Timeline for Can a Christian in a state of grace know that they are?
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| Jun 11, 2023 at 20:49 | history | edited | Geremia | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 3, 2019 at 15:01 | comment | added | Paul Chernoch | I did not say that he started out with full assurance, but that this testing was the means by which he received that assurance. I doubt that John Calvin would have preached 159 sermons on Job if he did not think Job exhibited the assurance of the elect. | |
| Jul 1, 2019 at 22:41 | comment | added | Beanluc | @PaulChernoch I don't think the lesson of Job was that he "had assurance of being in a state of grace." If he had had such assurance, the story wouldn't be anywhere near as powerful or inspiring. I believe that the lesson of Job was that he had faith. God's appearance to Job didn't inform Job of his state of grace, it informed Job of God's greatness. | |
| Jun 29, 2019 at 1:11 | comment | added | Paul Chernoch | I believe that the quotes from Job, taken in context, tell a different story. Job's time of testing, during which he could not see God or understand him, was the very method employed by God to supply Job with both knowledge and assurance, leading ultimately to God's self revelation to Job of great mysteries. God's speech to Job is the longest speech by God to an individual in the whole Bible. If anyone has had or will have assurance of being in a state of grace, it would be Job. | |
| Jun 28, 2019 at 23:55 | history | answered | Geremia | CC BY-SA 4.0 |