Assurance of Salvation

Sermons of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Romans 10:9-10 — Can a person be assured that they are saved or is salvation something that only God can know? In his sermon on Romans 10:9–10 titled “Assurance of Salvation,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones answers these questions by bringing the listener to Scripture. In the Bible, the answer is much more gracious and loving than the answers given commonly by people. Salvation is a work of God, not of humans, and how wonderful this truth is. If salvation was dependent on works, no one should have assurance of salvation. Think about how often people fail on the simplest of tasks and how often they let down those who love them most. Yet saving faith is given by God and because this is the case, they can rest in the assurance that God is the author of their salvation. Dr. Lloyd-Jones will show in this sermon on the assurance of salvation that it is the object of the Christian’s faith that gives assurance and it is God’s desire for every Christian to be assured of their salvation. Thank God He does not leave His children in the dark but has given a way to be bold in their salvation.

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0:00.0	We are still dealing with the words that are to be found in Paul's Epistle to the Romans in chapter 10,
0:06.0	verses 9 and 10.
0:09.0	Verses 9 and 10 in the 10th chapter of Paul's Epistle to the Romans,
0:15.0	that if thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
0:20.0	and shall believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,
0:26.4	thou shalt be saved.
0:28.4	For with the heart men believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.
0:43.0	We've described this statement in these two verses as Paul's definition of saving faith. And I've suggested a threefold division. The content of saving faith,
0:51.1	the character of saving faith, and the proof of saving faith.
0:56.5	Now, we are still engaged at the moment with the second division, having considered the content,
1:02.4	as the apostle puts it before us, believing that Jesus is Lord and that God
1:07.4	has raised him from the dead, and all the full connotation of those statements,
1:11.7	we are considering now the character of this faith, and the emphasis, as we've seen,
1:17.5	is upon the heart.
1:19.5	So that last Friday night we were trying to give a definition of what is included in saving faith. And we came to this ultimate conclusion
1:31.1	that it's not merely a matter of the intellect. It includes the whole personality. And especially
1:37.2	does it include the element of feeling, leading to trust and committal and gratitude and praise.
1:47.2	The heart is the center of the personality,
1:49.7	and the Christian salvation is so great and so glorious
1:52.5	that it does indeed take up the whole men.
1:55.7	There is no part of us that is not involved.
1:59.2	So it isn't merely an intellectual assent to truth
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