Assurance of Salvation

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Is assurance of salvation a privilege only for a few spiritual elites? Today, Michael Reeves joins Nathan W. Bingham to discuss how all true Christians can be assured that they are reconciled to God and what to do if assurance wanes.

For your donation of any amount, receive Michael Reeves’ book Right with God, plus lifetime digital access to The Fear of the Lord, his video teaching series and study guide: https://gift.renewingyourmind.org/4251/offer

Live outside the U.S. and Canada? Get lifetime digital access to The Fear of the Lord teaching series and study guide with your donation of any amount: https://www.renewingyourmind.org/global

Save when you register today for Ligonier’s 2026 National Conference, Crucial Questions: https://www.ligonier.org/2026

Meet Today’s Teacher:

Michael Reeves is president and professor of theology at Union School of Theology in the United Kingdom.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	If you are not assured, you will not pray boldly. You will not have joy in God.
0:08.5	In difficult times, you will be deeply anxious because you'll feel maybe God's forgotten me.
0:16.2	And so the doctrine of assurance finds its end in creating healthy Christians who enjoy God and can rejoice in him.
0:31.6	Do you know that you're saved, that if you were to die today, you're certain that you would be with God in heaven?
0:40.6	Your answer to that may vary depending on the day, the week, or season of life you're in.
0:46.1	You see, even though we're commanded by the Apostle Peter to make our calling in election sure,
0:51.5	how assurance can wax and wane.
0:54.0	So why can this be a struggle and how can we grow
0:57.0	in biblical assurance? Well, I'm glad you're joining us today for renewing your mind, as in
1:03.0	today's special episode, you'll hear a seminar with Michael Reeves from Ligonier's 2025 National
1:09.2	Conference on the topic of assurance.
1:12.3	It's these kinds of optional seminars that are sprinkled throughout a national conference,
1:17.5	so be sure to register and join us next year.
1:20.3	You can learn more at Ligeneer.org slash 2026.
1:25.2	Before we hear from Dr. Reeves, if you respond before midnight tonight with a donation
1:30.3	in support of renewing your mind, we'll send you a resource bundle that we've never offered
1:35.5	on renewing your mind before. Lifetime digital access to Dr. Reeves' series, The Fear of the Lord
1:41.7	and the Study Guide, plus we'll send you his book, Write with God,
1:46.4	on the Doctrine of Justification, and written to help bring comfort to Christians who lack
1:51.1	confidence in their salvation. So give your gift at Renewing Your Mind.org while there's still
1:56.7	time. When I sat down with Dr. Reeves for this seminar, I began by asking him, what are some of the
2:03.3	most common reasons why Christians can lack assurance? Here's Dr. Rees' answer.
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