Session 2 – The Evidence of Assurance - A Changed Life

Описание: Session 2: Anchored – Living with Assurance in Christ
Week 2: The Evidence of Assurance — A Changed Life

How do you usually respond when you mess up spiritually—do you lean in toward God, or pull away in shame?

In this second session of Anchored, we tackle one of the most common struggles among Christian men: assurance of salvation. Many wrestle with doubt not because they don’t believe, but because they’re confused about how obedience relates to salvation. Is obedience required to be saved—or is it evidence that we already are?

Using 1 John 2:3–6, James 2:17, Galatians 2:20, and Romans 6:1–4, we explore how a changed life doesn’t earn salvation, but confirms it. Obedience is fruit, not the root. A saved life will change—not perfectly, but directionally.

This session covers:
Why obedience confirms assurance rather than creates it
The difference between living faith and mere intellectual agreement
How a new identity in Christ produces a new direction in life
Why grace doesn’t excuse sin—but breaks its power
Assurance grows not through perfection, but through evidence of God’s work in us. Real faith wrestles, repents, and grows. When we belong to Christ, sin no longer feels normal—and obedience becomes a response of gratitude, not fear.

Key takeaway:
Obedience doesn’t create assurance, but it strengthens it. A changed life is not the cause of salvation—it is the evidence of it.