A young husband was saved, and great joy and peace filled his soul, and also an intense desire that his young wife might be saved. One evening he wanted her to go to a gospel meeting, but there was a baby, and this was the difficulty.
She said to him, as he urged her to go, “You could not take care of the baby, it is so young.”
He said, “If you will only go I will mind it.” After she was gone, he got down on his knees and pleaded with God to save his dear wife.
He felt assured in his heart that his prayer would be answered. He said, “I fully expected her to come home saved.” Faith honors God, and God honors faith.
Soon his wife returned, her face beaming with joy, and her Bible in her hand. She said to her delighted husband, “I am saved!” Opening her Bible she pointed to John 5:2424Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24), and said, “And that is how I know it.”
Yes, she had the assurance of her salvation.
What was it—her happy feelings? No. Her repentance? No. Her being sorry for her sins? No, none of these gave her assurance. What did then? Something far better than all these put together—it was the words of the Lord Jesus, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life.” John 5:2424Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24).
Can you say like her, “I am saved, and that is how I know it”? God’s unchanging eternal Word of Truth is a sure foundation to rest upon.