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{"content":[{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"Assurance of grace and salvation not being of the essence of faith, true believers may wait long before they obtain it; and, after the enjoyment thereof, may have it weakened and intermitted, through manifold distempers, sins, temptations, and desertions; yet are they never left without such a presence and support of the Spirit of God as keeps them from sinking into utter despair.","citation":"WLC 81","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 81","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"81","prooftexts":{},"question":"Are all true believers at all times assured of their present being in the estate of grace, and that they shall be saved?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"content_with_prooftexts":[{"abbv":"wlc","answer":"Assurance of grace and salvation not being of the essence of faith,<sup id='fnref:wlc1'><a href='#fn:wlc1' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>1</a></sup> true believers may wait long before they obtain it;<sup id='fnref:wlc2'><a href='#fn:wlc2' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>2</a></sup> and, after the enjoyment thereof, may have it weakened and intermitted, through manifold distempers, sins, temptations, and desertions;<sup id='fnref:wlc3'><a href='#fn:wlc3' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>3</a></sup> yet are they never left without such a presence and support of the Spirit of God as keeps them from sinking into utter despair.<sup id='fnref:wlc4'><a href='#fn:wlc4' rel='footnote' style='text-decoration: none;'>4</a></sup>","citation":"WLC 81","long_citation":"Larger Catechism 81","name":"Larger Catechism","number":"81","prooftexts":{"1":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Ephesians 1:13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p49001013.01-1\">In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","2":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Isaiah 50:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23050010.01-1\">Who among you fears the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span><br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and obeys the voice of his servant?<br />\nLet him who walks in darkness<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and has no light<br />\ntrust in the name of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span><br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and rely on his God.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 88:1-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19088001.31-2\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19088001-2\">88:1 </span>O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, God of my salvation;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I cry out day and night before you.<br />\n Let my prayer come before you;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>incline your ear to my cry!</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19088003.01-2\">For my soul is full of troubles,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and my life draws near to Sheol.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 88:6-7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19088006.01-3\">You have put me in the depths of the pit,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>in the regions dark and deep.<br />\n Your wrath lies heavy upon me,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and you overwhelm me with all your waves. <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span></p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 88:9-10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19088009.01-4\"><span class=\"indent\"></span>my eye grows dim through sorrow.<br />\nEvery day I call upon you, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I spread out my hands to you.<br />\n Do you work wonders for the dead?<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Do the departed rise up to praise you? <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span></p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 88:13-15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19088013.01-5\">But I, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, cry to you;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>in the morning my prayer comes before you.<br />\n O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, why do you cast my soul away?<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Why do you hide your face from me?<br />\n Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>","3":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>Psalm 77:1-12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19077001.20-1\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19077001-1\">77:1 </span>I cry aloud to God,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>aloud to God, and he will hear me.<br />\n In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>my soul refuses to be comforted.<br />\n When I remember God, I moan;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>when I meditate, my spirit faints. <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span></p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19077004.01-1\">You hold my eyelids open;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I am so troubled that I cannot speak.<br />\n I consider the days of old,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>the years long ago.<br />\n I said, “Let me remember my song in the night;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let me meditate in my heart.”<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Then my spirit made a diligent search:<br />\n “Will the Lord spurn forever,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and never again be favorable?<br />\n Has his steadfast love forever ceased?<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Are his promises at an end for all time?<br />\n Has God forgotten to be gracious?<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span></p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19077010.01-1\">Then I said, “I will appeal to this,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to the years of the right hand of the Most High.”</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19077011.01-1\">I will remember the deeds of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>yes, I will remember your wonders of old.<br />\n I will ponder all your work,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and meditate on your mighty deeds.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 51:8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19051008.01-2\">Let me hear joy and gladness;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let the bones that you have broken rejoice.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 51:12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19051012.01-3\">Restore to me the joy of your salvation,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and uphold me with a willing spirit.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 31:22</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19031022.01-4\">I had said in my alarm,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>“I am cut off from your sight.”<br />\nBut you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>when I cried to you for help.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 22:1</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19022001.20-5\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19022001-5\">22:1 </span>My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Ephesians 4:30</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p49004030.01-6\">And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.</p>\n</div><h5>Luke 22:31-34</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p42022031.05-7\"><span class=\"woc\">“Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat,</span> <span class=\"woc\">but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”</span> Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.” Jesus said, <span class=\"woc\">“I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me.”</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>","4":"<div class=\"esv\"><h5>1 John 3:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><p id=\"p62003009.01-1\">No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.</p>\n</div><h5>Psalm 73:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19073015.01-2\">If I had said, “I will speak thus,”<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I would have betrayed the generation of your children.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Psalm 73:23</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19073023.01-3\">Nevertheless, I am continually with you;<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you hold my right hand.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>Isaiah 54:7-10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\"><div class=\"block-indent\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23054007.01-4\">For a brief moment I deserted you,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>but with great compassion I will gather you.<br />\n In overflowing anger for a moment<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I hid my face from you,<br />\nbut with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,”<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>says the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, your Redeemer.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23054009.01-4\">“This is like the days of Noah to me:<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>as I swore that the waters of Noah<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>should no more go over the earth,<br />\nso I have sworn that I will not be angry with you,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and will not rebuke you.<br />\n For the mountains may depart<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and the hills be removed,<br />\nbut my steadfast love shall not depart from you,<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,”<br />\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>says the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, who has compassion on you.</p>\n</div>\n</div><h5>1 Peter 4:12-14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\">\n<p id=\"p60004012.05-5\">Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>"},"question":"Are all true believers at all times assured of their present being in the estate of grace, and that they shall be saved?","section_title":"","type":"catechism"}],"feed":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<title></title>\n\n</head>\n<body>\n<h5 class=\"header mb-1\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:18px\">Larger Catechism</h5>\n<p class=\"question mb-0\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><span class=\"q\">Q <em>81.</em></span>\nAre all true believers at all times assured of their present being in the estate of grace, and that they shall be saved?</p>\n<div class=\"answer\" style=\"display:block; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:16px\"><p style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"q\">A. </span> Assurance of grace and salvation not being of the essence of faith,<sup id=\"fnref:wlc1\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc1\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">1</a></sup> true believers may wait long before they obtain it;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc2\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc2\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">2</a></sup> and, after the enjoyment thereof, may have it weakened and intermitted, through manifold distempers, sins, temptations, and desertions;<sup id=\"fnref:wlc3\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc3\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">3</a></sup> yet are they never left without such a presence and support of the Spirit of God as keeps them from sinking into utter despair.<sup id=\"fnref:wlc4\"><a href=\"#fn:wlc4\" rel=\"footnote\" style=\"text-decoration: none;\">4</a></sup></p></div>\n\n <div class=\"prooftexts\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">\n <ol class=\"disc\">\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:1\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Ephesians 1:13</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p49001013.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:2\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 50:10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23050010.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Who among you fears the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and obeys the voice of his servant?\nLet him who walks in darkness\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and has no light\ntrust in the name of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and rely on his God.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 88:1-3</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19088001.31-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19088001-2\">88:1\u00a0</span>O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, God of my salvation;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I cry out day and night before you.\n Let my prayer come before you;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>incline your ear to my cry!</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19088003.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">For my soul is full of troubles,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and my life draws near to Sheol.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 88:6-7</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19088006.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">You have put me in the depths of the pit,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>in the regions dark and deep.\n Your wrath lies heavy upon me,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and you overwhelm me with all your waves. <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 88:9-10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19088009.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"indent\"></span>my eye grows dim through sorrow.\nEvery day I call upon you, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I spread out my hands to you.\n Do you work wonders for the dead?\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Do the departed rise up to praise you? <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span></p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 88:13-15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19088013.01-5\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">But I, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, cry to you;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>in the morning my prayer comes before you.\n O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, why do you cast my soul away?\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Why do you hide your face from me?\n Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I suffer your terrors; I am helpless. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:3\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 77:1-12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19077001.20-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19077001-1\">77:1\u00a0</span>I cry aloud to God,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>aloud to God, and he will hear me.\n In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>my soul refuses to be comforted.\n When I remember God, I moan;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>when I meditate, my spirit faints. <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span></p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19077004.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">You hold my eyelids open;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I am so troubled that I cannot speak.\n I consider the days of old,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>the years long ago.\n I said, \u201cLet me remember my song in the night;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let me meditate in my heart.\u201d\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Then my spirit made a diligent search:\n \u201cWill the Lord spurn forever,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and never again be favorable?\n Has his steadfast love forever ceased?\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Are his promises at an end for all time?\n Has God forgotten to be gracious?\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Has he in anger shut up his compassion?\u201d <span class=\"selah\">Selah</span></p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19077010.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Then I said, \u201cI will appeal to this,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>to the years of the right hand of the Most High.\u201d</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19077011.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">I will remember the deeds of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>yes, I will remember your wonders of old.\n I will ponder all your work,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and meditate on your mighty deeds.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 51:8</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19051008.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Let me hear joy and gladness;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>let the bones that you have broken rejoice.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 51:12</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19051012.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Restore to me the joy of your salvation,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and uphold me with a willing spirit.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 31:22</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19031022.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">I had said in my alarm,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>\u201cI am cut off from your sight.\u201d\nBut you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>when I cried to you for help.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 22:1</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19022001.20-5\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"chapter-num\" id=\"v19022001-5\">22:1\u00a0</span>My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Ephesians 4:30</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p49004030.01-6\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Luke 22:31-34</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p42022031.05-7\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\"><span class=\"woc\">\u201cSimon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat,</span> <span class=\"woc\">but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.\u201d</span> Peter said to him, \u201cLord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.\u201d Jesus said, <span class=\"woc\">\u201cI tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me.\u201d</span> (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n <li class=\"footnote\" id=\"fn:4\">\n <div class=\"esv\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 John 3:9</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p62003009.01-1\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.</p>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 73:15</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19073015.01-2\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">If I had said, \u201cI will speak thus,\u201d\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I would have betrayed the generation of your children.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Psalm 73:23</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p19073023.01-3\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Nevertheless, I am continually with you;\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>you hold my right hand.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">Isaiah 54:7-10</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<div class=\"block-indent\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23054007.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">For a brief moment I deserted you,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>but with great compassion I will gather you.\n In overflowing anger for a moment\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>I hid my face from you,\nbut with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,\u201d\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>says the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, your Redeemer.</p>\n <p class=\"line-group\" id=\"p23054009.01-4\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\u201cThis is like the days of Noah to me:\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>as I swore that the waters of Noah\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>should no more go over the earth,\nso I have sworn that I will not be angry with you,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and will not rebuke you.\n For the mountains may depart\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and the hills be removed,\nbut my steadfast love shall not depart from you,\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,\u201d\n<span class=\"indent\"></span>says the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord</span>, who has compassion on you.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<h5 style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0; font-size:14px\">1 Peter 4:12-14</h5>\n<div class=\"esv-text\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">\n<p id=\"p60004012.05-5\" style=\"display:inline; font-family:Georgia, Serif; margin:0; padding:0\">Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. (<a href=\"http://www.esv.org\" class=\"copyright\">ESV</a>)</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n </li>\n \n </ol>\n </div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","title":"Are all true believers at all times assured of their present being in the estate of grace?"}