Question 18: Will I Make It?

26 Questions (You Should be Asking)

Question 18: WILL I MAKE IT?

Q. Will I make it as a Christian? Will God keep me, no matter what? Will I always feel like I'll make it?

Answer: Those who are truly born again will be kept by God's power and will persevere as Christians until the end of their lives; only those who persevere until the end have been truly born again. Christians will experience assurance, but in varying degrees.

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1. THE DOCTRINE OF PRESERVATION

--- A. The Father's will and the son's doing (TRUTH)
--- B. The Holy Spirit's job (HUMILITY)

2. THE DOCTRINE OF PERSEVERANCE

3. FALLING FROM GRACE?

4. WILL I ALWAYS FEEL CERTAIN I 'M A CHRISTIAN?

--- A. Some feel assurance who shouldn't (TRUTH)
--- B. Christians should feel assurance… but sometimes don't (HUMILITY)
--- C. Means of attaining assurance

5. APPLICATION

--- A. Truth
--- B. Humility
--- C. Freedom
--- D. Delight