I don't know when I passed from death unto life.

I know I did, but I don't look for a past event to make it real.

I look for a present pattern of life.

There are some people hit this particular point who have a false assurance

because they can remember a past event,

but the reality of it is there isn't any present righteousness. Welcome to Grace to You with John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

In 1897, Mark Twain had a cousin who was ill.

Somehow the facts were confused and news began circulating that Twain himself

was the sick one and not just sick but dying. You've probably heard the celebrated author's

famous and humorous words on the incident. The report of my death was an exaggeration.

Now, you can imagine the trouble you'd have if the word deceased showed up in your file at the

Social Security office, or the place you were born had no record of your birth.

So consider this.

Since there's no document, no certificate of rebirth to certify when a person is born

again in Christ, should you be concerned if you don't know the hour or at least the day that

you became a Christian? See why you can put concerns like those to rest as we continue

John MacArthur's series called Myths About Salvation.

Here's John with the lesson.

Let me draw you back to 2nd Peter, Chapter 1.

In these first 11 verses, Peter is speaking of the matter of our salvation.

As we come into verses 5 through 11, he is concerned about making certain about our calling

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