that they think they are walking in the light when they're walking in the darkness and walking in the darkness claim to have no sin or not to have sinned at all.

It is characteristic of an unregenerate, unbelieving person to be utterly oblivious to the condition of sin within his life.

Welcome to Grace to You, featuring the Bible teaching of John MacArthur, and I'm your host,

Phil Johnson.

You've no doubt taken a self-test before.

Maybe it was on a medical website. You answered a series of questions that helped you know if you should make an appointment with your doctor, or maybe you

took an aptitude test for school, a self-evaluation designed to show you the sorts of careers

you were suited for. Well, today on Grace to You, John MacArthur will start working through a self-test

of sorts, one that's designed to help you answer this question. How can I know if I have the

salvation Christ offers and have it forever? There's no more important test you could take.

John's current series is called myths about salvation.

So now here is John with today's lesson.

We're going to be looking at this matter of assurance, the assurance of salvation.

We are sort of launching our study from 2.. You might want to turn to 2 Peter chapter

1. In 2 Peter chapter 1, verses 10 and 11 sort of set the subject in its place,

therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about his calling and choosing you.

For as long as you practice these things, you'll never stumble.

For in this way, the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.

Verse 10 says, be diligent then to make certain about his calling and choosing you.

The subject here then is the assurance of salvation.

And we have noted that there are basically two questions to ask.

Question number one, is salvation forever?

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