 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:53,680 You've not believed enough on me. 118 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:55,120 You've committed this. You've done that. 119 00:06:55,280 --> 00:06:56,720 You can have all of your sins back. 120 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,400 That promise that I said where I'd cast them down to the bottom 121 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,240 of the sea. It's broken now. 122 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:02,560 And you can have all of your sins. 123 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,040 Take them, keep them, hold on to them. 124 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:08,680 Come on. You know that doesn't sound like 125 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,360 the God of the Bible. They were buried at the bottom 126 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,080 of the sea and that is where they will stay. 127 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:16,600 Remember that. Hold on to that. 128 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,760 Don't let the devil come knocking on your door, making 129 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:21,640 you feel guilty about things you've done. 130 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:25,840 It is true If if the devil comes knocking about your past, 131 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,080 telling you that you've done this, that and and the other 132 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,960 remind him of of his future. Remind him where the devil's 133 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,400 going. He he's got a terrible future 134 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,800 ahead of him. Just remind him of that next 135 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:41,440 time he starts bringing your past sins into your mind, OK, 136 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:45,720 the second thing that you should remember when you are struggling 137 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:50,440 with assurance of salvation is you need to remember your 138 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,640 affirmations, things that you've already affirmed. 139 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,240 Just turn to 1 Corinthians 12 with me. 140 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:01,920 One Corinthians 12 and we're going to look at verse 31, 141 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,640 Corinthians 12 and verse 3, Wherefore I give you to 142 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:10,480 understand that no man speaking by the Spirit of God, all of 143 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:17,760 Jesus accursed and that no man can say that Jesus is Lord but 144 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:22,200 by the Holy Ghost. Can you that's that's just a 145 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:23,640 very personal question right now. 146 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:28,040 Let me ask you, can you say Jesus Christ it's Lord? 147 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:32,880 Can you do it? I can say Jesus Christ is the 148 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:35,039 Lord of Lords. He's the King of kings. 149 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:38,080 He is the greatest, He is the most high God. 150 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,600 I've put my trust in him. Can you say that? 151 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,039 Have you got a smile on your face right now as I tell you 152 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:46,680 that Jesus Christ is Lord? I think some of you have. 153 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:51,480 If you can honestly say that Jesus is Lord, the Bible is very 154 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,960 clear. You can't do that unless you've 155 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:55,680 got the Holy Spirit inside of you. 156 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:59,200 You see, the unbeliever, they don't believe he's Lord. 157 00:08:59,640 --> 00:09:03,360 The unbeliever believed Jesus was either a good moral teacher, 158 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,760 either a fairy tale. Some of them would say, some 159 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,640 would say, yeah, he was a religious figure. 160 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,200 They'd say this, that and the other. 161 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,240 But would they say Jesus is Lord? 162 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:15,840 Will they say Jesus is God in the flesh? 163 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,720 Can they really? You can't say that unless the 164 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:21,920 Holy Spirit has witnessed that into your soul. 165 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:24,720 So can you say, is that an affirmation that you would say 166 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:28,480 that Jesus is Lord? Will take courage You are saved. 167 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:41,680 Here's the next verse. Galatians 4 verse 6 Galatians 4 168 00:09:41,680 --> 00:09:48,360 verse 6 And because ye are sons, God have sent forth the spirit 169 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:55,160 of his son into your hearts crying ABBA father. 170 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:03,120 That word ABBA, it's often been said means daddy, dad, ABA, 171 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:06,800 Father, when you pray to the Lord God, do you call him 172 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,840 father? Does it warm your heart to think 173 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:15,560 that the I have a Father in heaven and he delights in me? 174 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:19,960 I, I, I know that I've been adopted into his family. 175 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,360 I'm a child of God. If you're a man watching this, 176 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,960 you're a son of God. If you're a lady watching this, 177 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,640 you're a daughter of God. You have a Father in heaven and 178 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:31,040 he loves you. The Bible is saying here, it's 179 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:36,000 so clear that that God have sent forth the spirit of his Son into 180 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:40,800 your hearts, crying ABA Father. So the fact that you cry ABA 181 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:45,200 Father in your own heart is such a strong sign that you are 182 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,440 saved. Because again, the unbeliever 183 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:50,440 doesn't do this. The unbeliever doesn't call God 184 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:53,920 their father. That has only happened when 185 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,880 you've received his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. 186 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:59,400 You might remember when Jesus rose from the dead, he started 187 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,560 referring to the other disciples as brothers. 188 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:04,800 Why? Because in other words, the Lord 189 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,080 Jesus Christ, now he's risen, now he's completed his work. 190 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:09,720 He's not ashamed. He's not embarrassed. 191 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,720 In fact, he's he's proud to call me and you, brothers and 192 00:11:12,720 --> 00:11:17,000 sisters, because we share the same Father, all because of what 193 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:22,320 Jesus Christ did on the cross. OK, I think perhaps #3 is 194 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:25,200 possibly the most helpful out of all these five things to 195 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:26,400 remember. And it's this. 196 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,880 You need to remember you're God. You see, the problem with you 197 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:34,920 and I as Christians is we can so often put pressure on ourselves. 198 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,320 I've got to do this. I've got to do that. 199 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,800 It's almost as if the devil tries to wire us up to have this 200 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,640 kind of mindset of I must do something. 201 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,520 I must contribute to my salvation. 202 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:51,040 I must do this work and that work, but the God of the Bible, 203 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,440 again, as I said, it's, it's already been done. 204 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:57,320 It's all about his promises, his covenants that he has made with 205 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:00,160 his people. So just turning your Bibles to 206 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:05,680 Philippians chapter 1 and verse 6, Philippians chapter 1 and 207 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:11,280 verse 6, being confident of this very thing that he which have 208 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:16,800 begun a good working, you will perform it until the day of 209 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:21,280 Jesus Christ. I really love that verse. 210 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,360 God has started this good work in you. 211 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:28,440 The moment you receive the Lord Jesus Christ, God started to do 212 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:32,160 a work in you and some of you can see it over the years he's 213 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,240 done. He's chipped away all those bad 214 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,680 bits, those rotten bits that things were embarrassed off and 215 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:41,120 he started this work. But God, if he sets his mind to 216 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,400 do something. This is the Lord we're talking 217 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:46,640 about some of you men watching this or even women, you, you're 218 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:49,360 very stubborn, if I can say this, or very. 219 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,960 You've got a strong will and you've got to achieve something. 220 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,840 I'm like that with certain jobs that I've just got to finish 221 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:56,960 this. I can't rest. 222 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,640 But the Lord's, the Lord is on a different level. 223 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,880 If he starts a good work in you, he's not going to cast it aside. 224 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:06,160 He's not like the lazy man or the procrastinator who starts 10 225 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,560 different jobs and and never finishes them. 226 00:13:08,560 --> 00:13:11,640 No, the Lord, when he starts at work, he will finish it. 227 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:15,600 He will complete it and He started a work of salvation in 228 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:19,360 you and He's going to keep it going all the way until the day 229 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:23,760 you die, until He takes you to be with Him in paradise for all 230 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,160 of eternity. Isn't that reassuring? 231 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:27,960 You need to read that verse again. 232 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:29,760 Maybe, maybe write that one down. 233 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:33,800 Philippians one, verse 6. And then this one, a really 234 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,400 famous one. This is the one that we always 235 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:41,560 talk about when it comes to salvation, and it's John 10 236 00:13:41,680 --> 00:13:56,440 verse 27. It says, My sheep hear my voice, 237 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,400 and I know them, and they follow me. 238 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:07,800 And then it says verse 28 And I give unto them eternal life, and 239 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:12,520 they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of 240 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:14,920 my hand. Now I do want to be really 241 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:18,400 gentle with you in this video because I know that some of you 242 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,160 are really hurting and you're struggling and that's why you're 243 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,360 watching this video because you have so many doubts and you look 244 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,080 down on yourself so much and you just think God could never love 245 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,520 you. But can I say something a little 246 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,440 bit strong? It's actually a bit of an insult 247 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:37,520 when we say to the Lord God, I don't think I'm truly saved. 248 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:40,680 I feel like I'm such a mess. Can I tell you why? 249 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:44,720 Because the Lord God has got a very strong hand. 250 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:48,600 He has a very strong grip. And the Bible says, as we've 251 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,480 just read, none, none shall pluck them out of his hand. 252 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:55,200 If you're in the moment you became a believer or a child of 253 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,600 God, you were in the in his hands. 254 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,320 You came to live, you came to reside in the very hands of God. 255 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:04,520 And once he has hold of you, he does not let you go. 256 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,080 Now, some people would say, yeah, but that doesn't change 257 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,440 the fact that I myself can jump out of the hands of God. 258 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:15,000 OK, you want to play that game? I think that's very silly to say 259 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,680 that. But you want to play that game. 260 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:18,240 You jump out of the hands of God. 261 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,400 Well, do you know there's another verse in the Bible? 262 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:24,520 It says beneath are the everlasting arms of God. 263 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,200 So you jump out of His hand, and you get caught in His 264 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,040 everlasting arms. God will not let go of you. 265 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:34,640 My dear friend, my dear believer, the moment you trusted 266 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:38,120 in Jesus Christ, you were secure, you were safe. 267 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:41,840 So just rest in that. It's not about you, it's about 268 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:46,560 Him and His promises #4 The fourth thing you need to 269 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:50,160 remember if you're struggling with assurance of salvation is 270 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:54,280 your incapability. You're incapability. 271 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,360 Now, as we've just been reminded on the last point, some of us 272 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:00,720 don't give God enough credit for how strong He is, for how great 273 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:02,920 He is. But on the flip side, some of 274 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,080 us, we give ourselves more credit than is due. 275 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:10,200 We think we're stronger than we are, but guys, we're not capable 276 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,360 of of separating ourselves from God. 277 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:16,360 We're not capable of running away from God even if we wanted 278 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,920 to. Look at Romans chapter 8 with 279 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,400 me, Romans chapter 8. Just so you know, there's a lot 280 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,360 of Bible verses in this one. But when I've sort of apologised 281 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,520 in the past, having too many Bible verses making you flick 282 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,600 here, there and everywhere, you've all said don't apologise. 283 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,280 The more Bible verses the better. 284 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:37,000 Well, you've got lots of Bible verses in this video, Romans 285 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:43,840 chapter 8, verse 38, it says, For I am persuaded that neither 286 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:49,240 death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor 287 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:54,040 things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor 288 00:16:54,040 --> 00:17:00,320 any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of 289 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:04,280 God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 290 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,680 I'm not sure what version you had when you're reading that, 291 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,280 but that that line about not any other creature. 292 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:14,880 We're a creature. Or in some versions, it says 293 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,680 things that are made or things that are unmade. 294 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:21,000 I myself a maid. I'm a, I'm a human being. 295 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:25,079 So in other words, I myself cannot separate myself from the 296 00:17:25,079 --> 00:17:29,160 love of God even if I wanted to. So again, you're incapable of 297 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,040 separating yourself from God's love. 298 00:17:31,280 --> 00:17:34,520 He set His eyes on you. He set His love upon you, and He 299 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,000 will not let you go. Remember that, believer. 300 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:41,920 OK, now look at this verse with me, Romans 11 verse 29. 301 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:47,720 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance, or in 302 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:52,360 other versions are irrevocable. So here's something else to 303 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:56,520 remember when God gives gifts. So he gives us many gifts. 304 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,800 Sometimes it's a gift of an ability. 305 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,920 Maybe you've got a gift of administration, or a gift of 306 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,680 encouragement, or a gift of speaking, or a gift of healing. 307 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:08,840 You know, God gives us all gifts. 308 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,400 But what's the key gift that God gives us? 309 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,240 What's the gift that we talk about all the way through the 310 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:18,880 Bible? The gift of salvation, the gift 311 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,160 of eternal life. I mean, how can eternal life be 312 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:24,520 eternal if it could be lost tomorrow? 313 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:29,320 Come on, how can it be so precious and so great if 314 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:34,080 tomorrow it's gone? So if God has given us this 315 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:37,760 precious gift, and if this verse says that the gifts of God are 316 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:42,200 irrevocable, well, that means there is no repentance as the 317 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,400 Bible says. There is no way this can be 318 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:46,320 lost. It's there, it's yours. 319 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:50,480 The day you received eternal life, God said in in his mind, 320 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:52,160 he set a promise, a covenant there. 321 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:54,560 It's irrevocable, it's unchangeable. 322 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,240 You have this gift and there's no going back now. 323 00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:00,480 So again, for whoever you are watching this right now, don't 324 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,520 give yourself more credit than is due. 325 00:19:02,760 --> 00:19:05,680 If God has given you something, you can't change it. 326 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,680 You can't change the writing. God has already set it in stone. 327 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:13,200 Before we come to #5 please do let me know if I've missed 328 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,560 anything out, any verses or anything else you'd like to add 329 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:20,160 to this list. Just to say I have got kind of 330 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:21,960 flu right now. You won't be able to tell it, 331 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:25,160 but I feel boiling hot. But I've also got shivers and 332 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:26,720 everything. So I don't know what's going on 333 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,080 here. So I know I've missed things 334 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:30,920 out. And I'm not on top form. 335 00:19:30,920 --> 00:19:34,440 I'm never on top form. But I do feel, as I said before, 336 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,200 particularly under the weather right now. 337 00:19:36,200 --> 00:19:40,800 But the last one, the last, the 5th and final thing I want you 338 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:45,720 to remember right now, if you are struggling with assurance of 339 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:48,280 salvation, you don't know if you're a Christian, is this 340 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:53,760 remember your experiences. Remember all the past things 341 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:55,880 that the Lord God has brought you through. 342 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:00,920 Just turn your Bible to one Peter 1 and verse 5 it says and 343 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:02,800 this is talking about Christians. 344 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:09,000 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, 345 00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:12,360 ready to be revealed in the last time. 346 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:15,320 So very similar to what we've already been saying, it's not on 347 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:16,680 you. It's all on the Lord. 348 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,920 We're kept by his power. But I want to remind you, just 349 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,640 look at your own life. Maybe right now, pause the video 350 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:28,720 and just have a little think what has God already brought you 351 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,360 through? Maybe great sickness, maybe 352 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:38,160 great trials, maybe great suffering, maybe just loneliness 353 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:42,560 since he's, he's brought you through so, so much. 354 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,880 Some of you are watching this channel and I know because 355 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,680 either you send me the pictures of you having your cup of Joe, 356 00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,880 or you tell me you're in your 70s, you're in your 80s and 357 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,880 you're watching this and you've been walking with the Lord for 358 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,600 years and years. And he has brought you through 359 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,920 so much. And sometimes he just keeps us 360 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:03,840 in the ordinary, A bit like in the book of Ruth. 361 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,880 It kind of shows us that the ordinariness of life where 362 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:09,280 they're just gleaning that wheat. 363 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:11,360 They're just there and things are just going on. 364 00:21:11,360 --> 00:21:14,080 Very, very simple. And sometimes that can be 365 00:21:14,360 --> 00:21:16,600 yourself. You've just worked a simple job, 366 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:20,000 you've raised children, you've had grandchildren, a simple, 367 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,720 quiet life. And yet you can attest to the 368 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:27,480 fact that God has kept you. But some of you, you have 369 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:31,720 wandered, you have gone into sin, and yet God has brought you 370 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,720 out of it and he's kept you. But I thought I'd share with you 371 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,560 2 examples of where the Lord God has kept me over the years. 372 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,480 I could give. Honestly, when I was writing 373 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,640 down notes, I was thinking which one do I share? 374 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,320 There's been many. The Lord has brought me through 375 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:50,120 many different trials, snares, sins, but he's kept me. 376 00:21:50,120 --> 00:21:53,560 He's been faithful even when I've been faithless and is all I 377 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,760 can say is he would not do that if I, if I was not a child of 378 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,240 God, he would not bring me out onto the other side. 379 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,600 He would have left me there, but he didn't. 380 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:07,560 So when I was a student, I was brought up in a Christian home, 381 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,040 a really lovely Christian home. I was showered with love. 382 00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:13,520 I was brought up going to church every Sunday. 383 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,800 My dad was a Sunday school teacher. 384 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,280 He read the Bible with us every night, really loving Christian 385 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,240 home. But for me, I felt this. 386 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:25,360 I thought it was a little bit stifling and I wanted to get out 387 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:27,120 there. I wanted to experience the 388 00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:28,920 world. And so when I went to 389 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,960 university, there was one word in my mind. 390 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:33,880 Freedom. Freedom. 391 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:38,280 I was free right now. And so I started to fool around 392 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:43,440 in sin. And I remember the night when I 393 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:49,040 lost my virginity. And I honestly, even though, you 394 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:53,080 know, I wasn't walking with God, I did want to wait till 395 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,120 marriage, but I lost it that night. 396 00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:59,440 And I remember in my student halls of residence, I went into 397 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,960 the communal kitchen. It was like two or three in the 398 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:05,880 morning and I just fell on the floor with the girl in the room, 399 00:23:06,120 --> 00:23:09,240 just fell on the floor just just crying and crying. 400 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,040 And I honestly just thought it was over. 401 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,840 I just, I can't even explain the pain that I'd failed God, that 402 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:20,560 the shame that it wasn't, you know, in my mind, I'd kept 403 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:22,480 thinking this is going to be great. 404 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,760 You know, I'm missing out. The grass is greener on the 405 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,240 other side. But the moment I did it, I 406 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,520 realised it wasn't the answer to anything at all. 407 00:23:30,120 --> 00:23:34,080 And yet God brought me out through that and brought me to a 408 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,120 place of repentance. Another time, kind of in a 409 00:23:37,120 --> 00:23:40,880 similar kind of vein, I remember I wanted to go to a nightclub 410 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,720 and different Christians have different views. 411 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:49,560 And I remember I'd heard from some Christians on a camp that 412 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,240 I'd been on where I was helping as a leader as a young person. 413 00:23:53,360 --> 00:23:55,080 Christians should go in nightclubs. 414 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:56,960 Jesus would be in the nightclubs. 415 00:23:57,280 --> 00:24:00,560 Jesus would be witnessing there, go in there and be a light in 416 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,720 that darkness. But on the flip side, United 417 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,400 Beach Missions, which was an organization that shared the 418 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,360 gospel on beaches with children and also did open air work, the 419 00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:14,960 side on that side that camp on the same summer was saying stay 420 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:17,600 away from the nightclubs. Oh, you should not go in the 421 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,760 nightclubs whatsoever. They're they're wrong. 422 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:24,640 And listen, I knew in my heart I shouldn't be in the nightclub. 423 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,720 I knew that that wasn't where God wanted me to be in my 424 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:29,440 parents as well for my upbringing. 425 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,800 But one night I tried to get into a nightclub and it didn't 426 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:37,480 matter which nightclub I knocked on, they wouldn't let me in. 427 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:41,360 One bouncer said, I'm sorry, your shoes aren't smart enough, 428 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:45,200 you can't come in here tonight. I went to another nightclub then 429 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,960 round the corner and he said no, you're not coming in here 430 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,240 because you're on your own. And then another and another and 431 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,240 and whatever happened, I was not allowed to get into these 432 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,360 nightclubs. Now for me, I just see that as 433 00:24:57,360 --> 00:25:00,640 the Providence of God. What are the chances all these 434 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,160 night and my shoes weren't that bad, by the way, but what are 435 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,560 the chances that I wouldn't be allowed to get into all of these 436 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,720 nightclubs? It was God protecting me. 437 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:13,840 It was God keeping me from sin. My dear friends, I'm sure you've 438 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,520 got stories, you've got testimonies, and I would just 439 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:20,000 encourage you all right now, get a piece of paper and write down 440 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:21,920 some of them. Remind yourself what the Lord 441 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:25,040 has already done for you and it will really help you to refresh 442 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,200 your memory that God loves you. He saved you. 443 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,600 You truly are a child of God, and He doesn't do this with the 444 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,480 unbeliever. He does this with His children 445 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,440 that have trusted in Him. Now, if you remember how I 446 00:25:37,440 --> 00:25:39,800 started this video at the beginning, I said it's no 447 00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,560 accident that you're watching this video, that you've seen it 448 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,080 right now. Well, actually my last video. 449 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,800 I also believe for many people that was no accident. 450 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,360 They saw this video. So if you'd like to check out 451 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:53,760 that video, please click here. Thank you again to all of our 452 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:55,680 channel members. Thank you to everyone who 453 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,680 supports this ministry and for all of your love and care. 454 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,960 It really means a lot. God bless you all and thank you 455 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:02,640 for watching.