Today on Summit Life with JD Greer.

God wants you to know for sure that he is present in your life.

Do not think it was presumptuous.

It is something that God promised you and your life will never take off spiritually

until you are absolutely assured that you are his child, that there is nothing between you

and that if you died before your body hit the floor, your soul would be standing in his presence.

That's what he wants for you.

Welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor JD Greer.

As always, I'm your host, Molly Vittavitch.

I think one of the most painful things to hear from a loved one is I don't trust you,

especially when you don't feel like you did anything to break their trust.

But many of us treat God that way.

Today, Pastor JD explains that when we doubt our own salvation, we're really doubting God.

And not only does it cause us to be anxious,

it actually damages our relationship with Him.

So we're learning how we can trust God and know with certainty that we're truly saved.

So why don't you grab your Bible, take some notes,

and let's learn more about the assurance of salvation.

Here's Pastor JD.

If you have a Bible, I want you to open it the first John chapter 5.

What I want to show you is that there is a theme that runs all the way through John 14 through 17.

And that is the theme of assurance that you know that you know that God is your Father,

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