Westminster Confession of Faith Chapter by Chapter: 18. Of Assurance of Grace and Salvation

A class working through the Westminster Confession of Faith—one chapter a week. July 31, 2022. Elder Renton Rathbun.

I. Although hypocrites and other unregenerate men may vainly deceive themselves with false hopes and carnal presumptions of being in the favour of God, and estate of salvation1 (which hope of theirs shall perish):2 yet such as truly believe in the Lord Jesus, and love Him in sincerity, endeavoring to walk in all good conscience before Him, may, in this life, be certainly assured that they are in a state of grace,3 and may rejoice in the hope of the glory of God, which hope shall never make them ashamed.4

1 Job 8:13–14; Micah 3:11; Deut. 29:19; John 8:41    2 Matt. 7:22–23    3 1 John 2:3, 3:14,18–19,21,24, 5:13    4 Rom. 5:2,5