Mike Lii explains why assurance rests on Jesus’ present promise of everlasting life, not on recalling a past profession or experience of faith.
Assurance by Testimony or Assurance by Truth
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Assurance Is of the Essence of Saving Faith
A 1997 conference message on Assurance Is of the Essence of Saving Faith, exploring how, if a person is not assured of his eternal salvation, that person is not believing the gospel message of eternal life.
Assurance of Salvation (1 John 5:9–13)
A 1976 message on 1 John 5:9–13 at Dallas Theological Seminary, exploring how faith is occupied with God and with the testimony of God.
Doctrinal Déjà Vu: An Old Issue—Faith and Assurance
A February 1989 Grace in Focus article in which Zane Hodges revisits an older theological debate over faith and assurance, arguing that Reformed theology deprives believers of true assurance by making works the test of saving faith.
Romans, Part 4: God is to be Glorified in Us (Romans 8:10–16:27)
Part 4 of the Romans series, exploring how we have been justified by faith.
The Cross of Christ Is God’s Waiting Room (Luke 23:44–46)
A 1996 message on Luke 23:44–46, exploring how the Christian can also learn something in God’s waiting room.
What Is Saving Faith?
A 1990 message on What Is Saving Faith? at Jansen Bible Church shortly after the publication of Absolutely Free, exploring Zane Hodges’s answer to the question, “What is Lordship Salvation?”
Zane Hodges Library — A Focused Free Grace Ministry
Mike Lii explains the convictions of Focused Free Grace theology: faith as persuasion, and Jesus’ promise of eternally secure life as the essential saving message.