Bible Question: Can you have the Holy Spirit leave you? He was never so close to me as when he came to me after my son died. Now its been 10yrs and he is pressing on me again, it sort of scares me? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Sqk... The assurance of our salvation is not a matter of feelings. It is based on God's promise, regardless of how we feel about it. The change that God brings about inside of us becomes apparent in how we then live our lives. "This assurance, however, is not produced by any peculiar revelation contrary to, or independent of the Word of God; but springs from faith in God's promises, which He has most abundantly revealed in His Word for our comfort; from the testimony of the Holy Spirit, witnessing with our spirit, that we are children and heirs of God; and lastly, from a serious and holy desire to preserve a good conscience, and to perform good works. And if the elect of God were deprived of this solid comfort, that they shall finally obtain the victory, and of this infallible pledge or earnest of eternal glory, they would be of all men the most miserable." --Canons of Dort In Him, Doc |