Question 39: Are you yourselves assured, and have you already received the eternal assurance in t...

Question 39: Are you yourselves assured, and have you already received the eternal assurance in the divine test of fire, that God himself recognizes you and would have you recognized? How do you propose to prove this and make it credible?

Answer: We must certainly have assurance before God, as Paul describes it (Romans 5[:1, 2]): "Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God." This assurance, however, is no longer promised, as it was also promised to the apostles, by the Lord Jesus (John 15:7): as long as they abide in Him, and His word abides with them, they are His rightful disciples. Whatever they asked for would be granted them. Thus it remains: he that is faithful in the teachings of Jesus, even to the end, will be saved.