assurance

  • Blessed Assurance

    Be assured, the evil person will not go unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous will be rescued.   Proverbs 11:21  NASB Be assured – You remember the old hymn, “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine.  Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine.”  Fanny Crosby clearly didn’t get the idea from this Hebrew verse. Why?  Well, the…

  • The Problem with James

    Now faith  is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.  Hebrews 11:1 NASB Faith– James’ letter has always been a problem. In fact, it is such a serious problem that early church councils weren’t sure it should even be included in the canon.  Why?  Because James says crazy things like “What use is it, my…

  • Life in the Noose

    “Your life shall hang in doubt before you.  Night and day you shall be in dread and have no assurance of your life.”  Deuteronomy 28:66  ESV Hang – What picture does the word tala paint?  Tala is defined as “to be suspended in the air with the minimal amount of hooks, to be in an…