Welcome to the In Touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Monday, July 7th.

Life is full of uncertainty, but one thing never changes.

If you are a Christian, you can have unshakable confidence in your relationship with God.

Today, discover solid biblical truth that assures you, Once you're saved, you're secure forever.

The little epistle of First John is a beautiful word of encouragement to believe us.

And in the fifth chapter and the 13th verse, John makes a statement inspired by the Holy Spirit

that is so very important to believe us when he said in verse 13

these things all that he's written in these chapters i have written to you who believe in the

name of the son of god in order that you may know that you have eternal life he says the purpose

for which i have written this is that you

could eliminate all doubts and all fears and all questions about your eternal security. The title

of this message is saved and sure. One of the primary reasons that a lot of people who are saved don't have the joy

that God has provided is because they're not quite sure what their relationship is, and if you're

not quite sure what your relationship is, it's hard to be free and relaxed in that relationship.

Many people who sit in church pews or who watch television and listen to radio

and hear the gospel week after week after week, believe what they hear, apply some of those

things to their heart, but if you should ask them, are you certain, are you sure, are you

confident that if you were to die right now, you would go to heaven?

Many of them would say, well, I think so. I hope so. I'm not sure. I used to feel I would.

Oh, yes, I'm certain that I would go to heaven. If you should ask them on what basis do you place your

certainty, some of them would give you all kinds of different answers. Those who say to you,

I'm not sure. I'm not quite certain. I used to be sure, but I have some doubt would place the basis of their doubt

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