The Way to God and How to Find It · Question
How does The Way to God and How to Find It develop the theme of Assurance of Salvation?
Answer
The Way to God and How to Find It by D. L. Moody develops Assurance of Salvation across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.
The book teaches that believers can and should know with certainty that they have eternal life, and that this assurance is essential for effective Christian service.
Moody explains how believers can have confidence in their salvation through faith in Christ.
Believers can have boldness in the day of judgment because they have passed from death to life.
Moody reassures believers that God is able to keep them from falling, citing verses like Jude 24 and Isaiah 41:10, and encourages trust in God's keeping power.
Evidence in the book
- The Way to God and How to Find It
Moody explains how believers can have confidence in their salvation through faith in Christ.
- The Two Classes
Believers can have boldness in the day of judgment because they have passed from death to life.
- Words of Counsel
Moody reassures believers that God is able to keep them from falling, citing verses like Jude 24 and Isaiah 41:10, and encourages trust in God's keeping power.
- Assurance of Salvation
Central theme: believers can know they have eternal life, and doubt is dishonoring to God.
