Can Christians have assurance of salvation? Yes, because the God who grants saving faith is able to sustain saving faith toward those whom He has graciously redeemed. Assurance is rooted in the Giver of faith, not the recipient of faith. Christians are to make every effort to confirm our calling and election (2 Peter 1:10), yet beneath our effort in sanctification is God’s grace working in us, keeping us, and sustaining us (1 Corinthians 15:10). Below are just a few passages of Scripture that teach us that those who possess genuine faith in Christ, can have assurance that they will keep genuine faith in Christ despite trials, hardships, temptations, or temporary seasons of doubt.
โSimon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ก; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.โ
โ Luke 22:31-32
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ช๐จ.
โ Philippians 1:6
Therefore there is now ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ for those who are in Christ Jesus.
โ Romans 8:1
and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ค ๐๐ก๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐๐.
โ Romans 8:30
All that the Father gives Me ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐, and the one who comes to Me ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ. For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฎ.
โ John 6:37-39
He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, ๐จ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐.
โ 1 John 5:12-13
Now to Him who is ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,
โ Jude 24
Therefore He is able also to ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ง those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
โ Hebrews 7:25
My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐งโ๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ๐. โ John 10:29