In Touch, the teaching ministry of Dr. Charles Stanley.

Next on In Touch, your convictions about eternal security.

What is your conviction about eternal security?

You shall, I don't know what that means.

I'll explain it in just a moment.

So let me ask you this. Has there ever been a time in your life when you placed your trust in

Jesus Christ as your Savior? Ask him to forgive you of your your

to trust in Jesus Christ is your savior, ask him to forgive you of your sins,

maybe you are baptized,

maybe you join the church.

But can you point at some place in your life where you say,

there's what happened to me.

Well, let me ask you this.

Have you ever doubted that that was real?

Have you ever doubted that God forgave you? Well, maybe you found yourself

at some point in life doing things that you know you shouldn't do and then did you begin to doubt if you were ever saved?

Well, what I want to do in this message is clarify.

This whole issue of eternal security. Very, very vital part of what you and I believe and I will define it for you in just a moment. But as long as you have doubts, questions, well I think it happened back yonder, I'm not sure. Well I've seen a lot since I got saved, so I don't

know where I stand at this point. So if that's where you are, then there are three major things that happen in your life

when you're not sure.

Number one, you'll be unable to enjoy the blessings

that God has given you because you're not sure whether you're

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