CHAPTER VII.

DEALING WITH THOSE WHO LACK ASSURANCE AND WITH BACK–SLIDERS

I. THOSE WHO LACK ASSURANCE.

Those who lack assurance may be divided into two classes.

1. _Those who lack assurance because of ignorance._ 1 John v. 13, will show all such that we may know that we have eternal life. Often times when you ask people if they know they are saved, or if they know their sins are forgiven, or if they know they have eternal life, they will reply, “Why no one knows that.” You can say to them, “Yes the Bible says that all who believe may know it,” and then show them 1 John v. 13. John